50 States 1000 Eats by Joe Yogerst

Author:Joe Yogerst [Yogerst, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2024-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Western and Central New York

Three blocks from where Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th president, the old Anchor Bar on Main Street continues to specialize in spicy Buffalo wings, although you now have an option of bone-in or boneless, and a combo that includes wings and a roast beef on weck sandwich.

At the opposite end of the Buffalo eating spectrum, the stylish Bacchus Wine Bar & Restaurant in the city’s theater district does upscale surf and turf in a candlelit setting. The Italian-Renaissance-style lobby of the Ellicott Square Building in downtown Buffalo provides an elegant setting for lunching on the signature beef and turkey dishes at Charlie’s the Butcher Carvery.

The Buffalo area’s oldest restaurants are out in the burbs. Nearly 200 years after it was founded by a German immigrant, Schwabl’s in West Seneca is still known for its roast beef on weck, goulash, Bavarian-style pretzel sticks, and summertime Ebenezer Punch. Founded in 1827, the Eagle House in Williamsville offers classic comfort food like chicken pot pie, Welsh rarebit, and pork chops in apple bourbon sauce in a dining room reminiscent of the era when Buffalo was the western frontier.

Rochester’s contribution to the western New York food compendium is the legendary Garbage Plate, a medley of hamburger patties, baked beans, home fries, chopped onion, macaroni salad, hot sauce, and various other condiments first concocted at Nick Tahou Hots on Main Street.

The city’s most romantic eatery is Pane Vino on the River, where dishes like spicy Sicilian calamari, caprese confrutti, and linguine with clam sauce complement a nice Chianti, Genesee River views, and live music on the outdoor patio. On the outer edge of Rochester, Black & Blue Steak & Crab near Pittsford offers an array of American seafood dishes, from she-crab soup and crab cakes to Maine lobster and Alaska king crab.

Syracuse flaunts its solid working-class roots at eateries like Stella’s Diner with its Betty Boop memorabilia near Washington Square Park and Dinosaur Bar-B-Que near Clinton Square. Among Salt City’s other favorites are Alto Cinco for modern Mexican cuisine, swanky Saint Urban Wine Bar on the same block, and Darwin gourmet sandwich shop in downtown.

Butter-poached lobster, one of Thomas Keller’s classic dishes. No ingredients are ever repeated throughout the meal in the tasting menus at Per Se in New York City.

Pair a flight with the tasty Firetower pretzel at Generations Tap & Grill in Lake Placid.

TAKE THE 7 TRAIN TO TASTE TOWN

Manhattan remains the epicenter of New York dining, but Queens is giving the island a run for its money when it comes to global cuisine. With residents who speak more than 140 languages, the borough is home to hundreds of eateries “unceremoniously serving unadulterated national cuisine to working-class compatriots,” says the New York Times.

The selection is truly astounding, a literal A to Z of global cuisine—from Albanian, Burmese, and Cantonese to Tibetan, Uzbeki, and Zulu. Astoria is a hotbed for North African and Middle Eastern cuisine, while Flushing is the place to head for Chinese regional foods.

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