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 […]
Parker's Grille & Tap House has been accumulating FLX Finest hardware for four consecutive years — Gold for Best Sports Bar in 2022, 2023, and 2025, Gold for Best Bloody Mary in 2024, plus Silver nods for Bloody Mary, specialty cocktails, and even margaritas. Operating across multiple locations, Parker's has the rare distinction of being […]
F-n-A Rhythm and Booze is the most decorated bar and grill in Waterloo, and possibly in the entire Finger Lakes, which is not something you would guess from the outside of this no-pretense hangout on South Virginia Street. The FLX Finest award count tells the story: Gold for Best Bar & Grill in 2023 and […]
Eddie O'Brien's operates multiple locations across the Finger Lakes, including a prominent spot on Main Street in Canandaigua with a sidewalk patio, and the formula is consistent from one to the next: a big menu of American pub fare, walls covered in flat screens, a deep beer list, and portions large enough that most people […]
Dana's Time Out is a neighborhood sports bar on Hamilton Street in Geneva, and it wears that identity without apology. This is not the kind of place that is going to impress you with its cocktail program or its plating — it is the kind of place where cold beer arrives fast, the TVs are […]