COLONIE — Roger Martel, who has run the restaurant at the Albany municipal golf course for 32 years, and his son are the new proprietors of Otis & Oliver’s, the restaurant at Mill Road Acres Golf Course in Latham.
They bought the business from Don Wade and Erin Cavanaugh, the husband and wife who opened Otis & Oliver’s in 2005 elsewhere in Latham and moved it to the Mill Road course in 2012. Martel and Wade confirmed the news Monday.
Wade, who is 67, said he has been in the restaurant business for 40 years, and he and his wife want the freedom to travel and spend time with family. Martel, a restaurateur for nearly 60 years, said he and son Jim recognized that Otis & Oliver’s is frequently busy and wanted to add it to their portfolio after closing Martel’s Grill at the Town of Colonie Golf Course at the end of last year…