Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
In a region where coffee culture tends to play second fiddle to wine culture, Imprint Coffee Roasting has quietly built one of the most respected roasting operations in the Finger Lakes. Based out of a roastery and drive-thru at 31 State Street in Sodus, Imprint handles every step of the process in-house: beans are received, […]
Tucked onto Castle Street in downtown Geneva, Grounded operates as the kind of neighborhood cafe that college towns and small cities desperately need but rarely get right. The space is warm and unpretentious, designed for lingering over a good drink rather than grabbing something on the run. The menu tilts health-conscious without being preachy about […]
Cafe 19 (styled as XIX on the sign, because Seneca Falls does not do anything halfway) sits at 20 East Bayard Street in Seneca Falls and operates as a breakfast-and-lunch spot Tuesday through Saturday. The space is compact, the vibe is neighborhood cafe, and the reason people drive from surrounding towns comes down to two […]
On the Waterloo-Geneva Road, where the commute between Seneca and Cayuga lake country runs through flat farmland and not much else, Bad Burro Coffee Company has become a genuinely essential pit stop. The concept is simple and ruthlessly efficient: a double drive-thru that keeps the line moving while the baristas inside crank out an enormous […]