In 1992 after 15 years of running a successful neon gallery, Say It In Neon, on Hudson Street in New York City, my partner Michael Collins and I purchased the former Methodist church building in the hill town of Colrain, in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where we live today.We were concerned that no one would come to Colrain to see neon. I said to Michael, 'Cook something, make a salad, sandwich, something. You're a chef.' And so we opened the Green Emporium Restaurant/Gallery on June 9th, 1994.Suddenly we are in the restaurant business and quite a successful one! People began to come from...more
