You know the kind of place that you see on TV where everyone is genuinely pleasant and interested…read morein what you have to say? That is the vibe that this place gives off, with some pretty great dishes to back up the great selection of unique beer. First showed up there, and immediately my friend (who had been there ONCE before) was recognized by name. I knew I was in for a good time. In all, we got two rounds of excellent beer, tater tots, and a sandwich. Of course, right now it is a bit difficult to manage safe and responsible eating establishments given the pandemic guidelines. However, I think these guys really do it right. Overall, I think that this place has got something to offer to younger crowds and older groups alike. If you get the chance, definitely check this place out and I know that you will not regret it.

Good beer selection, happy hour from 11am to 1pm. They serve food also. Very clean place.read more

Stopped in on a hot Saturday afternoon to get a cool beer and sit in the air conditioning. Our…read morefirst time here. Impressed with the wide variety of brews available on draft. We opted for the Belgian Triple (Very good), and the Blonde (good). If we had been hungry, we would have gotten the giant pretzel with cheese dip. The place is like a clean and well kept biker bar. TVs, rock music playing, and a large mural of a Satanic rock band playing on the wall behind the stage for live entertainment. Nice little place.

We hosted a private themed party here and we were blown away by how fantastic everything was. The…read morestaff here are the friendliest I've ever had the privilege of working with, the facilities are clean, and the atmosphere is warm and comfortable. We loved the feel of the space and the inclusion of a sound system. In addition, the food servings were generous and beautifully displayed. We look forward to returning for a casual date night or hostingother events.

SOOO excited they reopened! Great little neighborhood tavern, bonus is great food & staff!!read more

Great food and a really nice beer selection! We had a couple of beers, including such diverse…read morechoices as a Belgian and a hard kombucha! The pizzas were excellent and my friend also got the pretzel sticks as well, which came three to an order with nice portions of mustard and cheese sauces. And were delicious. Service was via numbers you got when you ordered at the bar and it was efficient and good for how busy it was. Ambiance was nice with both indoor and outdoor seating in the street, and the vibe was hustling and fun.

This spot was packed, for good reason! Tons of beer choices, was able to try new things. Super…read morefriendly staff even under pressure. They have it going on! A well oiled machine. The pizza is out of this world! Pickle pizza? I never but I will again! Also ordered a salad and it was huge and the bomb! That bacon vinaigrette is straight from heaven!

Very cool Brewery In Little Falls. The beer is great and they serve Mixed drinks as well. We…read moreorder pizza from Eds Piza Liltte Falls delivered. Its really good NY pizza. You can also bring your food. They are pet friendly. The owner Mike is friendly and accommodating. Ask for a tour of the brewery. The beer garden is a good hangout in the warm weather. Friday night trivia is really good and fun. They get a good crowd.

This place is AMAZING! My husband and I tried it for the first time on a Saturday afternoon. The…read morebartender, Erin, was super friendly and welcoming. We both got flights and the beer was delicious. This brewer for sure knows what he is doing. This place is now my second favorite brewery in our area (coming in closely behind Grow in New Hartford). We cannot wait to come back in the summer when the bigger side of the brewery is open! Thank you for an incredible first experience!

Who knew French fries go with everything ? French fries with cheese, pickles and chicken... so…read moreamazing! Burger was perfect, and poutine desserts? Oh my! Funnel cake fingers topped with maple syrup and ice cream, so delicious! I was a bit disappointed at first since every time that door opened I was hit in the head with -5 degree wind but the staff noticed and moved us immediately. Another great spot that will be added to the Syracuse rotation.

This downtown restaurant has some really good things, as well as some pretty strong drawbacks, so…read moreI'm not saying it's 3 stars because it's mediocre, I'm saying it's 3 stars because it's a mixed bag. Quality of the food depends. The $18 salad was a plate of iceberg lettuce with a few scraps of cheese thrown on. The salad was the biggest disappointment. On the other hand, the classic poutine was bang on. Great ratio of gravy to fries, everything was nice, all the flavors were right. But the rest of the poutines have too much quality variation, which is unforgivable for a place advertising their 12 different kinds of poutine. None of the other flavors were nearly as good as the classic, with combos that didn't work. The burger was tasty. However, it was supposed to be medium and it was very rare. The beer cheese pretzel was also disappointing. The cheese had been cooked too long, or maybe microwaved, because it had seized and was very coarse and mealy. The amount of cheese was also not enough for the pretzel. Service was great. No complaints about any of the waitresses or hostesses. Overall, a fine place near downtown to get a classic poutine and an artisanal beer. Stay away from everything else.

