Our Concept

Organic Alley is a cafe, natural & organic food market & Yoga studio located in Pittsford - a suburb of Rochester, NY.

By taking the best from the western and eastern traditions, we can offer our customers a unique, inspiring and healthy experience. Our concept: "Adirondacks meets Asia".

Organic Alley is making a difference in our world by making it easy for customers and community to learn about and live a more eco-friendly and healthy life.

The principles that drive Organic Alley's offerings, buying decisions, partners and friends are:

• sustainable, renewable, green
  we will bring to market products that are green, sustainable, renewable and eco-friendly. We support a green life. We will also support companies that have these values
• organic, all natural, safe, clean, pure
  we will not sell anything that has chemicals, hormones, trans fats, etc. that will harm you.
• effective, genuine & true
  our products and services deliver the benefit promised.
• fair trade & Local
  we value the work that all humans put forward and choose to sell products that that support fair trade, fair wages, good working conditions and human dignity. Our products range from fair trade coffee to fair trade chocolate and gifts.

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Organic Alley's main entrance is adjacent to the Coal Tower Restaurant in Schoen Place in Pittsford. The barn where Organic Alley makes it home, was built in the mid 1800's. It's intended use was for grain processing and storage. It took over a year for Organic Alley to renovate it's space.

Our Start

We opened our doors to the public in December of 2005, a culmination of a 6 year journey to locate in Pittsford.

Founders' and twin brothers' Chris and Doug Miller, both graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School and went on to pursue different paths after High School.

Doug, graduated from the University of Rochester, with a B.A. in economics and continued on to get his M.B.A at the Simon School of Business. An entrepeneur at heart, Doug helped companies such as CBC Companies, Auragen Communications & Omtrix get off the ground. Doug's passion for organics, healthy eating and the environment was inspired by the birth of his first daughter. He loves the outdoors, especially the Adirondack Park. Doug is married, Molly, and has 3 children, Emily, Meghan & Griffin.

Chris, graduated from Lafayette College with a A.B. in economics. Following graduation, Chris worked in the corporate world for several years, including at the University of Rochester. His passion to pursue yoga and other illumination arts grew strong and he decided to pursue the art and teachings of Yoga. Chris is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher.

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Our Community

Organic Alley is makng a difference in our community. We support our children through yoga classes, book signings, school class visits or other events. We are helping them become aware and educated regarding important health & environmental issues that will face them in the future.

We support "buy local first" by securing partnerships with local businesses first even if they may be a little higher in cost. It saves the environment the transportation costs and supports our local economy.

Other programs aimed at supporting our community are underway.

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Organic Alley takes pride in helping to teach our children to eat healthy and to respect & cherish our environment. The picture above is of a visiting 2nd grade class from Jefferson Road Elementary, Pittsford, NY. These 2nd graders got to tour the Cafe, Market & Yoga Studio, to learn about organic food, fair trade products, eating healthy, kids yoga and got to taste some organic smoothies.