Springfield, MA- Mayor Domenic J. Sarno joined with Latino Economic Development Corporation Director Andrew Melendez, and Jose Cuevas, the family owners of The Farmers House Restaurant on Friday at 11:00 a.m. for a grand open ribbon cutting celebration at the Forest Park neighborhood’s newest restaurant – The Farmers House.
Also in attendance was State Representative Orlando Ramos, State Senator Adam Gomez, and State Senator Jake Oliveira.
The Farmers House is located at 600 Belmont Avenue and open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. seven days a week. The restaurant doors will officially open this Friday at 11:00 a.m.
Mayor Sarno states, “Mr. Cuevas has done a tremendous amount of work transforming the building here. They have invested well over $400,000, with support from Andrew Melendez and the Latino Economic Development Team also, which has received funding from my administration and our state legislature too. He has a great story; came here 11 years ago, worked hard and started with driving trucks and saving his money to make it happen. I wanted to take the time to stop by and thank him for his belief and investment in our great city. Beautiful family and best of luck to his son in baseball!”