I have been to Hoffay's many times over the years for fresh vegetables and delicious ice cream…read more Alongside, the ice cream at Hoffay's is Hershey brand and it is creamy, sweet, and gratifying. Likewise, Hoffay's offers soft serve and hard serve ice cream. I usually get a vanilla soft serve on a cone and it's rich and flavorful. Additionally, Hoffay's offers fresh vegetables which are excellent. I love to get some fresh corn on the cob or tomatoes. They're almost always fresh, juicy, and full of flavor. On a final note, Hoffay's features great ice cream and fresh vegetables.

From the owner: We sell farm fresh, in season, produce along with ice cream. We have 28 flavors of Hershey's hard…read moreice cream. We also sell, from Mother's Day through September soft serve ice cream in vanilla, chocolate and twist flavors. We have indoor and outdoor seating, a nine hole mini golf course and a small playground for kids.

We were on our way up to Montreal and wanted to grab a bite to eat for lunch. I found Nic'a…read moreTrattoria with a quick search and we had a great experience there. The space is spacious with lots of seating either by tables or at the bar. It gives a hip and trendy modern feel. Our server Lydia was great. I liked that they had a kids cup for my daughter's apple juice which was a regular plastic cup with a disposable top for the straw. We shared the arancini, homemade meatballs and the 5 formaggi pizza. The arancini was a great appetizer. The was a rice ball filled with mozzarella and had a nice crisp breading. It was served with their Rosa sauce. The meatballs were good and had well balanced tomato sauce served with it and pipped whipped ricotta. The wood fired pizza is something you have to get there. Definitely one of the best wood fired pizzas I've had. It had a nice thin crisp crust and a pillowy crust end. The flavor of the cheeses and garlic was a good combination. We will be back in the future when traveling in the area.

Nic's is simply the best. What a great addition to EG. This ISNT like one of the dozen take out…read morepizza places on 9&20 Great food, great service. and I'm not a cocktail pro, but I've heard they make great drinks and make them properly. Also have creative ones that aren't found everywhere. The pizza and pasta is outstanding. The service is top notch. The portions - at first glance look smaller, but then it's so worth it and plentiful, as it's all scratch made in house. Even the bread with dipping oil is tasty and premium/better than I've had in a long time. Not just an afterthought, the bread was seasoned and delicious.

Have been here twice- can't seem to take a picture because we're so excited to get the fish& chips…read more Huge portions w/ fries & slaw or Mac salad. Perfectly cooked, no 'old fryer oil' taste ever. We re retired chefs so usually cook at home- but this is The Bomb! Very reasonable prices on the whole menu. Not fancy inside but clean & neat- order at window & they'll bring it out . Small condiment bar w/tartar, cocktail, chili sauce& ketchup. This will be a regular stop for us.

Best fish in the area without question, we travel from Saratoga to get fish here! There fish is…read morefresh and when you walk in there is no fish smelll, because it's fresh!

We had a wonderful dinner at Sadudee - it was exactly what we needed after a long day on the road…read more Staff were very welcoming and attentive, and the vegetable drunken noodle was especially delicious! Glad we picked this restaurant for our stopover in the Troy area.

Always great...ordered take out this time for a guaranteed good meal! Recommend this restaurant, it…read moreconsistently good

ALDI in Albany had some problems recently and inspectors removed food. There were no problems at…read morethis particular North Greenbush ALDI. It's a big space. The refrigeration system seems to be working well. There was a lot of fresh fruit selling at exceptional prices. Egg prices here are very good, too. There wasn't a lot of staff. That's why I was very happy to see a self-checkout area. I got in and out quickly. It's not like a regular grocery store. There are just some things they don't carry. For instance, I didn't see a lot of fresh vegetables, but what they do have is well priced.

Always find what I'm looking for, lowest prices and clean easy to navigate aisles. Always fun to…read morecheck out the Finds!

