Author: The Whitney

Applebee’s Survey Results

Thank you to everyone that participated in last week’s Applebee’s survey for your take on their best entree. The votes have been counted and Applebee’s Crosscut Ribs was the entree with the most votes.

The results are here.

Applebee’s

Although it isn’t unique only to the Utica area, Applebee’s is a very popular restaurant with over 2,000 restaurant locations in the United States. They specialize in casual dining, serving everything from salads to steaks. In addition to food, every restaurant location offers a bar section that serves alcoholic beverages.

With their new slogan, “Together is good,” it’s clear that Applebee’s emphasizes on comfortableness and casualness.

They offer a very wide range of food options. For meat lovers, they offer chicken, burgers, steaks and ribs. For seafood lovers, they sell different variations of shrimp and salmon. Lastly, for those who like to eat a little lighter, they sell pastas, soups and salads. Each entree comes with a side of either french fries, mashed potatoes or cole slaw.

To vote on what you think Applebee’s best entree is, click here.

Gerber’s 1933 Tavern

Gerber’s 1933 Tavern has been around for years and has offered many different services throughout those years. At one point in time this tavern has been a cafe, a tobacco shop, a produce place and much more.

The original owner, Harry Gerber was born in 1880 and opened up Gerber’s Grill in 1933. Years after his death in 1942, Gerber’s Grill closed.

The place remained vacant for some 40 years before Gerber’s 1933 Tavern opened in 2013. The company has experienced tremendous success since and has received rave reviews from critics and customers. With a wide range of options on their menu and reasonable prices, Gerber’s 1933 Tavern is a must visit restaurant.

Wacky Tacky Day at Utica College

This week is homecoming week at Utica College and our dance team, A.I.M (Africa In Motion), has put together a line up of homecoming themes for each day of this week. Today is Wacky Tacky Thursday. Though the theme may seem cliche`, it is meant to get everyone ready and excited for homecoming weekend. Now, the organization didn’t go as far as to crown someone for the wackiest/tackiest outfit, but the main goal is to enhance school spirit, especially during such an exciting time.

Wacky Tacky Day is actually a very common theme at schools, from elementary school all the way up to college. Check out some pretty crazy wacky tacky ideas here.

Babe’s Macaroni Grill & Bar

Babe’s Macaroni Grill & Bar is a local eatery that serves an array of food. They serve burgers, french fries, ribs, mac and cheese, fish, chicken, pasta and more. Everyday they start their menus with fresh ingredients.

They purchase their vegetables on a daily basis from Masi Produce. Their chicken is also fresh, along with their certified angus beef. They offer homemade soups, sauces and freshly baked bread. You can even stop in after work for Happy Hour. On certain nights, they have specials, making this food not only delicious, but also affordable.

In addition, they are well known for their hand cut steaks, freshly cut, every single day. Check out the map below for some famous steak eateries. Babe’s stays open until midnight Monday’s through Sunday’s.

Delmonico’s Steakhouse

Delmonico’s Steakhouse has been a very popular restaurant for awhile now with locations in Albany, Syracuse and Rochester, NY.

Among many popular dishes at Delmonico’s are their famous steak dishes. Their steak has been voted “Best Steak” in Capital Region’s Living Magazine. Among their famous steak dishes are their 16 oz. thick steak, center cut New York Strip Sirloin, Sliced Sirloin, Filet Mignon and the pound-and-a-half steak.

All these dishes are seasoned and seared to what most would consider perfection. Their steak, along with most of their food, receives rave reviews from customers. So, for all those steak lovers out there, why not head to Delmonico’s to give one of their steak dishes a try? For those who prefer to make this dish at home, you can find the recipe here .

Utica’s Famous Half Moon Cookies

Half moon cookies are famous around the world, but they actually originated right here in Utica, NY back in the 20th century. Around the world, these traditionally half black and half white cookies are called a number of different names. In New York city, they’re called black & white cookies. In Germany, they are called Amerikaneers. But Utica, NY hangs tight to the name half moon cookies.

Holland Farms, right here in Utica, has its own variations on the traditional way to make these cookies. They offer the traditional half vanilla/half chocolate frosting cookie, they offer cookies for special occasions such as Valentine’s Day, which would have a red frosting as a base, they even offer a carrot cookie with chocolate and vanilla cream cheese frosting and much more!