The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[Timberridge]

Then how come a good italian deli is so hard to find?

You're probably 40 yrs late. Everyone goes to Stewarts now.

[gravitylover]

And the pizza sux

[BmillsSkier]

You're probably 40 yrs late. Everyone goes to Stewarts now.

Unless they’re going to Wegmans?

[Timberridge]

Unless they’re going to Wegmans?

I don't think Benny ventures out of Price Chopper territory.

[Benny Profane]

Hannafords.

[Timberridge]

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/...st_prices.html

[BmillsSkier]

That website continues to be a valuable resource.

[Brownski]

My things have changed in 30 years. The first, and only time, I did one of those beer tours was at the Winking Lizard back in Ohio and you had crack 50 to get a small prize and 100 if you wanted the sweatshirt/jacket. It was rough since I was only there for visits throughout the year. I got the sweatshirt.

Made tolerating the in-laws a lot easier though.

I did one of these in the first half of the 90s at a place called Holmes & Watson’s in Troy. I’m not sure if the place is even there any more. They had an impressive menu- all kinds of exotic imports, lambics, sours, different dark beers. It was before IPAs became so omnipresent and precious but there were some IPAs too. They gave you a card with all their beers on it, divided into different categories and you had to drink a few from each one. I remember one night I went in and looked at my card and the last beer to get punched was LaBatts. I looked at my buddy who was my driver on the last visit and was like “how could you let me drink a LaBatts?” I got a sweater when I finished.

[EWG]

How fucked up is it that this thread has become my happy place on TGR?

I'll answer my own question. Extremely fucked up. Though I'm not sure if it speaks more about me, TGR, or the current state of the world.

Also, Hannafords FTW. Even if it's just for the mustard.

[EWG]

I did one of these in the first half of the 90s at a place called Holmes & Watson’s in Troy. I’m not sure if the place is even there any more. They had an impressive menu- all kinds of exotic imports, lambics, sours, different dark beers. It was before IPAs became so omnipresent and precious but there were some IPAs too. They gave you a card with all their beers on it, divided into different categories and you had to drink a few from each one. I remember one night I went in and looked at my card and the last beer to get punched was LaBatts. I looked at my buddy who was my driver on the last visit and was like “how could you let me drink a LaBatts?” I got a sweater when I finished.

I distinctly remember the worst beer on that list, Three Horse Brand. Tasted like they had 3 horses piss in the bottle. Back then no IPAs, no craft brewery, just bottles from around the world.

The last night when a buddy and I finished our list was a bit of a blur, just powered through the beers we had left. On completion you got the shirt and a polaroid for the Hall of Foam. Caption on my pic said "Boy, could I go for a genny now"

My things have changed in 30 years. The first, and only time, I did one of those beer tours was at the Winking Lizard back in Ohio and you had crack 50 to get a small prize and 100 if you wanted the sweatshirt/jacket. It was rough since I was only there for visits throughout the year. I got the sweatshirt.

Made tolerating the in-laws a lot easier though.

Pics needed.

[Brownski]

Pics needed.

I wish to god I still had that sweater but alas. I actually collected my empties and they made a pretty impressive display for a while. Somebody might have taken a pic with them in the background at some point but I didn’t take pictures of anything back then

[BmillsSkier]

Same here. Mine did look like Drew's here though and it had all the beers listed on the back (in small font):



True ballers get the jacket that changes every year. No clue how much you have to drink to get one of these:

[Timberridge]

A jacket and membership to the local AA chapter?

[BmillsSkier]

A jacket and membership to the local AA chapter?

It’s greater Cleveland. The bar is AA.

As Danno caught in the baseball thread from the best retelling of Ten Cent Beer Night I posted there, “The City of Cleveland is a lot of things. A city of lightweights is not one of those things.”

[rideit]

There was a bar here years ago that offered a free drink to anyone who came in with an AA chip.
Kind of fucked up.

[Brownski]

There was a bar here years ago that offered a free drink to anyone who came in with an AA chip.
Kind of fucked up.

Extremely fucked up. But still funny

[BmillsSkier]

Well, the beer ads have certainly kicked up a notch since this last page or two.

Thanks a lot server fan.

[m2711c]

snow squalls is back....












giggity.

[BmillsSkier]

That lake effect?

[EWG]

That lake effect?

I hope he posted while driving.

Most places in the country when it snows or rains a little drivers freak out. In upstate it can be a blizzard and people are still driving, texting, singing along to the radio, talking on the phone and having a Genny Cream at 9 miles over the speed limit. It's amazing.

[wooley12]

Cold NNW air. Warm water. There was this donut shop in Dunkirk I slept in.

[m2711c]

I hope he posted while driving.

Most places in the country when it snows or rains a little drivers freak out. In upstate it can be a blizzard and people are still driving, texting, singing along to the radio, talking on the phone and having a Genny Cream at 9 miles over the speed limit. It's amazing.

yep....

[BmillsSkier]

I hope he posted while driving.

Most places in the country when it snows or rains a little drivers freak out. In upstate it can be a blizzard and people are still driving, texting, singing along to the radio, talking on the phone and having a Genny Cream at 9 miles over the speed limit. It's amazing.

yep....

Right? No shame in the Great Lakes Snow Game.

To this day the worst storm I’ve ever driven in was visiting family over Christmas 2017 and I decided to make the run from NE OH to Ellicottville at 4:30 am to chase a storm that ended up shutting down I-90 exit by exit behind me along the way and only found out as I passed the Seneca Casino that the Southern Tier Expressway was as well thanks to a trooper that let me forge on to HV.

The same storm dumped 53” in 30 hours thanks to the Lake Effect all along the Erie Coastal plain. I was One of about 150 people there that day. Totally worth it.

Still snapped pics out the windshield, radio blasting and had a parking lot soda or two. It’s what you do.

[m2711c]

nice.

[riser4]

Right? No shame in the Great Lakes Snow Game.

To this day the worst storm I’ve ever driven in was visiting family over Christmas 2017 and I decided to make the run from NE OH to Ellicottville at 4:30 am to chase a storm that ended up shutting down I-90 exit by exit behind me along the way and only found out as I passed the Seneca Casino that the Southern Tier Expressway was as well thanks to a trooper that let me forge on to HV.

The same storm dumped 53” in 30 hours thanks to the Lake Effect all along the Erie Coastal plain. I was One of about 150 people there that day. Totally worth it.

Still snapped pics out the windshield, radio blasting and had a parking lot soda or two. It’s what you do.

WorSt shit show ive seen was going around cleveland January '92. JFC, they did not know how to plow a highway. It got packed down and turned to slippery. Took me 8 hours to go 30 miles. I watched so many wrecks happen by people doing stupid shit. I narrowly missed probably a dozen multicar smash-ups by inches and flying by the seat of my pants. Once we got to NY, things were better.