I stopped by Smoothie King in East Greenbush for a smoothie break recently, located in the old TCBY…read morespace in a small strip plaza in front of Target. They offer a good variety of healthy smoothies including fruit blends, vegan, energy and immune boosts and acai bowls. I ordered a small Gladiator Cold Brew smoothie ($6.99 plus tax) which was made to order quickly and had a blend of protein, bananas, cold brew, ice, and milk, blended together. This smoothie was cold, sweet and had the coffee flavor I needed on a hot and humid day outside. They also do mobile orders with the pickup counter in the front. The smoothies and bowls are made ahead of time for those orders and kept cool in a glass cooler until the customer or delivery driver comes in to pickup.

fast service efficient friendly and food tasted great. clean inside nice vibe. mobile order was…read moreready right on time didn't have to wait very long at all. will be coming back again.

This was a good place for sushi and wine…read more I ordered the sushi and sashimi plate and it was not really tasty, but it was also quite good looking. I.e., the presentation was great. The wine is a bit pricey, but they have some decent red wines on the menu. So I appreciated that. There was one gentleman as the server for the whole dining room, so that led to some understandable delays. Otherwise, this place was quite good.

Would have given 4 stars if the hostess and server were more communicative and more outgoing. Food…read morewas absolutely delicious, huge portions. However staff was very slow and again, not very friendly/outgoing/communicative. Despite staff issues, I will definitely go back for the food.

Bought a jar of their hotdog sauce at Market 32. Was expecting something close to Hot Dog…read moreCharlie's.... YUCK.... it's basically tomato sauce with onions.... NEVER again!!

Hot. Beef. Sandwich…read more It's hard to think of five bucks better spent. Usually, that sandwich is made of their famous corned beef or pastrami. How famous is their pastrami? Well, it's what they use at Katz's in NYC. Except at Katz's they apparently boil the pastrami before serving it so it totally falls apart. That's what I learned from the passionate fellow behind the counter today. Well, that, and they had no pastrami prepared for sandwiches. Well, I'll just have to come back. For years I've been told of the legend of this place. The place where Old World Provisions meats are sliced and served on bread for a pittance. A manufacturing facility where there is a small retail operation that's open to the public. Helmbold Fritz is like a beacon on a hill. Well, it's on a hill at least. It's a bit tucked away in the warehouse district around the corner from the Franklin Ballroom. And when you pull into the driveway, you have to go around back to get to the front door. It's almost as if they don't want you there. But they totally want you there. Kinda. When I called to ask if they were open for lunch, the response was, "Lunch? We open at 11." I'm unclear if the wooden picnic table around the back of the deli was actually meant for visitors of if its for employees, but we decided to stick around and eat there instead of having a car picnic. It was a glorious day. Part of me is a bit worried about coming back here for pastrami. Because if it's half as good as I suspect it will be, it might be hard to keep me away. That fifth star is being reserved until I try their signature products. But I promise to report back.

De Anna's seems to foster a love/hate reaction. Most of the reviews that have been previously…read morewritten are based upon the bridal services provided by the business. So far, only one other review has addressed the rest of the business which includes women's clothing, jewelry, candy, soaps and other personal care products, greeting cards, knickknacks, and holiday gifts. There is a sign on the back of the building where the main entrance is located, directing bridal service customers in one direction and all others to a different entrance. We were in search of holiday gift ideas and purchases so we avoided the bridal entrance - you probably need an appointment to shop there in any event. As already noted, there are a lot of things for sale in the main store, and that may be a problem. While the clothing, almost exclusively for women ( I saw a sign saying they have men's hats and scarves) appears to be well organized by color, there is so much of it packed into racks and on shelves that it actually is a chore to browse. If you are looking for products made in the U.S.A. or Canada, there are options available. Staff were friendly and helpful in our search for personal care products. They offered to gift bag our purchase and removed all price stickers. However, when we requested who made their chocolate candy, the only response was that it came from a variety of places. As one other reviewer pointed out, an important feature that is lacking in the store is a restroom for customers. You may have to drive a mile or so to find one (Hannaford? Shop Rite?). Also note that they do not take the American Express card.

Terrible, inflexible return policy. I live in Boston, got a cardigan sweater gift for Xmas, wasn't…read moresure about it, kept it and figured I could exchange when I came back to Albany end of Jan. Exchange, not return, not money back, just exchange. Went to return and was told 1/20/23 was cutoff for returns/exchanges. I was there a week later. I pleaded with the owner, Dianne, to make an exception, but she stated she already did reorders based on 1/20/23 inventory, so she won't help me. My sister has shopped there often over decades. She won't anymore. I guess not allowing 1 exchange is worth losing a lot of future business