Each year, Buffalo expats in Washington, D.C., gather in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to debate the merits of Anchor Bar vs. Duff’s and compare notes on the best way to get to Northern Virginia’s newest Wegmans. But wings and Wegmans are only the starting point when it comes to the finest food on offer in upstate New York, which also features such delicacies as beef on weck, Sahlen’s white hots, garbage plates, city chicken, spiedies, sausage sandwiches, mozzarella sticks with melba sauce, tomato pie, salt potatoes, Michigan hot dogs and sponge candy.
Of course, there’s much more to upstate than its culinary delights. The semiconductor and chips industry is diversifying the economy, and drones are making Central New York a destination. Buffalo is home to the first upstate governor in a century – and it’s no coincidence that a new Bills stadium is on the way. Sports tourism is an anchor elsewhere too, including in Lake Placid, which could even host part of another Winter Olympics. And the dairy and agriculture industries are not to be overlooked.
City & State NY compiled a list of the Upstate New York Power 100, which includes Managing Partner Douglas W. Dimitroff, who have upstate New York charting a new course.
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