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If you observe Lent or you just want a fish fry, here is a guide to the best fish fries in the Capital Region according to Yelp! reviews. There are some restaurants that specialize in fish fries and others that are full restaurants. There are 10 on this list but there are probably twenty more we could have listed.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 'Tis the season for everything Irish. There is no food more Irish than corned beef. Whether you have it on a sandwich or as a meal, these are the top 5 places to get the best corned beef in the Capital Region according to Yelp!

Eight years ago, a popular restaurant in Watervliet closed its doors. Papa's Corner Restaurant on Broadway has stayed vacant until now. A restaurant in Cohoes will be moving in soon.

This historic Italian restaurant in Saratoga County has been open since 1929 but as of now, it is temporarily closed. Will it ever re-open?

'Tis the season for everything Irish. There is no food more Irish than corned beef. Whether you have it on a sandwich or as a meal, these are the top 5 places to get the best corned beef in the Capital Region according to Yelp.

Only in Upstate New York is it completely normal to order Upside Down Pizza. Where are some places you wouldn't think about to order from? Here's 23 places.

Cider Belly a popular doughnut shop in downtown Albany has been open for nine years but just recently decided it would close this location. A second location is open and they are celebrating their one-year anniversary this month.

These are some of the places in the Capital Region where you can get heart-shaped pizzas this Valentine's Day. What better way to say you love them than with a delicious heart-shaped pizza? Check them out. Click on the name of the pizzeria to go to their website.

You can still eat outside during the winter at these restaurants that offer enchanted igloos. There are a few restaurants that are offering this unique and cool dining option. The Barrel in Bolton Landing, The Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, The Inn at Erlowest in Lake George, and La Capital Tacos in Troy.

These are some of the places in the Capital Region where you can get heart-shaped pizzas this Valentine's Day. What better way to say you love them than with a delicious heart-shaped pizza? Check them out. Click on the name of the pizzeria to go to their website.

Lucky for us across New York State, we are home to 8 of the oldest pizzerias in the United States.

Have you ever wanted to compete in a food eating challenge or competition? You should consider taking on one of these 23 burger challenges.

Yelp just released their 10th-anniversary edition of their “Top 100 US Restaurants" mega list. New York State literally just got robbed on this.

From dim sum to lo mein to fortune cookies, great Chinese food is hard to beat.

Every few days it seems that we learn of another restaurant in the Capital Region that is closing for good. This time it's a well-known family-owned Italian restaurant in Guilderland.

One of the best barbeque joints in the Capital Region is getting a bigger and better space this month. Rollin' Smoke Handcrafted BBQ will finally be moving into the old Halfmoon Sandwich Shoppe and we now know an exact opening date.

It will be the first Chick-fil-A (outside of the Albany International Airport) built in the Capital Region. The Clifton Park Chick-fil-A is moving full steam ahead. Check out the project, the progress, and the renderings of what this restaurant will look like when it's complete. The new Chick-fil-A is being built where the old Pier 1 store once was near Clifton Park Center. The plan is to open in March or April.

There is a popular maybe even legendary Japanese restaurant in the Capital Region that has only had one location. It was announced that they will be adding another location up the Northway in Saratoga County. For the owner, it was a lifelong dream.

Downtown Albany is getting a new pizzeria that is replacing a former one. But the new pizza place is completely different from what was once there. The owners say that they are taking a neighborhood pizzeria to the next level while keeping it affordable.

Are you looking to eat the biggest slice of pizza in all of New York state? You could enjoy the largest slice of pizza in the state down in New York City.

One of the best barbeque joints in the Capital Region is getting a bigger space this month. Rollin' Smoke Handcrafted BBQ will finally be moving into the old Halfmoon Sandwich Shoppe.

Your Christmas tree has served its purpose and probably starting to dry out. You could put that tree out of its misery and get something in return this New Year's Eve. A local brewery is holding a giant bonfire.

A Capital Region chicken shack has earned another impressive accolade - Food Network named them as New York's best spot for fried chicken.

Slow declines, peaceful closes, criminal charges: there are a wild variance of reasons some Capital Region favorite eateries closed in 2022, but these are some that foodies will miss most.

It was once a McDonald's and now it will serve as a brand new grocery store in an area where it is badly needed. The residents in that area of Albany have been hoping to get a grocery store in what they call a food desert and the day has finally come.

Food Network recently published a list of the "98 Best Pastas In The United States" and honored New York State with 13 shout outs.

When Oh Corn! Arepas and More closed its Halfmoon location suddenly in October 2021 after five years, customers weren't sure where the Venezuelan restaurant would reopen.

Maybe you want to bring your signature dish to your family holiday dinner or maybe you want to take mom's Christmas leftovers back with you: here's what TSA will and won't let you carry on a plane.

A popular Cohoes restaurant announced in early November that it will soon be vacating the country club it calls home to relocate to a larger space in the new year. We now know where.

One of the dishes is so hot you have to sign a waiver first.