About Us

Back in the summer of ’84 my father, David, and I decided we would open a restaurant. we named it after my grandfather Joseph, who had come here from Italy when he was young and had made a living as a chef in the valley. The building was originally my dad’s sugarhouse where he made maple syrup and had a gift shop called “The Sugarmaker”. In one month we put together enough equipment to get started. We went to the grocery store at the end of each day to buy the next day’s supplies. We could seat 20 people and had 19 plates, and sold coffee for 5 cents a cup!

We served breakfast and lunch at first but it wasn’t too long before we wanted to expand to dinner as well…we just needed the right idea, something a little different. Thus, The Spaghetti Shed. Our first menu offered only spaghetti but it would soon expand to include pizza and other Italian favorites., and some not-so-Italian favorites too, and of course, where would we be without our fantastic, home-baked bread.

Well, here we are over 38 years later! A lot has changed since the days of 19 plates. Over the years we have expanded the menu a little more and have become almost as well known for our desserts as our bread. With the issues created by Covid and the ongoing challenges of the restaurant business in general we have continued to adapt and choose different paths for the restaurant.  We have decided to continue with just take out but to also grow other elements of the business…our order ahead family catering and the advent of a new small Italian Market. One thing that has not changed, however, is our love for the food and the happiness we get from seeing others enjoy it!