The Capital Region
18 open around Upstate New York
Troy does the eating for this stretch of the Hudson. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and Rare Form Brewing sit on the river, Famous Lunch works Congress Street, and the Lucas Confectionery pours two blocks up on Second. Saratoga Springs keeps Esperanto and Putnam Market on Broadway, and Gus's Hotdogs grills on 25th Street in Watervliet.
The towns
Elsewhere around Upstate New York