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Schenectady Merchant Mash Up
Free food and perfect spring weather combined Friday evening to bring a steady stream of people downtown for the second Schenectady Merchant Mash Up. Posted on April 20, 2012.
From left, Kay Maloney and Liz Kenneally, of Katie O'Byrnes, serve beef stew and Irish soda bread to Mark Gasparovic, of Charlton, and Lynne Faught, of Schenectady, at Lennon's Irish Shop on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
Daniel Korevaar, 3, left, and his brother Aryeh, 5, both of Schenectady, drink strawberry banana smoothies from Alto Smoothie Bar in front of Bliss Gifts on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
People sample food from Cornell's Restaurant inside Patricia's Room on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday
Zain Ahmed, of Schenectady, serves tandoori chicken from Taj Mahal Restaurant in front of Zaria & Bella's on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
Monte Schindler, right, his daughter Angelina Agrelo, center, and wife, Lisa Agelo, all of Rotterdam, eat beef stew and Irish soda bread from Katie O'Byrne's in front of Lennon's Irish Shop on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
Chris Batchelder, left, and Ashley Engle, right, both of Niskayuna, look at the Taj Mahal menu on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
People head in and out of Lennon's Irish Shop on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
Charlene Bradt, of Schenectady, serves strawberry banana smoothies from Alto Smoothie Bar in front of Bliss Gifts on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
Valerie Woodward, center, of Clifton Park, and Barbara Chesnut, left, of Schenectady, eat chicken cacciatore soup from Cornell's Restaurant in Patricia's Room on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
People fill the sidewalk along Jay Street during the Merchant Mash Up in Schenectady on Friday.
Darlene Azzertti, left, and Jan Rattner, both of Niskayuna, dance to the music of Running the River on Jay Street in Schenectady as part of the Merchant Mash Up on Friday.
