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Fred Wolf of Nature Based showed up at our place with a machete, some landscape fabric, and a dream.
The Cask and Rasher in Coxsackie has the home-away-from-home quality of a solid neighborhood sports bar, plus a really impressive beer selection and an pub food menu that beats our all favorite Brooklyn brew pubs, hands down.
Brooklyn's 61 Local opened a second location, Windham Local, near Windham Ski Mountain in the Catskills.
CATSKILLS BARGAIN ALERT: Pick the freshest flowers on a the most beautiful farm and take home a gorgeous bouquet for only $8!
The Yellow Deli in Oak Hill is the most unique cafe in the Catskills. The giant, dimly-lit, wood-paneled space, complete with an enormous avian mural and tinkling new age music, feels like a secret tree-house.
It's easy to fall in love with The DeWitt Oak Hill, a warm and welcoming inn on the Catskill Creek that serves gourmet breakfasts and is filled with antique treasures to take home.
You want to experience the fun parts of farm life (Adirondack chairs around a campfire), not the gross parts (shoveling livestock poo). You want to leave NYC after lunch and be stepping into a leafy wilderness before dinner. Time to book at room at Honey Hollow Farm Stay.
East Durham Farms is one of the main reasons I started writing about the Catskills. Whether you're a local or a weekender, it's totally worth seeking out this little farm stand at 175 Brown Road in East Durham. In the past year, I've written about their glorious sun-sweetened peas, their kid-friendly farm animals, their impossibly delicious tomatoes, and their pumpkins and Thanksgiving turkeys. I love this place.
The Irish Catskills: Dancing at the Crossroads, in the words of filmmaker Kevin Ferguson, is "a celebration of Irish culture and a record of how important the Irish Catskills were to the first-generation Irish in America." Here, Kevin talks about how the spirit of this resort town lives on.
Greenville Drive-In: A drive-in movie theater, a picture-perfect wedding venue, a destination-worthy hidden gem in the Catskills. Photo by Beth Schneck Photography.
Crisp blue skies, tree shadows spilling over snow, and the serenity of nature. The most peaceful time of the year to visit the Catskill Mountains.
Sidney's Best Sea Salt Caramels: The most insanely delicious salted caramels you've never tasted
It's decorative gourd season at Story Farms in Catskill, NY. Pumpkin picking, apples, cider, farm-fresh vegetables, and more. 4640 NY-32, Catskill, NY; (518) 678-9716.
Archer befriends a large and surprisingly beautiful red-legged grasshopper.
At Windham's 5-state lookout, you can see New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire all from one spot.
If the snug, industrial Other Half tap room had an eccentric Italian uncle in the Catskills, it might look something like the tasting shed at Honey Hollow Brewing Co.
The Milk Run in Durham, NY has everything you need: milk, bread, beer, soft-serve ice cream, snacks, pharmacy items, playing cards, diner-style food, and more. Open from 6am to 9pm daily.
