ILNY Travel Guide - Summer 2012 - (Page 50)

SAVOR NEW YORK’S DISTINCTIVE FOOD+DRINK Ready for a great culinary adventure? Celebrated restaurants, cooking schools, farm markets, wineries and craft breweries across the state have whatever your heart (or palate) desires! New York Classics All the best ingredients for great dining come together in New York. For starters, there’s amazing variety. With culinary traditions from around the world combined with the bounty of our farms, orchards and vineyards, New York offers food journeys like nowhere else. From NYC food trucks to international haute cuisine and world-class wines, there’s something to please every palate. And across the state, you can enjoy classics like New York pizza, Buffalo wings, Ithaca greens, Waldorf salad and Thousand Island dressing in the places they were invented. With over 20,000 restaurants, New York City has amazing diversity. Follow famous chefs to hotspots like Buvette, Jody Williams’s Parisian-inspired “gastroteque” in the West Village. Savor authentic Japanese dishes at Niko in SoHo, haute Peruvian cuisine at La Mar in the Flatiron district, or a prime steak at Peter Luger, a Brooklyn classic. Students at the French Culinary Institute—where top chefs like Bobby Flay and David Chang trained—serve an elegant prix-fixe menu that’s one of the City’s best deals. Specials come with ocean views on Long Island, where chefs are inspired by fresh local seafood and produce. Watch the fishing boats from your table at Dave’s Grill, a waterfront bistro on Montauk Harbor. In Riverhead, the 1896 Tweeds Restaurant & Buffalo Bar gets sizzling reviews for bison steaks, rated “excellent” by Zagat. Take a seat at FDR’s favorite table at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. The Hudson Valley landmark with strong oak beams and broad plank floors has been welcoming guests (including George Washington) since 1766, when Revolutionary War heroes drank rum toddies and townspeople took refuge when the British attacked. Ithaca’s Moosewood, named one of the most influential restaurants of the 20th Century by Bon Appétit, inspired a series of cookbooks for generations of whole food fans. Another Finger Lakes classic, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que opened in Syracuse in 1988, quickly becoming famous for great food and live blues. Since then it’s opened branches in Rochester, Harlem and Troy, in the Capital-Saratoga region. In Saratoga Springs, the historic Olde Bryan Inn features a friendly cottage atmosphere and spacious tavern. Affordable dishes, from casual to elegant, include selections from former owner Alexander Bryan’s 1825 Bill o’ Fare. The High Rock Spring is just across the street. Tradition says that Native Americans visited as early as 1300 to gain strength from the “Medicine Spring of the Great Spirit.” ELLICOTTVILLE BREWING COMPANY, ELLICOTTVILLE (continued) SUMMER 50 

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ILNY Travel Guide - Summer 2012

ILNY Travel Guide - Summer 2012
Contents
11 Vacation Regions
Getaway Ideas
Outdoors
Unlock a Canal Adventure
New York State Parks
Art+Culture
History
War of 1812
Food+Drink
Shopping
Regional Attractions
Summer Events Calendar
Camping
Index
Regional Travel Information
New York State Map
Autumn Preview
Autumn Events Calendar

ILNY Travel Guide - Summer 2012

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