The ‘Jet: bigger and better than ever
Alfred’s favorite restaurant, “The Collegiate,” is currently being moved from its original 3 North Main Street address to a new 31 North Main Street location, previously the home of the Alfred Pizza and Sub Shop which closed its doors a few years ago.
The restaurant, which has been in Alfred for about five decades, suffered water and smoke damage from the Main Street fire on Oct. 29. The new building will be nearly identical to the original, down to the restaurant’s trademark fraternity paddles hanging on the walls. It will be twice the size of the old ‘Jet, with a 125-person capacity. Other improvements over the old location will be a new kitchen, two more entrances, and an outdoor dining area.
The new restaurant will be complete and open for business as soon as possible. Owner John Ninos says that it should be open well before Hot Dog Day. He is planning an April 1 grand opening.
Ninos has operated the ‘Jet since 1999, picking up where his father John Ninos Senior, who owned and operated the restaurant since 1950, left off.
