Best Of Albany

We live and play here just like you do and we're always searching for things to do plus where the best things are. Check out all of our articles on the best of the Albany area – it makes a great reference!

 

Davidson Brothers

 
We are fortunate to have more than one brew pub in the Albany area – start off your adventure through the best of the Albany area with a good old beer!

 

Image via flickr user Wally_Wabbit

 
We took a poll and you told us what your favorite burgers are. After all a burger goes great with a beer!

 

Savannah's Myspace Page

 
It's Saturday night and you want to go out. Problem is you have no idea where to go. Don't worry – Darcy has a list of places to go. Ta-da!

 

Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images

 
Grand Union, Caldor, Fays, and others – may they rest in peace. Here's our list of stores we miss shopping at in the Albany area!

 

iStockphoto

 
Plenty of folks are on Twitter in the Albany area and we heart Twitter. Here are our five favs to follow.

 

 
We have some amazing architecture here in the Albany area – some of it as old as the Dutch colonial period. Check out our favorites.

 

YouTube

 
We have some legends living among us.

 

US Patent Office

 
The Albany area has some fascinating “unknown” facts – the invention of toilet paper is among those facts.

 

davidleong, Flickr

 
We have a lot of developed waterfront areas in the greater Albany region and when spring hits it's high time we took our drinking outside. Here's where we go drinking.

 

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FORE!~ Looking for the most challenging golf holes in the Albany area? Here you go!

 

Via flickr user familymwr

 
Hot? Sweaty? July? Here's where we go to cool off from the summer heat.

 

Malta Drive-in

 
We have more than five drive in theaters within 10 – 45 minutes of the Albany area and here are our favorite five. Don't forget to honk your horn when the hotdog jumps in to the bun.

 

Brian Bushner

 
We love dogs – our staff is actually a tad obsessed so we also know everyplace that is dog friendly (and dogs like to go) in the Albany area. Woof.

 

via flickr user DonkeyHotey

 
We love Troy. If you haven't been you should go – the city has changed a great deal in the past few years, particularly the downtown with more on the way!

 

Via flickr user rkeefer

 
Things that make our area and our residents unique – and the headline could easlily say Troy, Schenectady, Clifton Park, Saratoga, Galway, Hoosick Falls, Selkirk, or anyplace in between.

 

I Love NY

 
Leaf Peeping sounds dirty but we do it every year. Here are our favorite drives to take to “peep” at the leaves.

 

flickr user Mom Smackley

 
Boo! Halloween approaches fast and with it your need for a costume increases. Here's where we get our garb.

 

flickr user Sean MacEntee

 
It's really hard to list the most haunted places – actually it might be easier to list the five places that AREN'T haunted. Here we have a list from some guest bloggers.

 

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Need to have a good time with the girls before you are confined to married life? Er uh – happily whisked away into marital bliss? Here's how we party.

 

flickr user carrier lost

 
Looking for a tree for the holidays? Here's where we buy our trees.

 

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