Oneida County

February 20 2017

Utica Food Tour 2017

Central New York Region Oneida County, Utica

by Chris Clemens Last winter, I spent the day driving around Utica, New York to sample each of the city’s famous food items. My good friend Chris Lindstrom, owner, author and podcaster of Food About Town, joined me as we sampled foods like Tomato Pie, Chicken Riggies, and Utica Greens. Chris and I had a […]

A Full Day of Utica Food

Central New York Region Central New York, Oneida County, Utica

by Chris Clemens My pal Chris Lindstrom and I have been discussing the idea of spending a day hopping around Utica and sampling some of their iconic Italian culinary staples. Chris is a food reviewer and blogs on his site FoodAboutTown so I knew he’d be up for a day of Exploring Upstate if it […]

This Day In Upstate History

1843 (July 27 - 28) Former President John Quincy Adams, at the time serving as a Congressman from Massachusetts, spends the evening in Rochester dining at the Eagle hotel and touring Mount Hope Cemetery.

1877 Ephraim Goss, a Justice of the Peace; colonel of the State Militia; recurring term Supervisor of the Town of Pittsford; Clerk of Monroe County from 1838 to 1840; and a member of the New York State Senate (28th D.), dies and is buried in the Pittsford Cemetery.

1898 Free public baths are opened at the old Home of Industry on South Avenue in the city of Rochester.