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The Divot Bar and Grille Opens on West Ave

From the daughter of the owners of longtime Saratoga County restaurant The Brick comes a new concept that blends elevated pub grub, daily brunch, and the fanciest golf simulator we've ever heard of.

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Saratoga Living After Hours
Nov 20, 2025
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The Brick at 2 West’s popular eggplant stack is back on The Divot’s menu.

When Eric and Melissa Schreifels decided to close The Brick at 2 West after more than 15 years in the restaurant business earlier this year, their daughter, Erika, who’d worked for them for most of her adult life, figured she’d leave the Capital Region.

“My mind was set,” says Erika. “My brother’s moving to Florida, my sister lives in Florida, my parents are done. What else is there for me here?”

Though it was meant as a rhetorical question, Erika quickly got a very straightforward answer.

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