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Cafe Hummus Restaurant Review

The other day, I needed a day off from work. Sometimes things just pile up and a break is needed. One day, that’s all. Just enough to clear the head, maintain perspective and get stuff done at home that you really don’t want to do on the weekend. It was on this particular day, Ted suggested we try a new place in town, very close to home, offering Mediterranean cuisine, specifically Greek – Turkish flavors for the usual foods we find around Utica but so used to having a Lebanese flare. This lunch was different. We perused the menu of [...]

By Joanne|2014-08-11T18:22:13-04:00August 11, 2014|Restaurant Review|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica NY Style Cheesecake

What a beautiful Saturday. It was perfect for an early morning run. 16 miles and negative splits for the last 8 miles. I’ll take it. The route was, once again, the Boilermaker route, leaving our house with Shane and running to the starting line. We ran back to the house because Shane can’t run 16 miles in summer heat, then I set out alone for another 12. In the golf course, a lady was being dropped off at the top of the hill. Coming out of the golf course, Ted met me on his bike and stayed with me for [...]