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🫒INTEL—NEOVISTA OPENS THE VAULT + IZAKAYA KINKO at 60 STATE
🫒INTEL — NEOVISTA OPENS ITS VAULT at 60 STATE
🫒EXCLUSIVE: SOLEVO RESTAURATEUR RONNIE SOLEVO TEASES NEW SARATOGA PROJECT, ‘THE PEARL’
🫒EXCLUSIVE: SOLEVO KITCHEN RESTAURATEUR RONNIE SOLEVO TEASES HIS NEXT PROJECT, THE PEARL
GUEST SHIFT: SETH JONES, Mirador
Seth Jones, Head Bartender at Mirador in Kingston talks fine art photography, building community + sherry cocktails.
YUZU SAKE, A CITRUS-FORWARD NEW RELEASE BY DASSAI BLUE
Our latest crush? Dassai Blue’s new citrus-forward Yuzu Sake, made in the Hudson Valley and just released on May 1, 2026.
🫒Exclusive: ALLEYWAY SNACKS? THE SARATOGA CHEFS TRADING PLATES
Alleyway Snacks started as a end-of-service trade between two chefs. Now it’s almost daily with plans for more bartering, community building + an Instagram account of its own.
IS THIS MELON FLUFF MILK PUNCH THE COOLEST COCKTAIL IN SARATOGA?
Hamlet & Ghost Bar Director Sonia Castellani is known for her culinary, clarified cocktails. Here she combines the fresh fruit of her French childhood with marshmallow fluff + milk tea.
PIZZA BY PLU GOES BACK TO PARKING LOT DROPS
The viral Pizza by Plu is going back to its roots with multi-town parking lot drops + famed pick up rules. With the new Guilderland shop as his prep kitchen, Brian Plutchok pivots the plan.
ENTER THE “BEERGAL,” A BEER LOVER’S BAGEL
Award-winning Deep Fried Beers latest creation isn’t a beer. It’s a bagel. We talk to head brewer, Johnny Osborne, about his Deep Fried “Beergals.”
PINHOOK BOURBON’S NEXT SARATOGA BLEND IS COMING THIS SUMMER
INTEL: Pinhook Bourbon’s Next Saratoga Blend Is Coming This Summer. The Dishing was invited behind the scenes as industry professionals determined the blend.
🫒 THE FUTURE IS FUSION — Collabs, Third-Culture Menus + Grand Margaritas Plans Its Next Peruvian-Mexican Location
Intel: The Future Is Fusion — Chef Collabs, Third Culture Menus + Peruvian-Mexican Grand Margaritas Plans a Second Location.
REVIEW: THE VERANDAH, TROY
The opening of The Verandah in Troy’s Little Italy is a fusion of Jamaican island cooking and Italian Likkle Tings.
INTEL: FROM A GLOBAL STAGE, CHINESE WINES VENTURE UPSTATE
Chinese wine has made its way upstate. We chat with wine importer, Lila Holland, the founder of the Hudson-based Peripheral wine fair about the growing interest in Chinese wine.
BOTTLE CRUSH: FARMentation Pét Nat + Ramen
Wine importer Lila Holland pairs a versatile Chinese pét-nat wine for this week’s bottle crush.
MEET: CHEF NICOLE BASSIS, CAFÉ MUTSI, Andes
Chef Nicole Bassis on her 30-year old Finnish sourdough starter, Finnish design + running bakery-cafe Cafe Mutsi on her own.
NYS CRAFT BEER WINNERS 2026
The 2026 NYS Craft Beer Competition Awards Ceremony, the largest state-level craft beer competition in the US, was held March 30 at Albany Capital Center. It concluding the NYS Craft Brewers’ Conference and prepared the stage for NYS Craft Brewing Day on April 11.
LONG LUNCH AT CAFE MUTTON’S NEW MERKIN WINE BAR IN A HUDSON GARAGE
UPDATE: Linger over a Long Lunch or lazy wines in a garage now officially named Merkin. Cafe Mutton’s chef-owner Shaina Loew-Banayan dishes the details on their new addition + its bushy backstory.
MEET: CHEF DORIS CHOI, SILVIA + GOOD NIGHT
Korean Chef-restaurateur Doris Choi discusses Silvia + Good Night, the role of time in coaxing flavors, shifting from a plant-based mindset + her 2024 James Beard nod.
REVIEW: NEDA’S PERSIAN KITCHEN, LATHAM
Tucked in a sloping tiny strip mall on Route 2 in Latham, Neda’s Persian Kitchen serves up classic Persian and Afghan dishes in a simply decorated, but sunny and welcoming café.
🫒INTEL: NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN. BAR DIRECTOR ANDREW PATTERSON DEPARTS MILAS; COLLIN MYERS STEPS UP TO THE PLATE
As Bar Director Andrew Patterson departs Schenectady for Brooklyn, Collin Myers steps in at Milas.