Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
On Main Street in Willard, a tiny hamlet on the western shore of Seneca Lake, Rylee's Place has quietly become one of the most decorated cheap eats in the entire Finger Lakes. This family-owned diner punches absurdly above its weight class: Gold for Best Cheap Eats in both 2024 and 2025, Gold for Best Appetizers […]
At 11 South Main Street in the small village of Manchester, Jack's Kitchen is the kind of place you either know about or you don't — and the people who know about it tend to guard it jealously. Gold for Best Salad in 2022 and Silver for Best Cheap Eats in 2024 represent a combination […]
The award list at Canal View reads like someone accidentally merged four different restaurants into one. Best Pancakes, Best Burger, Best Chicken Wings, Best Salad, Best Sandwiches, Best Lunch Spot, Best Breakfast, Best All-Around Restaurant — Gold in nearly every category, year after year. For a family restaurant on West Union Street in Newark, that […]
At 25 Main Street in Penn Yan's historic district, Cam's Pizzeria is the kind of neighborhood pizza shop that small-town New York does better than anywhere else on earth. The operation is straightforward — New York-style pies, calzones, strombolis, wings, subs, and salads — but the execution has earned Cam's a staggering collection of FLX […]
A farm-to-table restaurant on Geneva’s lakefront emphasizing wood-fired cooking and locally sourced ingredients with Seneca Lake views.