outdoor dining

It won't be too much longer before Central New York diners can comfortably enjoy a meal outdoors. Pretty soon the snow will melt and the patios will pop up.

Outdoor dining is one of my favorite things to do so I compiled a list of my favorite places to go in Delaware and Otsego Counties that combine great food with the beauty of the great outdoors and surrounding area.

I think a lot of people are forgetting that yes, we aren't in as bad of a place as we were at this time last year with the pandemic, but that doesn't mean everyone has recovered.

This winter, experience the ultimate in cozy outdoor dining with unique rooftop cabins in New York.

Babe's at Harbor Point is adding a new option for outdoor diners - clear plastic igloo-like domes.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned 2020 into all sorts of crazy, but a New York winery is adapting in the most magical way.

A Utica restaurant is proposing a bigger "outdoor dining" solution for Varick Street restaurants, and the city has agreed to hear them out.

Now that restaurants in the Utica-Rome area can open for outdoor dining, which restaurants are open for business? We're ready to hear those magic words: "Can I take your order?"