Lake Ridge Restaurant
Posted by Administrator on August 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Q. Describe your business and how you got started.
Lake Ridge Restaurant co-owners Bob McKenna and Chef Scott Ringwood offer a crafted menu that will be pleasing to everyone from filets to seafood, to salads, and homemade soup using the previous establishment, Sweet Nothings’, recipes. We have mouth watering appetizers, sandwiches, fish, pasta, chicken entrees, and home made desserts. Scott brings award winning dishes and some of the areas best creativity in lunch and dinner menus. Both owners guarantee the highest quality, the freshest ingredients, and the most generous portions at very competitive prices.
Bob and Scott got to know each other when Scott was working for the Old Dater Tavern. When Scott left there, Bob asked him to consider becoming partners in a new place. Bob McKenna says “We looked for two years for our own place somewhere between Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs. We were invited to take a look at Sweet Nothings’, formerly home to a bakery, a sweet shop, a luncheon restaurant and before that, a butcher and general store. The location fit the goal and the Lake Ridge Restaurant was formed.”
Scott says the idea of owning a restaurant was “a dream come true.”
Q. Are you known for anything special?
The Lake Ridge features exceptional cuisine at moderate prices as well as friendly, attentive service. We offer first rate Continental fare in an intimate dining setting, homemade soups and desserts, as well as unadvertised nightly specials.
We also host showers and engagement parties. Long-time manager Diana Murphy says “we don’t do banquets or standard banquet meals. Every meal we serve here is individually ordered and prepared.”
Q. What do you like most about your business?
Our repeat clientele and regulars who have come to be part of the dining experience we offer. We’ve worked together for years and function as a family, with pride in the quality of our fare and friendly, attentive service
Q. What do you feel is your biggest challenge with your business?
Assuring our new customers that fine dining doesn’t have to be overpriced to be superior. We are happy that folks have discovered the Lake Ridge Restaurant experience as something that can be enjoyed regularly.
Q. What do you want the community to know about you?
Two things: Every month, on the fourth Friday, we have a special wine tasting event at our bar from 5:30 – 7:30pm out of our three dining areas, the largest of our dining rooms can be closed for private events.
Q. Anything else?
We are always offering something different and new! We are please to be known as “A Fine Establishment With Equal Measures of Good Food, Good Drink & Good Company”.
Business Owner Names:
Bob McKenna and Scott Ringwood
General Manager: Diana Murphy
Business Name: Lake Ridge Restaurant
Address: 35 Burlington Ave., Round Lake
Phone: 899-6000
Website: www.lake-ridge.com
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