Food & Drinks

The 11 Most Exciting New Restaurants in Upstate New York for Summer Trips

Plus, a new bakery cheat sheet for fully loaded breakfast sandwiches, bagels and genius icebox pie.

The restaurant at Klocke Estate in Hudson sits in a modern, Ken Fulks-designed farmhouse. 

Photographer: William Geddes

Upstate New York—the loosely defined region north of Manhattan and the Bronx boasting no shortage of lush countryside and weathered red barns, but not so much Hamptons-style traffic—is hot.

Last year, home prices in one of its major regions, the Hudson Valley, which runs along the Hudson River from Westchester to Albany, hit all-time highs, following an influx of New York City residents who left during the pandemic and continue to take advantage of remote work allowances.