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MaZAR's BridgeView Restaurant
More Than A View
By Robert L. Baker
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Some visitors to Nicholson last weekend looking for a great view of the holiday train on the mammoth Nicholson Bridge also found some very good eats as well. That is, if they were lucky enough to get a seat at MaZAR's Bridgeview Restaurant which was brimming with hungry guests. The full-service mom and pop restaurant has been run by Montrose residents Jim and Valerie Mazar since June 2009.
And on Saturday, they were serving up generous portions of pasta, including Jim's signature scampi dishes of chicken, shrimp or both over a bed of linguine with a tossed salad and warm French bread.
He can delight with an alternate array of Italian dishes, including Chicken Marsala, Chicken or Shrimp Alfredo with Broccoli, Seafood Delarosa or plain old spaghetti and Meatballs which are anything but plain.
But if Italian's not your interest, his house specialty Black Angus Pot Roast is mouth watering or you can get the slow-roasted Black Angus Prime Rib or roast turkey with dressing.
Mazar said it is his gravies and sauces that he believes keeps people coming back as repeat customers.
He believes so much in some of his specialties that since 1991, he and his wife have marketed pint-sized containers of scampi sauce and butter blends and spreaddips, which they create out of their Montrose home. His own cooking background has been somewhat of a perfecting work in progress.
When just 14, he learned how to make French bread pizza, and his mother suggested he should patent it. At that age, he didn't listen like he should have and a couple of years later Stouffer's came out with a marketed French bread pizza.
But, he did listen when she said something about the scampi sauce and the products under the MaZAR name can now be found in most of your local favorite grocery stores or you can visit the website at http://www.mazarscuisine.com.
But, back at the Bridge View; don't forget that with hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., the place is a special - attraction for breakfast and lunch, and not just dinners. The restaurant is known for its generous portions at a modest price including breakfasts (including coffee!) starting at $4.25.
Breakfast is served from 7 to noon, but lunch can start as early as 11 a.m. As the winter temperatures dip, Mazar reminds that all of his soups and hot sandwiches are worth coming back for and his chili won the Chef's Award and People's Choice Award for two consecutive years from Rock 107 while he worked for Agolino's Restaurant for 20 years. And did he mention his homemade desserts and ice cream bar? You'll just have to try them out for yourself.
Busiest times of the week tend to be Friday nights and Sunday breakfast leading into lunch, Mazar said, but even he was surprised at the size of his Holiday Train night crowd. With a big grin on his face, he said, ''I think they like it here." That's good, he said, because he's in the people pleasing business.
"When they're happy, I'm happy."
Restaurant’s History
Jim Mazar opened MaZAR's BridgeView Restaurant in June 2009. But the building has been around long before that serving up home-cooked meals farther back than when Ma and Pa Harpur were running the place.
We are always looking for more on the history of the restaurant, so if you have information and/or photos please contact us and let us know. Contact Us
