Best Mexican/Central/South American (single location)
1. El Loco Mexican Cafe, 465 Madison Ave., Albany 2. Bombers Burrito Bar, 258 Lark St., Albany 3. Bombers Burrito Bar, 447 State St., Schenectady Why? This one was a squeaker: Barely more than 1...
View ArticleBest Indian/Pakistan restaurant (single location)
1. Sitar, 1929 Central Ave., Colonie 2. Karavalli, 9 Johnson Road, Latham 3. Shalimar, Delaware Plaza, Delmar Why? This year’s readers poll was the first time we asked people to vote for their favorite...
View ArticleBest Indonesian/Thai/Vietnamese restaurant (single location)
1. Yono’s, 25 Chapel St., Albany 2. Bangkok Bistro, 268 State St., Schenectady 3. Blue Spice, 1614 Central Ave., Colonie Why? Yono’s is one of the Capital Region’s best restaurants — period. The...
View ArticleBest Chinese/Japanese/Korean restaurant
1. Koto Japanese Steakhouse, 260 Wolf Road, Colonie 2. Plum Blossom, 685 Hoosick Road, Troy 3. Ichiban, 1652 Western Ave., Guilderland, and 338 Central Ave., Albany Why? Some people shared that they...
View ArticleBest sandwich shop (single location)
1. Gershon’s Deli, 1600 Union St., Schenectady 2. DiBella’s Subs, 1235 Western Ave., Albany 3. Genoa Importing, 435 Loudon Road, Loudonville Why? By specifying the voting be for a single location,...
View ArticleBest pizza (single location)
1. Fountain Restaurant, 283 New Scotland Ave., Albany 2. The Purple Pub, 2 Cohoes Road, Watervliet 3. Kay’s Pizza, Burden Lake, Averill Park Why? Independent, standalone shops won over national and...
View ArticleBest hamburger
1. Five Guys Burgers and Fries, various locations 2. Jumpin’ Jack’s Drive-In, 5 Schonowee Ave., Scotia 3. Red Robin, various locations Why? With more than 250,000 possible ways to order a burger, fresh...
View ArticleBest fish fry (single location)
1. Bob and Ron’s Fish Fry, 1007 Central Ave., Albany 2. Harbor House, 1742 Route 9, Clifton Park 3. Ted’s Fish Fry, 636 New Loudon Road, Latham Why? This is the first year the Times Union has offered...
View ArticleBest family restaurant (single location)
1. Red Robin, 880 Route 9, Latham 2. TGI Friday’s, Stuyvesant Plaza, Guilderland 3. Red Robin, 1 Halfmoon Crossing, Halfmoon Why? The burger-centric Red Robin was the uncontested giant in this...
View ArticleBest restaurant to open in the past year
1. All Good Bakers, 540 Delaware Ave., Albany 2. Angelo’s Prime Bar & Grill, 30 Clifton Country Road, Clifton Park 3. Mingle, 544 Delaware Ave., Albany Why? With upward of 100 new restaurants...
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