Intel: All Change Around Albany + Troy.
— Editor Susie Davidson Powell dishes out the latest industry news in March.

Is art best served in a bar? In Hudson, Troy and Schenectady, these 3 bar owners are drawing a crowd.

Emry’s Garden is still tropical inside, but their 2025 winter cocktail menu got the holiday mood memo with a Banana Bread Old Fashioned, candy cane espresso martini + a ginger hot toddy.

Winter’s here, now what? We have 7 cozy wine bars where you can hunker down.

Now serving First + Adams’ signature honey pie for all your comfort vibes.

Brent Hunter, bartender + owner of 353 in Troy, talks hospitality, ice as an ingredient + custom building his bar from scratch.

Leaning into fall apple picking, Brent Hunter’s Apple Bottoms Up is clearly an apple crisp in a glass at 353 in Troy.

Bless up with inner luv for our favorite Jamaican spots

We paired Dominican Exec. Chef Riany Mena of Toro Cantina (+ Menu By Mena) with DJ/music producer Rome Thrasher and asked: If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?

Pretty Pig Provisions talks about his roving pop ups, coffee-cured bacon + Polish ferments.

We paired Executive Chef Éfrén Hernández of Casa Susanna with DJ/music producer DJ Wave and asked: If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?

Where to go for (really good) tacos

The Seasoning House talks Cote d’Ivorian flavors, cocktail culture, upstate diversity + their move to Troy.

We paired Executive Chef Noah Frese of Siro’s with DJ/music producer Jungle Punk and asked: If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?

Raissa Doumbia + Mathieu Niamke of The Seasoning House have brought their African cuisine from the Côte d’Ivoire to Troy.

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

Where to go for pickle cocktails

Where to go for $10 martinis around Albany, Schenectady, Hudson and Kingston. Part II.

Cafe Euphoria in Troy, NY is an inclusive, worker-owned + operated cafe/restaurant with a thrift store and co-working space. It serves breakfast and lunch with a dinner menu on weekends.

Where to go for $10 martinis around Albany, Saratoga, Troy, Hudson. Part I.