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Our Mission is to inspire people to support family-owned and independent gourmet food and lifestyle businesses.
RESTAURANT OPENINGS • GOURMET SHOPS • TRAVEL
SPRING 2023
Taste of Schenectady® and Beyond™ magazine — Spring 2023: On December 6, 2022, we wrote to you about Mami's Spanish Restaurant opening a new restaurant concept in Bellevue (Schenectady, NY)... On February 24, 2023, we released a SNEAK PEEK of our Spring 2023 issue. Mami's longtime entrepreneurial dream to open a large sit-down Caribbean and Spanish restaurant has come to fruition... This issue focuses on all things Caribbean/Latin American, Italian-American mom & pop markets, seafood, Sicilian food, and travel… We love to inspire Gastronomy — the art of good eating...
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culinary experiences
We love to dine out at family-owned restaurants, and shop at mom & pop, and independent stores around Schenectady county and beyond!
New York State's gourmet specialty food stores offer everything from local, organic ingredients to adventurous and exotic foods. You can visit these eateries and shops without hopping on a plane.
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NYC & PHILADELPHIA 2-DAY TRIPS
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"We got to meet Alton Brown and Iron Chef Morimoto at Food Network. Later we dined and shopped at Chelsea Market!"Ed Woods★★★★★
"Taste took our group on a tour of the South Philly Italian Market and Old City's historical sites. We dined at the best restaurants."Linda Collins★★★★★
"We took a taxi to dine and shop at some of the best places in Chinatown and the City."Gino Matias