Stories, tips, and local perspectives from across the Finger Lakes.
For over three decades, Downtown Deli has been stacking sandwiches at 53 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, and the locals have rewarded that longevity with back-to-back Gold for Best Deli in 2024 and 2025. In a region where restaurants come and go with the seasons, thirty-plus years in the same spot speaks louder than any […]
Doug's Fish Fry opened on Jordan Street in Skaneateles in 1982 and has been doing essentially one thing — frying fish — better than almost anyone in Central New York ever since. The original location is a no-frills counter-service operation where you order at the window, wait for your number, and eat off a paper […]
When del Lago Resort & Casino opened on Route 414 in Waterloo in 2017, it brought a scale of entertainment infrastructure the Finger Lakes had never seen. The full-service resort features a sprawling gaming floor with over 1,600 slot machines and nearly 100 table games, a 205-room hotel, multiple restaurants and bars, and a dedicated […]
Since 1953, D.A.’s Liquors has been a family-owned staple, offering an expansive wine selection that satisfies every palate and budget.
CountryMax is the kind of store that makes perfect sense in the Finger Lakes and almost no sense anywhere else. Part pet store, part farm supply, part garden center — it serves the specific needs of a region where a single customer might be buying chicken feed, a bag of premium dog food, and tomato […]
Connie's Diner has been anchoring East Main Street in Waterloo since 1989, and the place radiates the kind of nostalgic diner energy that most restaurants have to fabricate. This is the real thing: a no-frills, counter-and-booth operation where the coffee is always hot, the portions are generous, and nobody rushes you out the door. Breakfast […]
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 […]
COHO Pizza & Wine Bar sits at the north end of Canandaigua Lake, built into a marina redevelopment at 811 South Main Street. The concept is what the owners call "flip-flop fancy" — dockside dining that is casual enough for a family lunch in swimsuits but elevated enough that the food and wine deserve actual […]
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 […]