ILNY Travel Guide - Winter 2014/2015 - (Page 23)

Peint O Gwrw, an authentic Welsh pub in Chatham, with fireside dining and seasonal beers from Chatham Brewing, just down Main Street. Winter's a tasteful celebration-from celebrityowned restaurants and markets in New York City, to the Hudson Valley's artisan cheeses and International Pickle Festival, to award-winning ice wines along the Niagara Wine Trail. For starters, there's endless variety: fine dining in restaurants with worldfamous chefs, original New York Pizza, New Skete Monastery's heavenly cheesecakes, Saratoga Chips, Utica Greens, Genesee Monks' Bread, Buffalo Wings at the Anchor Bar (where they were invented), and fresh-tapped maple syrup at farms across New York. Award-winning wineries and breweries offer seasonal specialties, from Long Island to Lake Erie. Seaside to mountaintop, the settings are just as diverse. Enjoy seafood with an ocean view on Long Island, dinner après ski at an Adirondacks resort, or Food & Drink cheesecake at a New York City landmark after a Broadway show. Sample Lunar New Year specialties in Chinatown or latkes at Katz's, New York City's oldest deli. With Carnegie Hall next door and Lincoln Center down the street, the historic Russian Tea Room attracts actors, dancers and musicians with classic cuisine and posh Old World ambiance. Dine elegantly in the Hudson Valley at the Mohonk Mountain House, voted America's #1 Resort Spa, and the Culinary Institute, offering classes on international specialties, from Christmas cookies to Valentine treats and Irish soda bread. Hidden gems include iloveny.com * 23 * WINTER It's the prime season to taste some of the world's best ice wines along the Niagara Wine Trail. A half-hour's drive from Buffalo's acclaimed art museums, theaters and chicken wings, it was just rated New York's most cutting-edge wine region by the New York Times. Nearby, you can visit Niagara Falls State Park; open year-round, it's a frosted wonderland in winter! Beside Great Lake Ontario in the Thousand Islands-a haven for ice fishing and cross-country skiing- Sackets Harbor Brewing Company pairs upscale pub fare with original craft beers brewed on-site. See page 56 of the Summer section and visit iloveny.com for more information on great New York culinary adventures. ©CHEESECAKE, PIZZA, BEER: ISTOK.COM Celebrate the Season! Ski Whiteface, the greatest vertical in the East, and then follow the intoxicating aroma to Oscar's Adirondack Smoke House in Warrensburg, famous for smoked meats and cheeses. The legendary Noonmark Diner in Keene serves homemade soups and fresh-baked pies. Owned by the founders of Cold River Coffee Company, Blue Moon Café in Saranac Lake features fresh-roasted brews and locally sourced foods like High Peaks Herdmaster, a regional organic cheese.  http://www.iloveny.com http://www.ISTOK.COM http://www.iloveny.com

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