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Utica Club sign over the West End Brewing Co. building

Eat & Drink82 restaurants across 22 cities and villages · 16 guides Photo: Air View Studios

92a week at 20 venuesWeekly specialsHappy hours · trivia · wing nights · prime rib

24markets in 4 countiesFarmers markets6 accept SNAP/EBT · Oneida County Public Market runs year-round

Old Forge village and Old Forge Pond from the air, fall color on the hills

Day trips9 day-trip destinations · drive times from Utica, Rome and Herkimer Photo: Air View Studios

25places in 7 categoriesThings to doBowling (7) · Golf & driving ranges (6) · Antique shops (4)

The museum building at Munson, Utica: a granite block on a raised terrace with a broad front stair and an exhibition banner over the entrance

Arts & nights out14 theaters, arts centers and music halls Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, 2021 · CC BY-SA 4.0, resized · source

Roscoe Conkling Park · Delta Lake · HinckleyParks & outdoorsThe Erie Canalway Trail, plus launches and fishing access by county

The Fort Stanwix National Monument entrance sign on its stone base, with the fort's lawn and trees behind it

Town guidesLiving-in guides for 15 towns and 3 counties · 242 facts Photo: SlapTheWorld, 2022 · CC0 1.0, resized · source

15storiesHistoryEras, places, lost landmarks & food history

Bleecker Street in Utica in the early 1900s: storefronts with awnings, a trolley in the street, shoppers on the sidewalks, and a Keith Vaudeville sign above the buildings.

History · this week Riggies, greens, tomato pie, half-moons: where Utica's food actually comes from The Valley's signature dishes have origin stories ranging from well-documented to cheerfully contested. Here's what's known, what's tradition, and what's still argued about at Sunday dinner.

Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. — Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division (between 1900 and 1915) · No known restrictions on publication. View original ↗

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