In these uncertain times, we are inundated with horror stories created by the set of circumstances we see ourselves in at the present. We are under a constant deluge of images and news stories of bread lines, death tolls, unemployment rates, and businesses shuttering their doors -some for good- to protect the community they live […]
BLEND Smoothie and Salad Bar in Middletown, NY off of Route 211 sits in a plaza surrounded by fast-food chains like Popeye’s, Pizza Hut and Burger King. These options are typical for the area of Middletown, which is densely packed with low-cost grab-n-go choices that fit the lifestyles of locals and Orange County Community College […]
“In the same way that Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale opened the door for me to love IPA’s, I want Bad Seed to do that to the non-cider drinkers of the world” Bram Kincheloe, partial owner of the Bad Seed Cider Company and Director of Sales & Marketing, cited the handcrafted favorite as the beverage that […]
On Broadway in Kingston, NY sits a minimalistically designed tasting room that serves local brews, wines, and kombucha in addition to the star attraction, Hetta Glögg. Nordic in history, glögg is a port wine mixed with brandy that is mulled with a warm array of spices like cinnamon, cardamom, raisins, and orange rind. Hetta, which […]
Born and raised in Dutchess County, Richard Romano ventured off to the City after finishing school, as many Upstate New Yorkers do. There, he began his career in the restaurant business, working as an executive chef, a general manager, and working his way up to opening restaurants for notable chefs and “restauranteurs”. Richard and his […]
Chris Moyer does not come from the same background as most farm distillery owners. His parents weren’t farmers so he didn’t grow up on a farm. He hasn’t dreamed of owning a farm distillery his whole life. His idea was born around a campfire with friends while enjoying some spirits where he thought, “Hey, why […]
Whether it was the ale he drank that put him to sleep for twenty years, the feeling of wanting to escape his nagging wife to explore the Catskill Mountains, or the sheer history of the tale of Rip Van Winkle that spoke to Joey LoBianco, it stuck with him for years before the Rip Van […]
Shokan, NY Located in Shokan, New York, Fruition Chocolate opened in 2011 and has made a name for itself since the beginning. Bryan was named two years later “Top 10 Chocolatiers” by Dessert Professional Magazine and the same year Fruition Chocolate earned their first Good Food Award. In 2016, they won Best in Competition at […]
Kingston, New York The story behind the creation of Grok Bites begins with a husband and wife who met online, but not on a dating site, on a social media site called happier. Heidi was doing a “happiness tele-summit” as part of her job as a life coach, which she’d been doing for fifteen […]
West Hurley, NY Jason and Corinna Geib never made their ginger elixir to remedy specific symptoms, but they also never needed to speak to the benefits of its simple, wholesome, and fresh ingredients. What they didn’t expect was to hear from so many friends that their product was positively affecting their digestion, their sleep, or […]