Adirondack Cuisine Trails
A Guide to Local Food and Drink
The Adirondack Cuisine Trails showcase farms, orchards, restaurants, breweries, wineries, local food and agricultural producers that give visitors an up-close view of what agriculture in the Adirondacks is all about.
How do I explore the Adirondack Cuisine Trails?
The Trails are simply suggested routes for self-guided exploration, and will require your own transportation to tour. Please check business hours and offerings before visiting, as many are seasonal and variable. Visit one, or many destinations along your travels.
6 trails of local flavor to explore
Adirondack Lakes Cuisine Trail
From Saranac Lake, Lake Clear, and Tupper Lake, this area of the Adirondacks is both historic and contemporary. Experience the terroir through historic farms, great camp dining, downtown eateries, and breweries.
Named for Lake Champlain’s infamous sea monster, this trail offers ample chances to spot the legendary creature while tasting the bounty of the land, with stops including vineyards, orchards, sugar houses, and co-ops.
Champlain Valley Cuisine Trail
The Champlain Valley of New York is the perfect backdrop to experience history, fresh produce, inventive craft beverages, and one of the most gorgeous drives around, with stops including farm stands, dairy farms, legacy gardens, co-ops, and more.
This trail will capture the imagination of any traveler who values natural beauty, high-quality meats and cheeses, award-winning craft beverages, and Olympic spirit.
The trail from Keeseville to Elizabethtown includes wineries, breweries, vegetable, livestock, and CSA farms, and extraordinary eateries.
The North Country Cuisine Trail winds through picturesque roads and quaint villages dotted with unique local businesses serving up extraordinary local products.
Adirondack Harvest
Adirondack Harvest is a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County and serves as a marketing platform for the North Country region’s farmers and producers and an educational resource for locals and visitors alike. Their mission is to increase opportunities for profitable and sustainable production, sale of high quality and nutritious agricultural products, and expanding consumer choices for locally produced food. The mission ensures future preservation and growth of farmland while providing a diversity of nutritious food products and educational resources for consumers. Find information on farmers’ markets, agritourism events, Adirondack agriculture, food assistance benefits, Cuisine Trails, educational resources, and much more at www.adirondackharvest.com.