Driving through Utica and decided to try one of the locally known breweries. There was no off the…read morestreet parking so we parallel parked on the side road. Walked into a gated open patio area with picnic tables and a small bar. There was a couple of couches with pergolas in the back grass area. On the opposite side of the bar was a window to order food. They did provide menus at the window. Grabbed a drink from the bar and sat down at one of the picnic tables. After a little while we ordered food from the window, didn't really like this concept as you had to get up and order it, pay and then go get it yourself when the beeper went off. Luckily it wasn't busy so our table and drinks were untouched by other patrons. Ordered the Dooley and the turkey BLT, got a choice for a side dish opted for fries and tots. Food didn't take long and was good. After you're done they have a trash can and an empty tray station to return too. No one came to clean the table, no one picked up empty glasses so we put ours on the bar when leaving. Staff was friendly. Cool little spot to pop into for a drink. They had big jenga on some of the tables and cornhole in the back.

They only have tours on Fridays and Saturdays. There is a charge for the tour. I was there on a…read moreWednesday so no tour. I did visit the gift shop and I went upstairs to the barn restaurant. I tried a couple beers. They were both OK. Nothing that blew me away. It was a little bit nostalgic since I used to live in northern New York and Saranac beer was probably my gateway into craft beer. I got a 12 pack to go and a sticker. Very cool ambience of a very old building. I walked around the tour area a little bit. Free parking on the side of the brewery. In nicer weather they have an outdoor beer garden. The bartender seemed very busy, she was serving the entire restaurant.

Best Bar on this corner, management runs a tight ship lights are on and beer is cold. Drink what…read moreyou bring, bring what you drink, any left overs are donated

I had a nice evening at Eden. Parking wasn't bad. Reservations are a must as it is rather small…read moreinside. We were promptly seated and ordered glasses of wine while perusing the menu, which is on the smaller side. That usually means everything on it is rather good, so we had high expectations. We started with the Mushroom Toast, Ember Roasted Carrots, and Beef Tartar. I'll start with the bad and finish with the good. The Ember Roasted Carrots were a complete miss. They were trying to go for a middle-eastern flavor, with each ingredient contrasting, while the carrot served as the centerpiece to flavor. I found this to be INCREDIBLY bland. The carrots were not salted enough during roasting and lacked enough char. They dish also needed more labneh than it was served with. It literally just tasted like carrots and yoghurt. Honestly, if I could only give one critique it would be to have used more salt, but this dish was a real disappointment. The Beef Tartar suffered from a similar issue. It was bland. Not enough salt was used. It unfortunately tastes like flat beef. I overheard the bartender talking to another couple and he told them they really want to highlight the ingredients. The idea is purity or something like that. And that's well and good, but you still need to season beef tartar. I don't think this is necessarily a poor execution of the dish(es) rather this is more in line with the philosophy of the kitchen, and that's fine. It's just not for me. And now for the good. The Mushroom Toast was great. It had all the things I had wanted. Fat, salt, umami, freshness. This was a good dish and I would get this again. As for the entrees, my husband and I ordered the Cappelletti and the NY Strip. The Cappelleti was the strongest dish of the night. The flavors were layered and intentional. This was a great dish and I1000% would get it again. My husband ordered the NY Strip along with bone marrow. It was cooked to perfection. Cooking it over a wood fire gave it a great char and almost Smokey flavor. It was very flavorful. The chimichurri made the steak feel lighter than it actually was. My husband loved it and I loved having a bite or two of everything together. This was a complete dish and I'd highly recommend it. The only knock I could give it is the bone marrow. There was a lack of volume in it which is probably due to being cooked over a wood fire. Parts of the bones were also over roasted. I'd skip this the next time and get the foie gras pate. Lastly, for desert we were disappointed that we could not try the rice pudding as they were out of it (we will try it the next time if available). We did however order the Flourless Chocolate Torte to share. It was made perfectly. It was rich and decadent but remained light. It was almost like a mousse, but not quite. We loved it. Overall, the had a great time. There were several highlights and I think they make up for the a couple of the earlier dishes. I'd like to see what else they have to offer when they change their menu.

