A Guide to Upstate New York’s Hidden Gems With Cheap Replica Handbags Designer Lizzie Fortunato Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Mercato Red Hook1/13Mercato
One of my all-time favorite restaurants upstate is Mercato. The chef hails from Rome and cooked in the city before moving and opening his Italian restaurant in Red Hook, New York. The pasta is made in-house, and the ingredients are all incredibly fresh.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato2/13Me en route to Mercato
Photo: Courtesy of Phoenicia Diner3/13Phoenicia Diner
Phoenicia is a diner with a local, healthy bend—enough said. This is the beautiful counter inside.
Photo: Courtesy of Main Street Farm4/13Main Street Farm
This is a must-stop in Livingston Manor before arriving to your AirBnB or the trailhead. Don’t leave without trying the Beaverkill sandwich made from local smoked trout, vegan mayo, sea salt, organic black pepper, and local greens on house-baked ciabatta.
Photo: Courtesy of Gaskins5/13Gaskins Restaurant
The atmosphere at Gaskins Restaurant in Germantown is definitely one of the very best. It’s run by a couple who put time in at Diner, Marlow & Sons, Romans, and Gramercy Tavern in Brooklyn and Manhattan. They serve the most amazing food, sourced from nearby farms, of course!
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato6/13Country Cream
A nostalgic, side-of-the-road ice cream parlor that I always make my boyfriend pull over to in Masonville. Here, I’m sampling one of their 52 flavors.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato7/13Table on Ten
My perfect breakfast at Table on Ten in Bloomville. This is among my most treasured upstate destinations because it is a community gathering place—a restaurant (boasting a wood-burning pizza oven), a shop (where I pick up black sea salt, woven hand towels, and Frankies 457 olive oil), and a three-room hotel. The decor is perfect with handmade wooden beds and claw-foot tubs, and the stay there is so peaceful out in the western Catskills.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato8/13You can hike the area around Table on Ten, and this is the view out the back door.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato9/13Hotel Tivoli
The Hotel Tivoli and its farm-to-table restaurant, the Corner, are owned by the artists Brice and Helen Marden. It’s filled with their incredible collectsion of quirky furniture and fine art. An upscale marble bar and elevated menu makes this one of the most sophisticated and chic watering holes upstate. I love this cool little reading nook in the hotel.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato10/13Town and Country Antiques
Go off the beaten path for well-priced mid-century antiques at Town and Country in Liberty.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato11/13Hopping into the Peekamoose Blue swimming hole is the perfect end to a long hike in the woods.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato12/13You can hike up to the top of the fire tower on Overlook Mountain in Woodstock. The view goes on for miles.
Photo: Courtesy of Lizzie Fortunato and Kathryn Fortunato13/13Colonia Antiques
I really love to go antiquing anywhere and everywhere when we’re upstate. This was taken at Colonia Antiques in Hudson on Warren Street—a street that is home to many of the best furniture and decor shops around.
