Greenfield Cafe
Bart's Café of Greenfield
286 Main Street
413-475-3880
Bart's Cafe REOPENED Friday, April 23 at 5:15pm. Come say hello to Mindy Boudreau-Price and Seth Crawford the proud new ownersl
Hours
Monday thru Friday: 8am to 9:30pm
Sat. & Sunday: 8am to 9:30pm
Bart’s Cafe gets new owners ...
... as well as new look, new food choices
By ANITA PHILLIPS
Recorder Staff
GREENFIELD — The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The new owners of Bart’s Cafe of Greenfield say the look of the restaurant and some of the menu items have changed, but customer service, good food and coffee and ice cream remain their priority.
Seth Crawford and Mindy Boudreau-Price are the business partners who are making it all happen.
They’ve retained some of the “old” staff and hired some new. They’ve reorganized the kitchen and painted the dining room.
“We wanted a warmer feeling,” said Crawford, who is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York. “We want this to be a place people come and hang out. We want families to feel welcome here.”
Boudreau-Price said Bart’s continues to serve Pierce Brothers coffee and Snow’s and Bart’s ice cream. “All of our baked goods are homemade,” she said. “We carry Adam’s doughnuts fresh each day.”
Boudreau-Price said she has worked as a waitress and spent most of her time in the “business world.”
“I heard about this and it looked like a good investment — I’m always looking for a good investment,” she said. “I’d never considered commercial before, but I liked the idea of owning a local business.”
Boudreau-Price was born and raised in Greenfield and went to its schools. She, her husband and her children live in Greenfield.
She said she was able to invest in the business with the help of savings, family and friends.
“I just couldn’t find a reason not to become a partner with Seth,” said Boudreau-Price.
She said she’d like to focus on families and children.
“I love the ice cream part of it — that’s a real draw for children and families,” she said. “And, I want people to come in for a good meal at a decent price. We have something for everyone.”
Boudreau-Price said the cafe is using as many natural and local products as possible.
“This is a comfortable, clean environment,” said Boudreau-Price. “People are going to enjoy themselves here.”
Crawford has lived in the area for eight years. He currently lives in Montague.
“He’s an incredible chef,” said Boudreau-Price.
Crawford has worked in restaurants in Greenfield, Amherst, Northampton, Shelburne Falls, Montague and Hatfield. He was coowner of the former Holy Smokes restaurant in Hatfield, which was destroyed by fire in 2007.
“We’ve decided to extend our hours, too,” said Crawford. “We wanted people to have more choices when they’re getting out of a movie or they’re out with their kids or friends.”
Bart’s Cafe of Greenfield, 286 Main St., is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The cafe serves breakfast, including pancakes, eggs and omelets and french toast, lunch, including sandwiches, salads and soups, baked goods and ice cream. The kitchen closes at 8 p.m., but restaurant remains open until 9:30.
For more information, call (413) 475-3880.
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We want this to be a place people come and hang out. ...
We’ve decided to extend our hours, too. We wanted people to have more choices when they’re getting out of a movie or they’re out with their kids or friends.
Seth Crawford
co-owner, Bart’s Cafe
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Seth Crawford and Mindy Boudreau-Price are the new co-owners of Bart’s Cafe on Main Street in Greenfield.
Recorder/Paul Franz
By DIANE BRONCACCIO
Recorder Staff
March 20, 2010
GREENFIELD — When it reopens in a few weeks, Bart’s Cafe will still be “Bart’s,” but under new owners.
On Friday, his last day of business, Bart’s co-owner Al Sax said he and his wife, Susan Schwartz, are selling the business to Seth Crawford of Montague and to Mindy Boudreau-Price of Greenfield.
Crawford, who was co-owner of the former Holy Smokes BBQ restaurant in Hatfield, has been cooking in restaurants since he was 15 years old, he said. Now 31, he will be leaving his job as a line cook at the Hope & Olive Restaurant to manage Bart’s with BoudreauPrice. Boudreau-Price has lived in the community most of her life, she has worked in restaurants and has business experience managing real estate, she said.
The cafe will be closed for renovations, they said.
Because the restaurant is closing and changing owners, the cafe’s 10 full- and part-time employees have been laid off. Sax said all have been invited to re-apply for their jobs with the new owners. The new owners will be reviewing their applications over the next few weeks.
Sax and Schwartz took over the vacant 286 Main St. cafe in March 2007, and converted it into a popular eatery that sells coffees, pastries, lunch specials and Bart’s ice cream.
Sax said they are selling the business to make time to explore other activities. “My body’s telling me I should do something else,” he said. “I love the interaction of everyone in Greenfield, though,” he added. “It’s an interesting, eclectic mix. I know the restaurant is going to be in good hands, so that feels good,” he said. He said he wanted to thank customers for their loyalty.
“We are proud of what we created here in Greenfield and look forward to seeing its next evolution,” he said.
Bart’s co-owner Al Sax said they are selling the business to make time to explore other activities. “My body’s telling me I should do something else,” he said.
Proudly serving Bart's Super Premium and also Snow's Nice Premium Ice Cream creations, Pierce Brothers 100% Organic and Fair Trade coffees and espresso drinks. Breakfast and lunch served daily—hot and cold sandwiches, local beef burgers, local egg items, bagels and pastries, soups and local salad greens.
