The Tailor and the Cook is a tough reservation to land for valid reasons: It’s great, straight-from-the-farm food just a few feet from Utica’s Union Station. Seriously, what’s not to love?
Speaking of Utica, let’s stay there to get our drink on at Saranac FX Matt 1888 Tavern & Biergarten (adjacent to Matt Brewing Company). Why not give their wild berry vodka whip a try? Thank me later.
Historic elegance awaits at the stately Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown. First opened in 1909, this classic accommodation sits on its namesake lake but is close to all the action in town.
Howe Caverns, at more than 150 feet below the earth’s surface, gives 90-minute tours per day all year. But now you can also go spelunking or try the brand-new escape room. F-U-N indeed.
Travel to the Central New York by Rail with Amtrak
Outdoor adventure, historic sites, hands-on museums, sports attractions, homegrown cuisine, craft beverages and festivals galore. Starting points: Amsterdam, Utica and Rome.
Where The Railroad Meets The Farmer
A train trip through Upstate New York aboard Amtrak takes you past many farms; fields of corn, apple orchards, and dairy cows flashing by outside the window. Yet there is one place along the Empire Corridor where the state’s cornucopia of agricultural abundance comes in direct contact with our intercity passenger rail system – the farmers market at the Utica Union Staion….Click to Read More
Explore Howe Caverns
Roaming through limestone corridors, vast galleries and beneath colossal boulders, I’m 156 feet below the earth’s surface in a cave, six million years in the making. With strange formations, flowing sheets and dripping stalactites, the solid rock walls appear fluid-like….Click to Read More