{"id":9358,"date":"2012-01-09T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/2012\/01\/the-return-of-two-neighborhood-favorites.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:37:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:37:07","slug":"the-return-of-two-neighborhood-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/2012\/01\/the-return-of-two-neighborhood-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Two Neighborhood Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/ice20skating20at20the20plaza202012.jpg\" alt=\"ice skating at the plaza 2012.JPG\" width=\"450\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The start of a new year also saw the return of what had previously been two of the area&#8217;s favorite spots: The Lark Tavern on Madison Ave and Ice Skating at the Empire State Plaza. Both have been on hiatus for more than a year with a devastating fire closing the Tavern in 2010 and budget restrictions forcing closure of the Plaza Ice Rink in 2008. New Year&#8217;s weekend welcomed a resurrection of both. The Plaza Ice Skating Rink is open daily, now until March, from 11am until 8pm with maintenance scheduled from 3 to 4pm. It is free to skate and rentals are only $3 and $4 for kids and adults, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/lark20tavern202012o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/lark20tavern202012o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/lark20tavern202012o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/lark20tavern202012o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2012\/01\/lark20tavern202012o.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lark Tavern, under new ownership, opened after extensive renovations and an expansion of the building to include additional kitchen space. Also included in the new space is a piano alcove next to the front bar (complete with a piano), and a small stage in the back room for live music and performances. It is not a reopening of Tess&#8217; Lark Tavern, but a redesign of a building with a rich history of uses including a silent movie theatre and a firehouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of a new year also saw&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":23969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>The Return of Two Neighborhood Favorites - The Albany Buzz: Albany Businesses, Events &amp; Happenings<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/buzz\/2012\/01\/the-return-of-two-neighborhood-favorites\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Return of Two Neighborhood Favorites - The Albany Buzz: Albany Businesses, Events &amp; 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