SARATOGA SPRINGS — The latest expansion of The Bunker, an indoor golf simulator, bar, restaurant, and event space, will be coming to downtown Saratoga Springs.
The business will take over 11,000 square feet across two stories of 307 Broadway, said co-founder Troy Miller, who added that the company has been looking at expanding to Saratoga “for quite some time.”
Miller said the company had attempted to make prior deals to expand into Saratoga before securing a location in the Congress Park Centre.
“I guess it all worked out, because we’ve probably got one of the most prominent spots in Saratoga,” Miller said. “We’re excited about going there.”
The Bunker’s Saratoga Springs location will feature two bars, an event space, indoor golf simulators, and “high-level food”, said Miller.
He added that the location will “tie into the whole racetrack theme,” in a nod to the Saratoga Race Course. He also said that the company is proposing open-air concepts for garage windows on the first floor that could be raised to allow for indoor-outdoor dining.
“So you can be sitting inside, yet be right on Broadway,” Miller said.
He said The Bunker’s corporate chef will design “a little bit different” of a menu from other locations.
“Those details aren’t defined, but it’ll be upscale pub food,” said Miller. “We really take pride in our food as well.”
Miller said the company hopes to have its Saratoga location opened by the end of the year.
“My goal is to try to get open this year,” Miller said. “Whether it’s December 1st, January 1st, in that ballpark.”
The Bunker opened its first location in October 2019, and currently has locations in Clifton Park, Guilderland, Latham, North Greenbush, and New Hartford. In addition to the expansion to Saratoga Springs, plans are also underway for a casino-themed location near Rivers Casino in Schenectady.
Miller said business has been going “great” for the company, noting that it began as a passion project.
“It never really was meant to be a business when I first started, but that’s what it turned into,” said Miller. “My family’s involved in it, it’s opened up a lot of opportunities for friends. It’s just turned out to be a great, great thing.
“I love golf, and the hospitality business in general, so it’s pinch-yourself exciting.”
