INTEL: Welcome to The Hi-Note in Saratoga Springs. Canned beer, a Fernet club, wood-clad walls + ‘80s basement vibes are all in place at The Hi-Note.

Little Goat (Rhinebeck) serves up polished farmhouse and community appeal with an all-day bakery, Mediterranean-inspired menu + the martini service of our dreams.

Zach Wolfgramm (Kindred, Saratoga) crafts his Second Hand Smoke for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

Will Hoschek (Itameshi, Albany) fires up a non-alc cocktail using kosho, a salt-fermented yuzu and green chile paste, for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

Anton Kinloch (Lone Wolf, Kingston) serves us what we want in a non-alc Dirty “Martini” for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

In Hillsdale, Hilltown Hot Pies lives up to the hype with dough to die for + crushable wines. 🍕

Kat Dunn (Padrona, Hudson) brings the heat in ‘Smoke Signals,’ her spicy, Lapsang Souchong tea dupe of a boozier original for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

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

For The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series, Trudy Steier (Savoy Taproom) reworks their signature Pink Jeans.

For The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series, Tom Blassman (Allen Street Pub) serves up the Apple Wagon, an on-the-wagon apple cider mule.

For The Dishing’s DRINK THIS non-alcoholic cocktail series, Andrew Patterson stirs up an aromatic Periwinkle Pom to make at home.

For The Dishing’s DRINK THIS non-alcoholic cocktail series, Keshonn Hatcher serves up a spicy spin on a No-groni.

Anton Kinloch, owner-bar director of Lone Wolf in Kingston, talks tiki, hospitality, industry education + his recent Bar Star Award.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk: Wanderlust, Milas Bar Director Andrew Patterson tapped into his SouthEast Asian travels to craft the Thai curry-inspired Chawabunga.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk, Milas’ Bar Director Andrew Patterson revisited the O.G. clarified Tropical Tzatziki that became the basis of Milas’ signature cocktail.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk: Wanderlust, Milas’ Bar Director Andrew Patterson tapped SouthEast Asian travel to craft the Pandan sticky rice-inspired Panda Panda.

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.

A month after opening, we take a peek at the decor, cocktails + plates of Ambos, an Argentinian-inspired restaurant with Hudson Valley inclinations, inside the 70,000-square foot Hudson handbag factory reimagined as The Pocketbook Hudson Hotel + Baths.

Sarah “Yaza” Goldstein, bar manager of Sorry Charlie in Kingston, talks road trips, making Kingston home, pickle brine + being a “Pizza Shepherd.”

In its prime Broadway location in Saratoga Springs, Egyptian-Lebanese flavors are the star at Sara’s Kitchen where friends can linger over mezze, shawarma and Lebanese wine.