LARGER SETTING
Whole Harvest expands, reopens on Broadway
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » Whole Harvest is now open on Broadway in Saratoga Springs following an expansion that significantly increases the local healthy food eatery’s size.
Originally established on Caroline Street in 2019, downtown business Whole Harvest recently relocated to 419 Broadway in the former Plum Dandy location.
In this new, larger setting, Whole Harvest has quadrupled the seating capacity of its previous 300-square-foot dining room. Outdoor dining is newly available too.
Additionally, the business is beginning to renting out its space for private parties and events.
Along with the move, the eatery expanded its menu to include new offerings such
as chicken salad and egg salad as well as more avocado toast and smoothie options.
In another change for the business, restaurant manager Kara Harrington is now a co-owner of the business along with founder Kelsey Whalen. The Whole Harvest staff has also grown by 10 employees.
Together, Whalen and Harrington are excited about the future of Whole Harvest in its new Broadway home.
Though growing a small business during a global pandemic isn’t easy, for Whole Harvest it was necessary, Whalen said.
“We really realized that it would basically be do or die,” she shared, predicting that the business would never have survived in the smaller Caroline Street space.
“It was kind of a big leap to come up here,” she continued,
“so I really want to focus on expanding a little bit of everything.”
So far, the response from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. “The community support here is incredible,” said Whalen, who had been eyeing the Broadway space for more than a year.
When the opportunity
arose, “We jumped on it,” she said.
Now, both familiar faces and new visitors are stopping in the Broadway location for their favorite dishes like the vegan Toga-Rashi grain bowl and the Buffalo Chicken Power Bowl, one of the many meals available for less than $10.
“We try to keep it affordable,” Whalen said, noting that all menu items are $12.50 or less.
Lots of customers are also enjoying Whole Harvest at home, through the company’s popular Harvest to Homes meal subscription program which launched last February. Local subscribers can have their choice of two to 14 prepared meals per week delivered to their door.
Throughout its offerings, Whole Harvest focuses on
healthy food and supporting fellow locals businesses. The company sources from a dozen different farmers and eight other small businesses such as Saratoga Tea & Honey Company, Nomad Coffee and Kelly’s Kitchen.
Whole Harvest is open seven days a week, with extended new hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday and Monday.
Customers can place their orders online, via the restaurant’s app, in person or by phone.
Coming soon, the eatery will
offer beer, wine, cider and seltzer, with happy hour specials.
Looking ahead, Whalen said her next goal for Whole Harvest is to open a second location in the Albany area.
As for Whole Harvest’s former space at 5 Caroline St., Whalen and another entrepreneur plan to open a new business called Lucy’s Bar, with more details to be announced in the near future.
More information about Whole Harvest is available online at www.wholeharvestco.com or by calling (518) 584-5100.