Another one of those things about things...
In the interest of making my current period of unemployment as productive as can be, I am going to start a blog cataloguing one delicious food item in New York a day. After years and years of navigating the bountiful selection in this city, my mind is chock-full of ideas. And if I start to run out of them…well then it will be a reminder that I am not doing my duty as a food-lover, and am failing to eat out often enough in this amazing place (Although I can almost guarantee you that won’t happen).
#45: Oysters
Anytime my food can be described using beer, I'm in. Such was the case at Upstate, when the owner explained the long list of oysters, presented on a checklist ready for your selections. Up top you have your light pilsners (more east coast mild), in the middle your IPA's (more west coast funky) and at the bottom your dark stouts (those milky suckers).
This is appropriate since what Upstate does best is oysters and craft beer. The beer list competes with the extensive and rare oyster selection, including a NY Peak ale (only 30 kegs released!) and a Belgian that could almost be wine. As you can imagine all these choices caused some ordering anxiety - and several diagrams were drawn and equations completed before choices could be made.
I think the owners of this place are really doing something special, so if you're an oyster lover get thee upstate! Plus at the end there was some complementary whiskey cake, which on their website they refer to as the "other white meat". Need I say more.
Keep 'em comin' Britt...
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