New York

Some people judge a restaurant by its view, but pierogi fans judge it by the dough, the filling,…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 27

Ask anyone from Rochester where to get a good plate of Chicken French, and you will probably start…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 27

Bring up bagels with a group of New Yorkers and you will get strong opinions, a few friendly…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 26

Some restaurants chase every trend that rolls through town. Others spend two decades focused on one signature sauce…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 26

Grape pie is one of those foods that makes out-of-towners tilt their heads, but anyone who grew up…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 26

Beef on weck is a Western New York classic that not everyone outside the area knows about. It…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 25

New York does a lot of things well, and the humble hot dog is near the top of…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 25

Tucked into a valley in the Catskills sits a village with a population you could count on a…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 25

Every Saturday morning, a stretch of pavement in downtown Brooklyn fills up with folding tables, canvas awnings, and…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 24

Some folks plan their weekend around a two-hour drive just for lunch, and once you learn where they…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 24

Some places make you wait, and you leave grumbling. Others make you wait, and you leave already planning…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 24

Some places treat ice cream as an afterthought, a sweet stop tacked onto a day trip. In upstate…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 23

Some places refuse to change, and thank goodness for that. Tucked into a quiet corner of Queens sits…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 23

Some waterfalls make you earn the view with a long, sweaty march into the wilderness. This one hands…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 23

When apple season hits New York, the whole state seems to smell like fresh cider and warm baked…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 22

The Finger Lakes have a way of making a simple afternoon feel like a small adventure. Rolling vineyards…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 22

Some places don’t need flashing signs or a fancy makeover to keep people coming back for decades. Tucked…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 22

Some places make you slow down without even trying. This little riverside spot in New York state trades…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 21

Autumn in the Hudson Valley has a way of pulling families out of the house and onto winding…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 21

There’s a certain comfort meal that seems to be fading from menus everywhere, and that’s the open-faced turkey…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 21

Some corners in a city hold onto their history one scoop at a time, and this one has…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 20

Some roadside stops sneak up on you when you least expect them, and a certain wooden crossing in…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 20

Some cheese shows up cold in plastic wrap. Other cheese gets stretched by hand at dawn, still slightly…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 20

Some sweets belong to a city the way street names and old songs do, and in Buffalo one…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 19

Fresh cheese curds have one job, and that job is to squeak. When they do, you know they…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 19

Nothing beats a real deli sandwich piled so high you have to plan your first bite. New York…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 19

Some places in a small town seem to hold the whole community together, one plate of comfort food…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 18

Some candy still gets made the slow way, by hand, in shops that have not changed much in…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 18

There is a short window every fall when New York orchards fill up with families hauling bags of…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 18

Ithaca hides a spot where students, hikers, and curious travelers keep circling back, and the buzz around it…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 17

Some seafood spots earn a reputation that spreads faster than the traffic on a summer weekend. Out on…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 17

Hungry hikers and train fans keep finding their way to the same spot in a small Hudson Valley…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 17

A great roast beef sandwich is a simple thing, but finding one that makes you plan your whole…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 16

Long Island’s North Fork sits right in the heart of Peconic Bay scallop country, so it makes sense…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 16

Ice cream shops come and go, but a few New York spots still serve sundaes the old-fashioned way,…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 16

There is a difference between ice cream made in a factory far away and ice cream made just…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 15

There is a spot tucked back from a quiet stretch of road in upstate New York where the…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 15

Beef on weck is one of those Western New York specialties that people will happily drive across the…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 15

Some breakfast spots try to impress with white tablecloths and prices that make you flinch. This one on…

By Hudson Walker · Sep 14