NYRA CEO Chris Kay welcomes everyone to ‘The Stretch’ ————————————————————– SARATOGA SPRINGS – Psst! I gotta winner for ya’ – right here! Saratoga Racecourse’s Opening Day (Friday, July 20) will feature the debut of Saratoga’s newest hospitality area: The Stretch, located in the Grandstand at the Top of the Stretch. The major capital improvement...
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Cheers! DeCrescente Launches Partnership with Davidson Brothers
MECHANICVILLE – DeCrescente Distributing Company (DDC) announces a partnership to distribute Davidson Brothers Brewing Company. Beginning this month, DDC will distribute draft versions of Davidson Brothers’ core beers, including their flagship IPA brewed with English hops for a sizeable hop aroma and dry finish; Brown Ale, a malty British Brown Ale; and Irish Red...
Pssssst! FREE Ice Cream On Sunday (Details Inside)
Happy National Ice Cream Day! HALFMOON – Here’s the scoop…. Yes, yes – our friends at Mohawk Honda, the Capital District’s number one volume Honda dealer,* will sponsor two hours of free ice cream at Hayner’s Food + Ice Cream in celebration of National Ice Cream Day. The event will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony...
Hot As A Hometown…. July Fourth Gallery
Heat Defeated By Good Times on Saratoga’s 4th of July SARATOGA SPRINGS – The mission was clear. Go forth on the Fourth. And despite the sizzling 90+ degree temps, you certainly did. A hometown Fourth of July is about as All-American as things get – and the folks who participated – the organizers and...
Chef’s David Burke and Todd English to Headline Expanded Saratoga Wine and Food Festival
Tickets On Sale Monday at 10 am SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announces that renowned celebrity chefs David Burke and Todd English will headline this year’s international destination event – The Saratoga Wine and Food Festival, on September 7-9. The James Beard Award-winning Chef David Burke, and Emmy-nominated TV star Todd...
Drink, Eat, and Laugh at the Heat
Inaugural Eat Drink Saratoga Benefits Saratoga County Children’s Committee Photo credit: Explore Saratoga Photos provided by Baker Public Relations – (website) SARATOGA SPRINGS – Despite (why mince words?) brutal temperatures on Saturday, June 30, a nice crowd of hungry and thirsty patrons ventured downtown to the site of the former Saratogian parking lot, where...
Summer Hunger Vanquished By Operation Lunch Lady!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – As noted in our May 17 post (see it here,) – keyboards, storyboards and the Internet were swapped for aprons, spatulas and a hairnet under a program spearheaded by Fingerpaint Marketing to assist families facing summer food insecurity. Operation Lunch Lady commenced with assembly line efficiency and camaraderie on Friday, June...
Every Heart Beats True Under Red, White and Blue
The American Cancer Society’s Red, White and Blue Party – Friday, June 29, 2018 SARATOGA SPRINGS – After nightfall, the ground was set aglow by Joysticks of remembrance and hope… Later that evening, a counter-salute from the skies raised all eyes upward from the ground… Before all of this, as well as in between,...
Make It A Double! My ‘Night on Bourbon Street’
Editor’s Note: Mandy Mittler has returned from Bourbon St. by way of a well-deserved vacation in Niagara Falls. Her dispatch is worth waiting for – as usual. The first post, with a large gallery, is here. I’ll have a double! – AG SARATOGA SPRINGS – Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival kicked off their first ever...
Galerie des bons moments! A Night on Bourbon St.
Editor’s Note: Correspondent Mandy Mittler attended A Night on Bourbon St., and then went on a well-deserved mini-vacation. She has returned and the link to her post is here. You are permitted to think of this as a Double Bourbon if you like. – AG ———————————— SARATOGA SPRINGS- Well, here we are! Folks, in...