By Jill Nagy
\nSaratoga Springs chef Dominic Colose promises an intimate and, hopefully, amusing dining experience when he opens Amuse at 420 Broadway in October.
\nThe new restaurant will share space with the Broadway Deli, in The Washington building, behind Kilwins. It will be open four nights a week after the deli closes for the day.
\nAmuse and the Broadway Deli will share work space and most equipment, but will store their food in separate coolers.
\nColose will also bring in his collection of Tagines, earthenware pots from Morocco used to prepare a spicy stew.
\n\u201cI worked with Dan (Chessare, owner of the Broadway Deli) before,\u201d most recently at the Wine Bar in Saratoga Springs, Colose noted.
\nChessare said that he and Colose will share costs of the new enterprise and, he expects, the result will be additional revenue for his own business.
\nThe cuisine at Amuse will be Mediterranean-inspired, borrowing the flavors of countries around the Mediterranean Sea but giving them the chef\u2019s own spin.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really more about the flavors of the Mediterranean than it is about classic dishes of that area,\u201d he said. Think olives, onions, lemons, seafood.
\nFor the first week or so, Colose will entertain customers at a 10-seat \u201cinteractive\u201d chef\u2019s counter. \u201cI will be immediately behind the counter,\u201d and, he said he looks forward to \u201cchatting up\u201d the diners as he prepares their meals.
\nSomeone else will do \u201csome of the heavier cooking\u201d behind the scenes.
\nAfter the initial run, he will expand to seating 20 for diners and, eventually, add patio seating for another 20, he said.
\n\u201cI am trying to reduce the heavy stress of operating a restaurant,\u201d Colose said, by keeping everything small in scale: a small staff, a small menu, small plates, on the whole, a small project.
\nHe also plans modest prices, nothing more than $20, and a \u201cwell-selected but relatively inexpensive wine list,\u201d mixing imported and domestic selections, keeping in mind that \u201cthose things that grow together, go together.\u201d
\nAt 55, he said, \u201cI am old in \u201crestaurant years. It\u2019s keeping me busy but I think it\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d He expects to hire a staff of three or four people, working full-time on a four-day-a-week schedule.
\nAmuse will be open Wednesday through Saturday from 5 to 9:30 p.m. The Broadway Deli is open for breakfast and lunch from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Jill Nagy Saratoga Springs chef Dominic Colose promises an intimate and, hopefully, amusing dining experience when he opens Amuse at 420 Broadway in October. The new restaurant will share space with the Broadway Deli, in The Washington building, behind Kilwins. It will be open four nights a week after the deli closes for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-new-businesses"],"yoast_head":"\r\n