New restaurant planned for old Friendly's building

After being vacant about two years, the Friendlys restaurant building on Glen Street in Queensbury is slated to reopen in the fall as a new restaurant offering healthful fast food.

Childhood friends Kevin Shufelt, of Queensbury, and Joe McCrudden, of Clifton Park, are going into business together to open the new restaurant, FX3 Fit Food Fast, at 682 Glen St. in Queensbury.

The pair, who grew up together in Columbia County, will combine two different career backgrounds in the new venture.

McCrudden works in marketing while Shufelt has the restaurant background. He owned the floating barge restaurant on the Hudson River in Albany called Riverfront Bar and Grill from 1996 to 2011 and has owned another floating barge eatery, The Rusty Anchor in Watervliet, since 2006.

The new restaurant was inspired by the fact that, in their travels, Shufelt and McCrudden have found it difficult to find healthful food on the go.

They are renovating the building and hope to open the new restaurant by Sept. 1. Shufelt said theyll provide updates on their website and Facebook page.

We love the location because its right on Glen Street, on the main drag across from Price Chopper, Shufelt said.

Theyre working with nutritionists and chefs to develop the new menu, which includes nutritional information. Options include burgers, grilled chicken sandwiches and wraps and fries that are baked in a special crisping oven.

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The construction on Broad Street in downtown Glens Falls has created a logistical challenge for many businesses, with the portions of the road closed to car and foot traffic as sewer lines, sidewalks and roadways are upgraded.

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