Ambition Coffee & Eatery, Inc.

Ambition Coffee & Eatery, Inc. We're Schenectady's funky little downtown bistro.
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BAM 💥 Fireball Carrot Cake Boozy Muffin When you’re ready, come and get it
09/17/2026

BAM đź’Ą
Fireball Carrot Cake Boozy Muffin
When you’re ready, come and get it

When you’re ready, come and get it
09/16/2026

When you’re ready, come and get it

09/12/2026

Holy crap! Did you hear that plane fly over Jay street? It was so freakin loud!

I took the weekend off. And came back to this, made by the employees. Ambition is the best little wh******se in Schenect...
09/09/2026

I took the weekend off. And came back to this, made by the employees.
Ambition is the best little wh******se in Schenectady.
Ok! There you go, we have arrived!

When you’re ready, come and get it ❤️
09/05/2026

When you’re ready, come and get it ❤️

Oh yes we did!Fireball Pumpkin Boozy MuffinsWhen you’re ready, come and get it ❤️
08/29/2026

Oh yes we did!
Fireball Pumpkin Boozy Muffins
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I was ten years old when I was introduced to Dolly Parton. I don’t remember if it was the movie 9to5 or the title song. ...
08/25/2026

I was ten years old when I was introduced to Dolly Parton. I don’t remember if it was the movie 9to5 or the title song. But that was her entering my consciousness.
Her song 9to5 stayed with me all those years and when the time came to open Ambition, it was her inspiration that I tapped into. “Poured myself a cup of ambition…”
After meeting Lily Tomlin at Proctors Theater and Lily signing my DVD cover of 9to5 and telling her about the restaurant and at the time we had the candy store named Skinny & Sweet, she asked me, “How does Dolly feel about that?”
I said, “I don’t know.” But that was the fuel I needed to meet her.
Dolly was on an album tour, stopping in NYC. So I went down to NYC to meet her.
I was treated like everyone else who was there, standing in line, with hundreds of other people, waiting my turn to meet Dolly and grab a signature.
When it was finally my turn and I was standing in front of her, I handed her my DVD cover, told her about my restaurant, its name and how she inspired it and the name for our candy store.
She lit up with excitement. She was so happy for me and with her southern drawl, “Well I think that’s just really great!”
Then I did what I should not have done but I felt pushed, so I asked her if I could shake her hand. It was like the universe went silent. Her staff behind her went silent, the conversations of the people standing behind me went silent. And then she ever so directly, put her pen down on the table, released it and extended her hand. Like I was the most important person in the world. I shook Dolly Parton’s hand. And that’s Dolly Parton. Always with a smile, always with a positive outlook, always willing to give. She stopped for me. ME. Who am I? There were hundreds maybe thousands of people there. We were told photographs with Dolly were not allowed. And yet she stopped for me.
Dolly, I will try, although I know I’ll fall pitifully short of being the positive person you were. But you’ve touched my life, and forever you will stay in my heart.
“If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.”
Fly like an eagle Dolly đź’ť

08/18/2026

When you find out

08/18/2026

When you find out

Coconut Espresso MartiniWhen you’re ready, come and get it ❤️
08/14/2026

Coconut Espresso Martini
When you’re ready, come and get it ❤️

Address

154 Jay Street
Schenectady, NY
12305

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 1:30pm

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