I was brought to Eden for an upscale dinner for my Birthday. My friend, trying to impress me, got…read moreus reservations. We arrived a little early due to the lack of parking in downtown Syracuse in that area, and because it was very windy and cold that day, so we didn't want to have to walk a long way if we didn't have to. What luck- we found a good parking spot. Eden is tucked away and you really have no idea it's there in a row of restaurants/bars unless you know it's there. Once inside, it's a small restaurant seemingly perfect for an intimate and romantic dinner. Dry aged beef is on display when you walk in, showing off their talent and skill here at Eden. The wood fire they use to cook everything is on full display at the back of the restaurant. The wine selection along the back of the bar is extensive. They use ipads as their menu and there is an interactive feature that helps you choose what kind of wine you may like! However, because we were about 20 minutes early, we were seated at the bar for a drink while we waited for our table. We were told the owners wanted a favor, so their friends came and were using our table. 40 minutes passed and we were finally seated at our table. And then forgotten about for another 25 minutes. We were not given a menu, but we had luckily seen one online and at the bar briefly before it was taken away for another table that got seated. We had to ask that table for the menu back so we could look at the wine selection while we waited. When the waiter, who had seated us at the bar and was well aware of our existence (same person in every interaction for us thus far), finally came over asking if we knew what we wanted, we answered quickly so that we wouldn't be forgotten about again. We decided to share some apps, and share a dry aged ribeye. Mind you, this is not on the menu. Nor was a price mentioned to us at any point during this ... let's say, encounter. We were asked if we wanted the 25 or 29 oz steak. We were sharing it, so we said 29. What do we know? Later, the appetizers/small plates came out. The beef tartare was subpar, barely seasoned and very dry. The best bite was the pickled vegetable on the plate however it completely overpowered the flavor of anything you ate with it if you were attempting to eat it with the tartare. The lentil small plate with fried haloumi was the start of the small plates. My friend hadn't had haloumi, and she loved that part! The dish was a bit plain though, it really needed some acid so it was made a better bite if you took some of the pickled veg from the tartare plate with it. The braised short rib was... meh. Literally my favorite thing of all time, braised short rib- I thought it would be a sure winner! Unfortunately I was sorely mistaken here. The polenta/grits (I can't remember which it was) was undercooked and lumpy, and there were so many fried shallots that it hid the beef! It was, however, a perfectly cooked medium egg (which I can never find anywhere I go for breakfast...) and that seemed odd like it needed to be a runny egg. We were then given a nice light salad as a pallet cleanser as we waited for our main dish. Then comes the steak. Turns out we don't like bone marrow. That isn't their fault. It was roasted well, but it was a texture thing for us, lol! The steak was beautiful on the outside, but it needed some salt since it came pre-sliced, it really needed some Maldon salt or something. We asked for medium rare and it was medium and medium well towards the end pieces. The smashed potatoes underneath were delicious, though. The cookie for dessert with the panna cotta and blueberry topping was my favorite part of the whole meal. The lemony buttermilk cookie against the blueberry sweetness and the acidic panna cotta- it was delightful. Here are the memorable negatives of my experience: - because we were never told the price of the steak, we were literally shell-shocked to see the bill say that the Ribeye was $108. - besides being seated and then forgotten about, we were seated on the bottom level just under another large table of about 13 people. These people were watching the Buffalo Bills playoff game on their phones (I think?) and were being EXTREMELY LOUD at what I believe is supposed to be an intimate restaurant. I hate to say that I wouldn't recommend this restaurant. I have heard so many good things. But.. just no. Neither myself nor my friend would ever return. And while the restaurant did comp the small plates for us as a 'sorry', I don't think they really understood just how many things went wrong despite our attempts to communicate them.

I've been meaning to stop in for awhile now and finally did this weekend. It's the kind of place…read moreyou wouldn't know was there located in the heart of old Oneida. It was quiet for a Saturday afternoon which gave me a chance to talk with Jaime the bartender who is originally from Wales. I ordered the Manhattan After Dark which was excellent and a bit of a show since it is smoked under a glass dome. I also ordered the bread with oil and balsamic plate. The bread was exceptionally fresh and the dipping cup was just right. A nice way to support a local business and celebrate happy hour.

Following the Oneida Cheese Trail we ended here as it was closer to home. What cheerful and…read moreinformative staff answering our questions and filling us in on the variety of cheese on the boards, which I had paired with an Australian red wine. All of these cheeses were excellent in their own flavor town. Warm and friendly atmosphere, relaxing decor and you could be anywhere in the world sampling fine cheese with wine. This was a fun experience and I will definitely return. Love finding small places I never knew existed!