A dry, patchy road is what's left after a chaotic morning in Troy Friday when a water main break caused conserve water advisories and a CDTA bus getting stuck in the ground.
"We were ready for a Friday lunch crowd that never showed up,” said Little Pecks owner, Vic Christopher.
Downtown businesses like Little Pecks on Broadway were challenged by the water supply being cut off.
"It interrupted our lunch service yesterday, we had to send six members of staff home and they returned at 5 pm for our dinner service,” Christopher added. “So, it interfered with our business day yesterday."
Water was shut off in the city for roughly an hour and a half; after the water turned on those challenges didn't go away.
"We were concerned about the water quality, we have an advanced filtration system here, but the water was still very cloudy,” he said. “Because of that we went to Price Chopper and purchased eight gallons of bottled water for our cold brew."
Despite the cloudy water, officials say the water was always safe to drink
Meanwhile down the street at Café Euphoria, business saw a benefit from the issue.
"We had heard of some shops down the road which lost water so as a consequence a number of customers came here instead which was actually good for us," said Atsushi Akera, cafe General Manager.
Luckily the café hosts events and has gallons of water in house.
" It meant that the bathrooms were out of commission for a while so we were worried about that,” Akera added. “The city really did a good job at getting to it right away and making sure the businesses could stay open."
But businesses have differing opinions on the city's aging infrastructure and the chance another could occur.
"It's happened before, it'll happen again. These buildings are old, the city is old,” Christopher said. “But it's kind of like a '69 Camaro; it's like a beautiful old sports car but it needs constant tune ups and adjustments."
Akera on the other hand has concerns, "as a business we do worry about these things. When we found out 'wait where'd the water go' all of us were scared and okay are we going to be able to manage. But we try to be resilient and quickly assess which of the dishes we could make."
Residents have been pushing city officials to make infrastructure a priority
The city of Rensselaer who pays the city of Troy for water lifted their conserve water advisory on Saturday.