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Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
Sweets By Sarah Bakery
In Sterling, a small Cayuga County town that sits closer to Lake Ontario than to any of the Finger Lakes, Sweets By Sarah Bakery has established itself as the region's top bakery by the only metric that matters: the people who live here voted it Gold for Best Bakery two years running, in 2024 and […]
Sweet Ki’s
Sweet Ki's has built a following in Geneva without ever opening a traditional storefront, which in 2025 might be the savviest business model a small-batch baker can adopt. Operating as an online order-based company through the Bakesy platform, Sweet Ki's specializes in stuffed cookies that are as visually striking as they are indulgent. The 2025 […]
Stacey’s Permanent Solutions
Stacey's Permanent Solutions in Weedsport is a one-stop aesthetic center that has amassed an almost absurd number of FLX Finest awards: Gold for Aesthetic Medicine and Hair Removal in both 2024 and 2025, Gold for Nail Salon in 2025, Silver for Day Spa, Tanning, Yoga/Pilates, and Massage in various years. The breadth of services — […]
Smokin Pete’s
Smokin Pete's has been climbing the FLX Finest BBQ rankings with the steady patience of a proper low-and-slow cook — Silver in 2022, Silver in 2023, Silver in 2024, and finally Gold in 2025. That four-year arc from contender to champion tells you everything about the operation at 5286 West Lake Road in Geneva: this […]
Sinicropi Florist
Forty-eight years on Fall Street in Seneca Falls is not a career — it is an institution. Sinicropi Florist has been doing the flowers for this community's most important moments since the mid-1970s, and the FLX Finest voting history reflects that deep-rooted trust: Gold in 2024 and 2025, Silver in 2022 and 2023, with an […]
Seneca Lake Wine & Spirts
Sitting on the Waterloo-Geneva Road between two of the Finger Lakes' most trafficked wine trails, Seneca Lake Wine & Spirits occupies that sweet spot every wine region needs: an honest, well-stocked bottle shop run by people who actually know what they're selling. The selection leans hard into Finger Lakes producers, with deep representation from both […]
Seneca Lake Resorts
Seneca Lake Resorts operates across multiple locations on the lake and earned Gold for Best Boat Rentals in 2024 followed by Silver in 2025, plus connections to Sampson Marina. The operation is built around getting visitors onto Seneca Lake — the largest, deepest, and arguably most dramatic of the Finger Lakes — and they have […]
Seneca Gun Sports
Seneca Gun Sports on Highway 14 in Rock Stream earned Silver for Best Outdoors/Camping Store in 2025, and its position in the heart of the Seneca Lake wine trail corridor puts a firearms and outdoor sporting goods dealer in the middle of what most people think of as wine country. But the Finger Lakes has […]