Destination Dessert: Chef Michele’s soft serve flavors are stealing the show at Montreal-inspired Familiar Creature wine bar in Saratoga

Pia Bazzoni, F+B Director at The Maker Hotel in Hudson, talks culinary cocktails, growing up in restaurants + crafting cocktails inspired by The Maker’s perfumes.

The Maker Hotel scent collection meets its match in Pia Bazzani’s curated cocktails designed to evoke the same mood.

In The Maker Lounge, Pia Bazzani’s Twilight Garden captures the early signs of spring.

At Mirador, head bartender Seth Jones serves the Martini Ramiro, a revelation of sherry, tequila and pickled ginger brine.

🫒INTEL — Station Six is open in the former Engine 6 fire house at the corner of Swan + Jefferson in downtown Albany, N.Y. We chat with owner, Mexican designer Jordan Cambron, about his cafe-bakery, cold brew + cans to go.

🫒INTEL — NEOVISTA OPENS ITS VAULT at 60 STATE

You want tacos. We’ve got tacos. This is THE TACO HIT LIST.

🫒EXCLUSIVE: SOLEVO KITCHEN RESTAURATEUR RONNIE SOLEVO TEASES HIS NEXT PROJECT, THE PEARL

Seth Jones, Head Bartender at Mirador in Kingston talks fine art photography, building community + sherry cocktails.

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.

Channeling a Marvel Universe Utopia, Keshonn Hatcher blends Japanese sake with tiki indulgence for a taste of spring.

In a new bar manager role at Morrissey’s Lounge at The Adelphi in Saratoga Springs, Sha Bhatti shares his inspiration for a Kyoto Alibi.

Milas bar director Andrew Patterson finds inspiration for this Gibson riff in a lamb gyro.

Hamlet & Ghost Bar Director Sonia Castellani takes mezcal in a more subtle direction with almond and apricot.

For the official launch of Saratoga Maiden at Lucy’s in Saratoga, we talked with Pinhook Bourbon’s master blender, Sean Josephs about creating a Saratoga blend, his winemaker approach, and the future of American whiskey.

Sonia Castellani, bar director of Hamlet & Ghost in Saratoga Springs, talks about growing up in France, the importance of culinary flavors + the women who inspired her career.

At Hamlet & Ghost, the team leans on kitchen ingredients to coax flavors out of cocktails. Bar Director Sonia Castellani’s hot pink Ube Milk Punch is a clear case of less is more.

Spring Fever? All Change in Saratoga: 7 Chefs On The Move.

Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., but breakfast cocktails + happy hour is a real thing at the brand new Little City Luncheonette in Albany, N.Y.