Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
Water Street Cafe sits on Exchange Street in downtown Geneva, and it has the particular energy of a breakfast spot that a town has collectively decided belongs to them. The dining room is small, the decor is unpretentious, and on weekend mornings the wait for a table tells you everything the FLX Finest Silver awards […]
Simply Crepes started with a family recipe from a dairy farm in rural Quebec. Co-founders Pierre and Karen Heroux built their restaurant concept around the homespun crepes Pierre's grandmother cooked on buttered cast iron — simple, unpretentious, stuffed with whatever was good that morning. Two decades and multiple locations later, the formula still works. The […]
Potters Farm to Fork sits on Route 31 in Port Byron, about 20 minutes west of Auburn, and it is quietly the most-awarded restaurant in the entire Finger Lakes Finest rankings. Gold for best all-around restaurant three years running. Gold for breakfast, lunch, brunch, wings, sandwiches, and plates. The trophy case is absurd for a […]
Angel's is the kind of breakfast spot where the regulars have their own booths and the waitress already knows your order. Tucked into 5 Main Street in Penn Yan, right at the heart of the village, this no-frills diner has earned back-to-back FLX Finest Gold for Best Brunch (2025) and Best Breakfast (2024, 2023) with […]