ALTAMONT — The transformation is now complete. On Sunday, a new sign went up at 186 Main Street: Mio Vino is now Veronica’s.

“I wanted to rebrand,” said Peter Blackman who became owner of the village’s only fine-dining restaurant last June.

Blackman designed the sign himself. It is projected from the restaurant’s front porch, overlooking the village green, and says, “Veronica’s Culinary Tavern.” The design evokes a mid-century diner and has a fork and knife at the top in the shape of a “V.”

The clapboard building, at the corner of Main and Maple, was once an A&P.  Michael Giorgio  reworked the building, inside and out, making it into a wine bar and bistro.

Blackman said it had a reputation for being “pompous and expensive.”  He made both the prices and the fare more accessible.

“I want to be versatile,” he said. “You can come here with coworkers after work for drinks and appetizers.” Small plates include edamame-truffle hummus for $9 and grilled asparagus for $8.

“Or,” Blackman went on, “you can celebrate an anniversary here with fine dining.” Entrées include chicken saltimbocca for $24 and New York strip for $35. There are also pasta selections that range from $19 to $24 with sides.

“If you come home and find there’s nothing in the fridge, you can come in for a burger or pizza,” he said. Wood-fired pizza and burgers cost from $14 to $17.

Blackman described his restaurant as “casual fine-dining” with a nod to Italian cuisine. Since taking over in June, he said business has been “OK.” He went on, “I want to be honest. Weekends are good.”

The restaurant is open from Tuesday through Saturday. And “happy hours” every day from 4 to 6 p.m. are lively, he said.

The location, Blackman said, is “a double-edge sword.” Altamont is “remote” from large population centers, he noted, but “part of the beauty of the place” is the rural remoteness, the quaint village setting.

Veronica’s has a tavern with polished bar, small dining rooms, and alfresco dining on its porch and patio.

Blackman, who grew up in Bethlehem, likes being close to his roots. His roots in the restaurant business are deep. A graduate of Babson College, near Boston, he became manager of Mangia in  Slingerlands when he was just 23, having waited tables previously at Butcher Block.

He then spent 18 years managing multiple locations before he partnered with Angelo Mazzone, owning and running the  Aperitivo Bistro & Wine Bar on State Street near Proctors in Schenectady.

After eight years as a co-owner, Blackman said, he was in search of a “normal job.” “I sold my half back to him in the fall of 2015.”

Blackman went from a bistro with 250 seats in a busy theater district to Veronica’s with 75 seats in quiet Altamont.

“I love it,” he said. “The community’s been great. I enjoy the people I work with and the people in the community.”

He also said, “We used a lot of local produce last fall. We’re blessed to have farmers five or 10 miles away. I try to give them credit,” he said, noting that the pig for the village’s Victorian Holiday pig roast came from Crosby Farm in Berne.

Asked how he came up with his restaurant’s new name, Blackman said, “There are ‘V’s everywhere in the restaurant. I wanted something more versatile, a female name. I went through the family tree,” he said, hoping some nearly-forgotten great-grandmother might have had a name that started with “V.”

No such luck.

Blackman concluded with a smile, “Maybe it will be the future love of my life.”