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Table Talk: Boardwalk Restaurant
It all began as a clam shack next to the lake run by a guy by the name of Nick Cutro. They came by car and boat for ice cold beers, steamers and a great Italian sausage sandwich with peppers and...
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It’s Apple Picking Time
With its wealth of resources, natural, nautical, cultural and otherwise, Lake George can afford to acknowledge that other regions possess some advantages that we lack, such as apple orchards....
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Sagamore Warming Up for Winter
Last May, when Tom Guay, the Sagamore’s general manager, announced the hotel would re-open in the off-season for the first time since 2008, few gave any thought to how the Sagamore would attract the...
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Table Talk: New Year’s Eve at Friend’s Lake Inn
Some things get better with age, including wine, cheese, fine art, classic automobiles, David Ortiz and yes, the Friend’s Lake Inn. Built in 1860 and known as Murphy’s Friend’s Lake Inn, it became a...
View ArticleTable Talk: Rare Earth Wine Bar
New dining destinations are cropping up almost monthly in downtown Glens Falls. What’s interesting and challenging is they are all featuring different cuisine while also being very creative and...
View ArticleBolton Beans Changing Hands
Bolton Beans, the café housed in the vintage lunch car owned by Ike Wolgin that replaced the famed Bill Gates Diner after it was donated to the Adirondack Museum in 1989, is changing hands. Katrina...
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Nettle Meadow Farm to Host Locally Sourced Food and Drink Pairing in Restored...
Nettle Meadow, the Thurman farm whose triple-cream Kunik and Honey Lavender Fromage Blanc have become a hit with cheese authorities across the country, will will host a “Cheese and Spirits Pairing” on...
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Mario’s: Celebrating Sixty Years on Canada Street
Joe Loschiavo has been dining at Mario’s since 1954, the year Mary Mazzeo turned her summer home on Canada Street into a restaurant and began serving dinner in the living room. “For us, the only...
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Mikado Sushi: A New Culinary Experience Debuts in Bolton
This summer residents and visitors in Bolton Landing won’t have to drive out of town to satisfy their taste for Asian food. Danny Chang and his family have opened Mikado Sushi restaurant on Main Street...
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“The Great Chicken Wing Hunt,” Makes it to the Screen
Back in 2007 producer/director Matt Reynolds and his ragtag tour mates came to Bolton Landing on a mission searching for the world’s best chicken wings. Although it has been nearly seven years since...
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Table Talk: Bistro Tallulah
I have sung the praises of Chef Shawn Whalen’s Bistro three times in the past. Nestled in downtown Glens Falls, this tiny storefront restaurant packs them in year-round. And why not! The atmosphere is...
View ArticleSagamore’s Popular Ice Bar Returning this Winter
Hotel and Restaurants Now Open Every Weekend Far from a deterrent, last winter’s bone chilling weather helped make the Sagamore’s inaugural Glacier Ice Bar & Lounge one of the most popular...
View ArticleForgotten Drinks of Colonial New England
In 1845, there were 221 distilleries in New York State, local historian and folklorist Marjorie Lansing Porter noted in an issue of North Country Life in 1953. Moreover, she wrote, “great-grandma made...
View ArticleLake George’s Christian Weber Among the New, Young, Craft Brewers
Lake George resident Christian Weber is building his new microbrewery business one drop at a time. Since its mid-December opening, Common Roots Brewing Co. has barely kept up with demand for draft beer...
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Maple Days in Thurman on March Weekends
“Deep, mealy snow and cold have slowed us down, but the taps are in, waiting for sap and getting ready for Thurman Maple Days,” said Randy Galusha of Toad Hill Maple Farm and an organizer of Maple...
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Table Talk: The Bullhouse
For the past two years I have heard from several self-professed critics about The Bullhouse in the hamlet of Chestertown. I am also a faithful follower and senior contributor of Trip-Advisor. When I...
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Rachael Ray Returns to Lake George to Benefit Charities
Rachael Ray is a small-town girl who hit it big, but hasn’t forgotten her roots. The television food show celebrity whose brand — TV, publishing, consumer goods — tops $100 million in sales per year,...
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The Algonquin’s Hacker Craft Bar
With their new Hacker-Craft Bar, the Algonquin’s owners have affirmed the many and clear links between the restaurant and Lake George boating. Of course, such an affirmation is hardly necessary. The...
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Table Talk: 15 Church Street
You know how I love to seek out new dining destinations. If I hear it’s good enough and not too far, I am there! A great new restaurant’s reputation travels fast in the North Country. Being a native...
View ArticleNot So Fast
On Lake George, Slow Food, Farm to Table Movement Gathers Momentum Jeff DeStefanis wants to give kids good nutritious meals that could spark interest in classroom health and science projects, and...
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