Sneak Peek: Brookmere Saratoga

Inside the soon-to-be-opened resort located on the former site of the iconic Longfellows. PLUS: The response to Live Nation's new policy, Whiskey night pictures and Saratoga's late-night hot spot.

One of the guest rooms at Brookmere Saratoga

Longfellows may be gone, but it’s certainly not forgotten. And nowhere is the memory of the iconic hotel and restaurant more poignant than at 500 Union Ave, where a new resort is gearing up to fill Longellows’ behemoth shoes.

“Everybody’s got an emotional tie to Longfellows,” says Julian Miller, the general manager of Brookmere Saratoga, a new resort by Bonacio Development that’s set to open on the former hotel’s grounds next month. “That’s one of the fun things as we meet perspective new clients—somebody had a rehearsal dinner there, or somebody went to prom there, or somebody got engaged there. There’s an emotional component to what Longfellows was within the community.”

On Tuesday, I went to check out Brookmere with Saratoga Living Director of Sales Annette Quarrier, who, as it happens, had her rehearsal dinner at Longfellows. From two-floor hotel rooms to wedding-day amenities brides will swoon over, here’s what we found.