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Consol's does a good job with the Italian/American standby veal parmigiana.

Consol’s, Endicott NY

December 12, 2019 / / 0 Comments

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If you ask around in Endicott for the best Italian restaurant in town, you’ll hear about two restaurants repeatedly: Oaks Inn and Consol’s. It’s local sport to debate the relative merits of the two restaurants. Both are many decades old, both serve old-time Italian/American food, and they are just across the street and down the block from each other. If you dine in both to see what’s what for yourself, however, things become less, not more, clear. Why are these two restaurants compared at all? They don’t even play in the same league.

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Buy 'em by the dozen and save big over the per donut price. Can't eat a dozen? Don't be silly, of course you can!

The Cider Mill, Endicott NY

October 26, 2019 / / 0 Comments

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The Cider Mill has been an Endicott fixture for as long as we can remember (our local memories extend as far back as 1974). In fact, the current mill is a 1972 model constructed after a fire destroyed the original 1926 cider mill. Unlike most cider producers in apple growing country, The Cider Mill is not a farm; they do not grow apples. They buy New York State apples, primarily from Wayne County, for their cider, and also for selling fresh.

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Braciole is a country-style Italian dish of thin beef rolled around a seasoned stuffing, then long-cooked to pot roast tenderness. The ultimate comfort food.

Oaks Inn, Endicott NY

October 19, 2019 / / 0 Comments

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“Which way EJ?” That’s the question, perhaps apocryphal, Italian immigrants were said to have asked when they arrived at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Word in Italy was that there was work to be found in Endicott, NY at Endicott-Johnson, the shoe manufacturer. By the start of the new millennium the company was gone but Little Italy, on the north side of Endicott, remains.

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The Red Robin of Johnson City, since 1958

A Stroll Through Binghamton, NY’s Diner History

October 2, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Anyone who has spent significant time in the Binghamton, NY area knows what we mean when we assert that diners capture the essence of life in these parts. Some have closed over the years but many remain, some have been spiffed up and tricked out, others seem to be melting into the ground upon which they’ve stood for decades. All dish up the same predictable and reliable eats to anyone, from any background, who has the ability to pay the modest tabs. Gerald Smith, the Broome Country historian, has written a story that surveys the diners, both thriving and long gone, that have fed the Binghamton-area residents over the years. Check it out.

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