Restored electric train station will soon house a favorite Willamette Valley restaurant

Restored electric train station will soon house a favorite Willamette Valley restaurant

Chef Matt Bennett had only known the railroad building on a highly visible half-acre corner lot as Ciddici’s Pizza. Now, he sees it as a precious part of history.

Restored electric train station will soon house a favorite Willamette Valley restaurant - Legalization Profiles

Thanks in part to an Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant that covered a tiny portion of the restoration costs, Albany chef Matt Bennett intends to relocate his well-liked Sybaris Bistro into a historic electric train station in the city’s downtown next year. The majority of the 112-year-old railroad building’s original craftsmanship is still present despite decades of use as a pizza and Oregon Lottery video poker venue. Bennett stated it was…