Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
The Deluxe Grill has been serving Geneva from the corner of North Genesee Street and Gates Avenue since 1933, when Italian immigrants Nicholas Aquilano and his wife Carrie Raphael built the place on two-foot-thick poured concrete footers and 12-inch beams. That sense of permanence extends to everything about the restaurant: the warm, dimly lit dining […]
Cosentino's occupies a converted railroad depot at 1 Railroad Place in Geneva, and the building gives the restaurant a character that most small-town Italian places lack. The brick walls and the old industrial bones of the space create a dining room that feels warm and lived-in without trying too hard. This is not a trendy […]
Ciccino's occupies a slightly improbable position in the Finger Lakes dining landscape: it is a small-town pizzeria in Waterloo that has won FLX Finest Gold for Best Italian Restaurant, Best Pizza, and Best Chicken Wings across four consecutive years. The "Paninoteca" in the name is a tell — this is a kitchen that takes Italian […]
Bella's Sicilian Ristorante in Geneva has been a fixture of the local Italian dining scene long enough to earn Gold for Best Italian Restaurant at the 2022 FLX Finest awards. It is the kind of family-run Italian place where the portions are generous, the recipes lean traditional Sicilian, and the regulars all seem to know […]