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This week around here🧭 Do
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Neighborhoods, food, getting around, your first weekend.
🌲Parks & the outdoors
The Olmsted park system, Erie Canalway Trail, and the Adirondack gateway out the back door.
🎭Arts & nights out
The Stanley Theatre, Munson, and where to catch live music around here.
🧺Farmers markets
Every market in the region — days, hours, seasons, SNAP/EBT info, and what's open today.
🚗Places to go
Day trips, beaches, Adirondack towns and concert venues worth the drive — with drive times and seasons.
🏛 From the Valley’s Past
The Mohawk Valley: Then & Now →Dug by hand, starting in Rome: how the Erie Canal built the Valley
On July 4, 1817, workers turned the first shovelful of the Erie Canal in Rome. Within a decade the ditch remade every town along the Mohawk — and it's still out there, under streets and behind backyards.
👤Nicholas Herkimer: the farmer-general the county is named for
A Palatine German trader with a Georgian brick mansion above the Mohawk, Herkimer led his neighbors into the ravine at Oriskany — and into the county seal.
🍝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.
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The food guide →Moved: Chesterfield's Tavolo
Utica — The family behind the Chesterfield Restaurant has closed the 1713 Bleecker Street location and now operates as Chesterfield's Tavolo at 131 N Genesee Street, keeping the riggies and greens Morelle on the menu.
Tailor & the Cook
Utica — Seasonal menus built on Mohawk Valley farm sourcing
Outdoor dining
Patios, beer gardens, dockside tables and screened porches — where to eat outside while the season lasts.
The Mohawk Valley starter pack: riggies, greens, tomato pie & half-moons
New here, or hosting someone who is? These are the dishes that define eating here, and where to get them.
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