INTEL: Saud Khan, a 518 local + content creator known as Chaiguy on Tiktok, opened two Pakistani chai + coffeehouses in NYC after closing Alif Cafe in Glens Falls to move downstate. Now, he’s back with Alif Cafe 2.0. which soft-opened this week. We have the early intel.

We ask 7 bartenders if zero-proof cocktails are here to stay. They’re all in.

Sha Bhatti, bar director + GM at The Golden Monkey Lounge in Glens Falls, talks Pakistani spice inspiration, zero-proof cocktails and global bar collabs.

Taking inspiration from a classic clarified milk punch, Sha Bhatti delivers a clarified toasted pina colada in both boozy and non-alc form.

With a little Euro flair to its historic downtown, Glens Falls is leaning in to a flourishing restaurant scene. We checked out the latest openings for 5 restaurants + a bar you need to know.

Cleome, in the Empire Theatre building, is serving up sleek contemporary style and Southern comfort food

We paired Chef Colin Miner of Bistro LeRoux with DJ H.B. Monte and asked: “If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?”

We paired Nostalgia Bakery x Oktah and asked: If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?

Collin Badger, the creative behind Oktah’s sound and vision, talks records, merging audio + visual art, his favorite Chinese spots in Glens Falls, and the future of DJing.