Everyone knows the city has great food, but sometimes the best meal in New York is a couple hours north. Upstate is packed with restaurants that draw people from all over the state, from farm-focused kitchens in the Hudson Valley to family spots in the Adirondacks.
This list covers eleven places that give you a real reason to fill the tank and hit the road. Whether you want a fancy tasting menu or a plate of something simple and comforting, these spots deliver.
Save this one for your next weekend drive, and maybe send it to a friend who is always asking where to eat.
1. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills
Few restaurants in America are as tied to a working farm as this one. Set on the grounds of Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills, the kitchen builds its menu around whatever the fields and greenhouses produce that day…