Very welcoming. Wine good and donuts good. Originally the server was waiting for someone to come…read moreand help us because he spoke no English. He was sweet and kind and started with us and used the translate app on his phone. He had a great personality and we had a good time.

We took a road trip to NY to checkout Hudson Berkshire Wine & Food Festival on a whim when we was…read moreperusing for things to do around New England on Memorial Day weekend. Ticket at the gate was $25 but we got our tickets through Groupon for only $23 for the 2 of us which was a really sweet deal for this particular event from 11am-6pm. There were tons of tasting from wineries, distilleries, breweries, cideries but didn't quite balance well with the paucity of food vendors. Luckily there were food trucks around so you could grab a bite to eat, listen to the live band, go pets some goats at the petting zoo and then go back to for more drink tastings. Overall, Columbia County Fairgrounds is a terrific venue to host this type of event and was worth it for the drinks, entertainment, and free souvenir wine glasses.

I finally made it to Garlic Fest this year and it was very hot and very crowded. It took about half…read morean hour to get to the on-site parking ($10 for parking), but getting into the festival from the parking lot was quick if you pre-ordered tickets online. My group arrived probably at the height of the event (Saturday - noonish) and there was a long line at every food vendor. The festival was much larger than expected and we were there for a good 3 hours. There is live music scattered around the venue and lots of samples from the vendors. You can probably go through the festival within an hour when the crowd is more manageable (very early or later in the day).

They do such a fantastic job with this festival. I go every year. I should have taken my own advice…read moreand brought something to shade myself with. It was a whopping 91°. The vendors are in their same spot as they were the previous years so I was able to go and get everything that I love, especially the garlic ice cream! It is still $10 to park! It is $15 to get in! They have a credit card option now for entry too. Everything garlic! Fun fall day.

Fun to walk around. Local products of all kinds. Animal competitions and food. Some wine tasting in…read morepast years. A nice way to spend the last summer days before everybody goes back to yearly drudge.

Great local fair with fun demo derby!! Great vendors and food. Worth bringing the kids too…read more Admission is a bit expensive but everyone has to make their money! Worth the trip for sure!!

The restaraunts showed up all of em showed up for Troy. I enjoyed myself went to work with a full…read morestomach. Kant lie though, Bucchus wood fire pizzeria had the best wings out last year 2023 pigg out. The funny part is I didn't notice the restaurant. At the time I was new toTroy. Me and my fiance at the time saw everybody licking fingers

After missing it for a couple of years, my wife and I came back and I was a bit underwhelmed. It…read moreused to be focused on the barbeque rib competition, with a festival thrown alongside to sweeten the pot. Now, it seems to be more of a food truck festival with free music, and the barbeque competition has fallen by the wayside. Whereas once you could walk through the competition area and meet the competitors, stand amazed in awe of their three-foot tall golden trophies from culinary conquests of the past, and smell the ribs from a block or two away, now the competition has all but disappeared. Also, it has morphed from a 2-day event to a 1-day event. The food trucks now are about 20% barbeque themed, with the regular fried sausage, popcorn, fried dough, pizza, etc mixed in. The craft vendors seem to be fewer in number and mostly related to jewelry (boring). The free music is still a "you get what you pay for" proposition: the first band we heard was country/blues cover band and I thought they were decent. The next band we heard was an indie-pop band and their lead singer was terribly off key. After about an hour of being there, we had eaten some food, listened to some music, and had no real reason to stay. It was hot (it always is) despite the slight rain that came and went. It is a shell of what it once was. A fun time can still be had here, but instead of calling it the "Pig Out" they should just call it a "River Festival."

Many good things about this event and venue, some not so good. The good: it's FREE. Parking in the…read moregarage across the street is FREE. The setting is nice, the amphitheater is cool, there are plenty of police and porta-potties. There is beer sold and lots of verities of food stands. Not so good: It looked like people had to get in a long line to pay for beer tickets, then get in another long line to redeem the tickets for beers. Other one- no wine or any other alcoholic beverage other than beer. Not enough dessert trucks. Churros looked good, though I'll surely go another Wednesday, and when I do? My dinner will be lobster salad in a lemon chive waffle cone. Wow!

Had a great time at this fair. They had so many animals and rides. The maple syrup ice cream was…read morethe most incredible ice cream. We went during the beef day and the beef sundae was really cool and delicious. Also went to the rolled ice cream stand, egg rolls, gyros, crepes and the drink tent as well. They had such great options for food. Besides the drink tent with some samples I actually didn't see any alcohol. Not sure if they had any anywhere.

Went to the fair for my second tractor pull. It costs 12.00 to get in the fair and the parking is…read morefree. I was impressed with the organization of both the parking and the selling of admission tickets. Lines moved fast with little wait time. There was the usually variety of foods and I was pleasantly pleased with some of the prices. A corn dog, nachos and a large drink was 10.00. The tractor pull is quite a popular event but there is ample sitting and they even sell ear plugs. I suggest you bring your own. The maple barn was a delight with many maple delicacies to choose from. I'm a little too old for rides so you will have to go to the fair and try those out for yourself!!