Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
The Hog Wallow Tavern sits at 10 Linden Street in downtown Geneva, and its award resume reads like a clerical error. FLX Finest Gold for Best Specialty Cocktails four years straight (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Gold for Best Margaritas three of the last four years. Gold for Best Happy Hour two years running. Gold for […]
Sitting at 401 Lakeshore Drive in Canandaigua, Finger Lakes Public House has carved out a reputation as the spot for one very specific thing: the best Bloody Mary in the Finger Lakes. Gold in 2025 and Silver in 2024 for that single cocktail is not a fluke — it is the result of a house-made […]
Ashley Lynn is not your typical Finger Lakes tasting room. There are no slate-gray walls, no sommeliers swirling Riesling, and no tasting fees. This is a family-run winery on Route 318 in Waterloo — half a mile from the Finger Lakes Premium Outlets — where the Hurlbut family has been farming apples on 130 acres […]