Food Scene
Mr Wasabi
1729 Union StreetThis place will deliver to our house. We love the pink panther roll!
Good, cheap pizza and the best chicken parm sub. Does not deliver but is 5-minute drive from house.
Home Style Enterprises
1720 Union StGood, cheap pizza and the best chicken parm sub. Does not deliver but is 5-minute drive from house.
This is our Friday night date place! We recommend splitting the caesar salad (hope you like garlic!) and a pizza. Live acoustic music pretty much every Friday and Saturday night.
151 Bar and Restaurant
151 Lafayette StThis is our Friday night date place! We recommend splitting the caesar salad (hope you like garlic!) and a pizza. Live acoustic music pretty much every Friday and Saturday night.
Our local brewery, adjacent to 151. Good spot to spend a chill afternoon with some local brews and a board game or two. No food on premises but you are allowed to bring your own food inside.
Great Flats Brewing
151 Lafayette StOur local brewery, adjacent to 151. Good spot to spend a chill afternoon with some local brews and a board game or two. No food on premises but you are allowed to bring your own food inside.
Aperitivo Bistro
426 State StAdjacent to Proctor's theater and a great place for a nice dinner.
A Schenectady landmark. If you stay in town, you must eat here. Everything on the menu is amazing, and it's perfectly acceptable to eat too much of their famous bread before you even get to the entree portion of the evening. Wednesday is half-price bottle of wine night!
8 locals recommend
MORE Perreca's
31 N Jay StA Schenectady landmark. If you stay in town, you must eat here. Everything on the menu is amazing, and it's perfectly acceptable to eat too much of their famous bread before you even get to the entree portion of the evening. Wednesday is half-price bottle of wine night!
Great outdoor space with decent food and beer. Frequently has live music.
Centre Street Public House and Beer Garden
308 Union StGreat outdoor space with decent food and beer. Frequently has live music.
Our go-to breakfast spot. Serves delicious acai and pitaya bowls, and the best coffee we've had in Schenectady.
Raw Juice & Smoothie Bar Inc.
177 Jay StOur go-to breakfast spot. Serves delicious acai and pitaya bowls, and the best coffee we've had in Schenectady.
Pricey, but so, so delicious. If you want to treat yourself while you're here this is the place to do it!
Malcolm's
617 Union StPricey, but so, so delicious. If you want to treat yourself while you're here this is the place to do it!
Great sliders (including vegetarian options), good beer and famous "fravos" (avocado fries.)
15 locals recommend
Slidin Dirty
9 1st StGreat sliders (including vegetarian options), good beer and famous "fravos" (avocado fries.)
Check out Meatball Monday -- $4 happy hour drinks come with a complementary bowl of meatballs!
Innovo Kitchen
1214 Troy Schenectady RdCheck out Meatball Monday -- $4 happy hour drinks come with a complementary bowl of meatballs!
Drinks & Nightlife
Neighborhood dive bar -- beer is cold, grub is excellent and you can walk home afterward.
The Horses Lounge
912 McClellan StNeighborhood dive bar -- beer is cold, grub is excellent and you can walk home afterward.
Parks & Nature
Famous for its rose garden, it also has a great disc golf course. Michelle can help you with running routes from our house through Central Park.
9 locals recommend
Central Park
500 Iroquois PathFamous for its rose garden, it also has a great disc golf course. Michelle can help you with running routes from our house through Central Park.
If you're looking to spend a couple hours outdoors this is a great place to do it -- well marked, easy trails and a great waterfall.
Indian Kill Nature Preserve
If you're looking to spend a couple hours outdoors this is a great place to do it -- well marked, easy trails and a great waterfall.
Arts & Culture
miSci - Museum of Innovation and Science
15 Nott Terrace HeightsProctors
432 State StMOPCO:The Mopco Improv Theatre
10 N Jay StEntertainment & Activities
Great local theater downtown -- tickets are cheap and they even have a bar inside!
8 locals recommend
Bow Tie Cinemas Movieland 6
400 State StGreat local theater downtown -- tickets are cheap and they even have a bar inside!
Essentials
Market 32 by Price Chopper
1640 Eastern PkwyCVS
1204 Eastern AveWalgreens
1850 Central AveSightseeing
Nott Memorial
The Stockade is the oldest neighborhood in the city, continuously inhabited for over 300 years.
The Stockade Inn
1 N Church StThe Stockade is the oldest neighborhood in the city, continuously inhabited for over 300 years.