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GOOD FOOD FEST 2026 SHOWCASES EMERGING FOOD BRANDS + FARMS
Join Capital Roots for the first Good Food Fest at the Capital Roots’ Good Food Market. Enter the pickle competition or cast your vote for the ‘Best in Brine’ pickle competition sponsored by The Dishing x Whiskey Pickle.
Head over to the Whiskey Pickle for an after-party where the winning pickle brine will star in a pickle cocktail!
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.
MARCH INTEL: ALL CHANGE IN ALBANY + TROY.
Intel: All Change Around Albany + Troy.
— Editor Susie Davidson Powell dishes out the latest industry news in March.
ART BAR? 3 UPSTATE BARS WHERE ART IS THE DRAW
Is art best served in a bar? In Hudson, Troy and Schenectady, these 3 bar owners are drawing a crowd.
TASTE: BANANA BREAD OLD FASHIONED, Emry’s Garden
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.
INTEL: 7 (soon 8) WINE BARS TO ESCAPE THE SNOW
Winter’s here, now what? We have 7 cozy wine bars where you can hunker down.
DESTINATION DESSERT: HONEY PIE, FIRST + ADAMS
Now serving First + Adams’ signature honey pie for all your comfort vibes.
GUEST SHIFT: BRENT HUNTER, 353
Brent Hunter, bartender + owner of 353 in Troy, talks hospitality, ice as an ingredient + custom building his bar from scratch.
TASTE: APPLE BOTTOMS UP
Leaning into fall apple picking, Brent Hunter’s Apple Bottoms Up is clearly an apple crisp in a glass at 353 in Troy.
INTEL: Bless up for our favorite Jamaican spots
Bless up with inner luv for our favorite Jamaican spots
SONIC DISH: CHEF RIANY MENA x ROME THRASHER
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?
MEET: Chef Dale Hajdasz of PRETTY PIG PROVISIONS
Pretty Pig Provisions talks about his roving pop ups, coffee-cured bacon + Polish ferments.
SONIC DISH: CASA SUSANNA x DJ WAVE
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?
MEET: RAISSA DOUMBIA + MATHIEU NIAMKE, The Seasoning House, Troy
The Seasoning House talks Cote d’Ivorian flavors, cocktail culture, upstate diversity + their move to Troy.
SONIC DISH: SIRO’S x JUNGLE PUNK
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?
REVIEW: THE SEASONING HOUSE, Troy
Raissa Doumbia + Mathieu Niamke of The Seasoning House have brought their African cuisine from the Côte d’Ivoire to Troy.
SONIC DISH: NOSTALGIA BAKERY x OKTAH
We paired Nostalgia Bakery x Oktah and asked: If this dish were a track, what would it sound like?