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REVIEW: CAFE EUPHORIA, Troy
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.
MEET: JOHNNY OSBORNE, NIGHT SCHOOL, HOME OF DEEP FRIED BEERS
The Miseducation of Johnny Osborne and his Night School crew. Bringing pizzas, cocktails, Deep Fried Beer and Cosmic Bowling to the streets of Athens, N.Y.
GUEST SHIFT: Nate Gebhard, Night School
Nate Gebhard, official Dean of Cocktails at Night School in Athens, N.Y., talks to The Dishing about theater, growing up in Minnesota + crafting cocktails for a small-town pizza parlor.
MEET: Mo Rabiu, So Radical
Fashion designer Mo Rabiu talks DJing, fufu and Paris Fashion Week.
GUEST SHIFT: Aaron Wilson, Larkin Hi-Fi
Aaron Wilson, co-owner of The Larkin Hi-Fi and Herbie’s Burgers, talks Japanese denim, Martha Stewart, and the scoop on where Herbie’s will open next. The Albany bar owner uses Asian flavors as inspiration at his Tokyo-style record bar.
INTEL: Where to go for $10 martinis
Where to go for $10 martinis around Albany, Saratoga, Troy, Hudson. Part I.
REVIEW: KEOBI, Albany
The arrival of the fast casual Keobi on Lark Street in Albany put a full range of Nigerian and African dishes in reach from egusi and ogbono soup with fufu, to peppered goat meat, jute leaf ewedu and plantain porridge.
TASTE: Phở EQ, The Larkin Hi-Fi
Aaron Wilson puts phở on the cocktail list at The Larkin Hi-Fi Record Bar in Albany’s Center Square.
REVIEW: MILAS, Schenectady
Local restaurateurs Kaytrin and chef Devin Ziemann (Ziemann Hospitality Group), the power couple behind The Nest on State Street, transformed the mood of Schenectady dining with the summer 2024 opening of Milas, a modern Mediterranean restaurant in the 120-year old former Schenectady Savings Bank.
TASTE: Sunburn, The Hill
First set alight and then cooled off with aloe and ice, “Sunburn” is an off-menu cocktail at The Hill, in Troy, a rebrand of The Hill at Muza by new owner Jonathan Blanchard.
MEET: ALA ALA — a Filipino-American pop up
The chefs behind the Filipino-Am pop-up talk grandmas, Jeff’s Record Shop, and pizza
RECIPE: Ala Ala Grilled Chicken Adobo Marinade
Spotlight on a Plate: Ala Ala Grilled Chicken Adobo Marinade by Chef Arvin Clemente
TASTE: Midnight Mirage
Spotlight on a Pour: “Midnight Mirage” by bar manager, Nate Gebhard, at Night School in Athens.
REVIEW: NIRVANA, Woodstock
When the owners of Cinnamon Indian Cuisine in Rhinebeck, were asked to open a sibling in Woodstock after the town’s only Indian restaurant closed, they saw it as an opportunity to try something different.