Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
Angel's is the kind of breakfast spot where the regulars have their own booths and the waitress already knows your order. Tucked into 5 Main Street in Penn Yan, right at the heart of the village, this no-frills diner has earned back-to-back FLX Finest Gold for Best Brunch (2025) and Best Breakfast (2024, 2023) with […]
A locally owned, family-run auto parts store, Advantage Auto Stores emphasizes the motto "Service is the Difference."
Addy's Power Equipment, established in 1987 and family-owned, serves the region from two locations. The company offers a wide range of outdoor power equipment, including products from brands like Kioti, Cub Cadet, Grasshopper, and Husqvarna.
You come to F2T Kitchen & Bar at 41 Lakefront for one reason first, and that reason is the view. The restaurant sits inside the Trademark Collection by Wyndham hotel at the very northern tip of Seneca Lake, and its outdoor terrace hangs directly over the water. On a warm evening, with the sun dropping […]
Abandon Brewing sits on Merritt Hill Road outside Penn Yan, operating out of a restored 1800s barn on 25 acres of gardens, vineyards, and orchards overlooking Keuka Lake. The setting is the first thing people mention, and rightly so — the view across the lake from the hilltop is staggering, Silver-medal-for-Best-Restaurant-View staggering. The barn itself […]
Geneva On The Lake is the closest thing the Finger Lakes has to a European grand hotel, and it has been since 1911. The Italianate villa sits on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake at the edge of Geneva, its formal gardens running down to the waterfront in a way that makes you briefly forget […]
Belhurst Castle is the kind of place that sounds like it might be a tourist trap — a castle on Seneca Lake! — until you walk in and realize the history is real and the kitchen actually takes itself seriously. The property dates to 1885, when a socialite named Carrie Harron hired fifty men to […]
A large lakefront park on Seneca Lake’s eastern shore with a marina, swimming beach, and campground, built on the grounds of a former naval training station.
A two-mile gorge trail with 19 waterfalls carved through 200-foot cliffs of layered rock, widely considered the most spectacular short hike in the Finger Lakes.