Longtime Clinton comfort-food icon Spaghetti Kettle closes as owners retire

Spaghetti Kettle, the comfort-food restaurant at 7756 State Rte 5 in Clinton, New York, has closed after owner-operators Bill and Nidia Demma decided to retire, according to a closure story published by community outlet BigFrog104 on March 3, 2026. The report says plainly, "Owners Bill and Nidia Demma decided to retire and have closed Spaghetti Kettle after years of operation."

The restaurant’s online footprint, as captured in a Yelp listing, still shows contact details that patrons have used for years: phone (315) 853-6013 and website spaghettikettle.com. Yelp’s page lists menu standbys that helped define the place for regulars, including Beef-vegetable soup, house salad, Pasta Fagioli, Chicken Marsala, Veal Marsala, Prime Rib with fries, and Drunken Clams. Reviewers on that page praised the food, with one aggregated line saying, "Marinara sauce is fantastic and prime rib the tastiest in the area."

Customer memories preserved on Yelp underscore what the closure removes from Clinton’s dinner rotation. Reviewer Joe M. wrote, "Our normal meal is Home Made Hats with Broccoli - \but\ their version is much better than any I have had elsewhere." Jeanne A. added, "They have the best Fettucini Alfredo that I've ever had." A photo identifier on Yelp, listed as "spaghetti-kettle-clinton photo -5dipe8u8ut3jsBiXrz4Pg," remains attached to the business page snapshot in the public record.

As of the Yelp excerpt available before BigFrog104’s report, the business hours were shown as closed Monday through Wednesday and open Thursday through Sunday, 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM. That listing did not include a closure notice in the provided snapshot, creating an apparent timing discrepancy between BigFrog104’s March 3, 2026 closure report and public-facing listing data.

Regional pasta context from Takingthekids highlights other New York venues that fill similar comfort-food roles, though none are connected to Spaghetti Kettle. Takingthekids noted, "If you like your pasta fresh, simple, and seriously flavourful, Forma Pasta Factory is one of those places that quietly wins people over," and points readers to Forma Pasta Factory at 14 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Takingthekids also referenced Amore inside Wegmans at 3195 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 and Caffe Italia at 662 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206 as examples of locally cherished spaghetti plates.

Several concrete facts remain unreported in the sources: BigFrog104 did not provide a final day of service or the exact number of years Spaghetti Kettle operated, and no further comments from Bill and Nidia Demma beyond their retirement statement were included. For now, the address 7756 State Rte 5 stands without the weekday dinner service and the menu items—marinara, prime rib, Fettucini Alfredo, and the "Home Made Hats with Broccoli"—that reviewers singled out. The community will now account for that loss as Clinton adjusts to the retirement of the Demmas and the closure of their kitchen.