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.
Comments
Great article, poor photo
this is a great article. My only suggestion would be to teach your photographer about frame of reference and photo composition. I could not even tell this photo was taken in Alfred
Keep Complaining, Pretty Please?
Saxon_at_Heart,
You seem to be very critical of the Fiat Lux. Why is this? If you see deficits in the quality of the articles or pictures we print, you can become an editor and oversee what goes into the newspaper. There are several openings on the staff and it's not too late to apply. But in the mean time, please keep complaining.
Ian Cramer
Opinions Editor
first of all, this photo was
first of all, this photo was not taken by a photo student, so dont expect the photographer to know about frame of reference and photo composition. second of all, this photographer is the best on the current staff and the photo editor. as for you not being able to tell that this photo was taken in alfred, that was unavoidable since there are no alfred landmarks nearby to hat site.
if you think you can do better than what was done, prove it, otherwise shut --- ---- up.