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Mama Nancy's

January

Syracuse

One of Onondaga County's last 24-hour diners closed in early January.

MaMa Nancy's, on State Fair Boulevard, closed on Jan. 2. "It's the end of a season," said Nancy Rinaldi-Bianchi, who ran the diner for 17 years.

Flooding in the building, plus traffic problems caused by the nearby Lakeview Amphitheater, both contributed to the decision to close. Another person plans to open a different diner in the same space.

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Danzer's German and American Gasthof

January

Syracuse

After months of anticipation, Shelly Skripnichuk reopened Danzer's in early January after renovating and restaffing the popular restaurant.

She had a few bumps the first few weeks, decreasing serving hours. But the red Reubens and hamlets are still on the menu -- and Facebook fans report the food is bringing back good memories of the German restaurant.

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Boom Boom Mex Mex

January

Camillus

The building on Howlett Hill Road that was home to Boom Boom Mex Mex went up for sale in January. The owner of the restaurant, Gino Laurenzo, said he leased the building for two years and operated the restaurant. To continue he would have had to purchase it; he decided against that and closed.

Laurenzo also runs Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in New Hartford.

The seasonal restaurant was open from March until October, when the Bryans would return to Mexico for the winter. In 2015, the Bryans retired and Laurenzo bought the restaurant and reopened it that fall.

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Regional Donut Authority (Liverpool)

January

Liverpool

Rich Lickfield closed one of his Regional Donut Authority spots right after the holidays. He still makes donuts at Great Northern Mall and on the weekends at the Central New York Regional Market. But, for now, the 207 Oswego Road shop has closed.

"It's just not a successful location," he said today. "Enough cars drive by there, but people don't see it."

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Hullar's Restaurant

January

Fayetteville

Hullar's Restaurant opened in 1911 and lasted for 107 years.

"It was a horrible decision," Nanette Hullar said of the hard choice to close.

The family-owned restaurant, famous for its haddock, hamburgers and hot beef on weck, closed in last January. Hullar said she was ready to slow down. She also said the state's rising minimum wage for tipped workers was another factor.

Hullar's Coffee Shop, which serves breakfast and lunch nextdoor, will remain open seven days a week.

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Dang's Cafe

January

Syracuse

Nhan Dang, two of his sons and a friend opened Dang's Café on Butternut Street in January.

The menu offers only three main dishes: banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich), pho (rice noodle soup), and com tam (broken rice). Customers choose from a large variety which protein they would like.

The staff make the broth in-house. It cooks for 12 hours with chicken or beef knuckle bones with cinnamon, cloves, onion, and ginger.

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Open Flame

January

Manlius

Open Flame began serving Greek, Mexican and Indian foods in early 2017. The village of Manlius restaurant closed just after the holidays within a year of opening.

Owner Mason Towhid said the long hours required in running the restaurant are straining his health, and his family is unable to help him.

"I am very thankful for the community support I have received,'' Towhid said. "But I am closing due to my health."

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AppeThaizing

January

Syracuse

AppeThaizing closed its location close to Marshall Street near Syracuse University last year, a change that was part of a new apartment complex.

The restaurant re-opened in early 2018 at 208 W. Genesee St. in a location formerly known as Khao Gaeng. The owners of AppeThaizing also ran Khao Gaeng.

The new version of AppeThaizing is smaller than the former SU location. At the downtown spot, there is no liquor license. Most of the business is catering, takeout or delivery. Owner Joe Jittaratlert said many customers are still based at SU and the hospitals near the school.

AppeThaizing in Liverpool remains open.

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Creole Soul Cafe (North Syracuse)

January

North Syracuse

Creole Soul Café's North Syracuse location closed after only four months.

"We just weren't getting the business," said Vinita Chavis, who runs the restaurant with her husband Darren.

The North Syracuse location opened in September 2017.

The couple's Creole Soul Cafe in downtown Syracuse, at 128 E. Jefferson St., remains open.

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Greene's Ale House

January

Oswego

Sean Ohnmacht ran Greene's at 104 W. Bridge St in Oswego since 2007. That's when he took over for founder Bill Greene, who opened the bar in 1995.

Greene's regularly won local and regional accolades for its wings, including "Rookie of the Year" honors in its first appearance at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in Buffalo in 2015.

It was also known as a top spots bar, with flat-screen TVs, the NFL ticket and other sports packages, 20 beer taps and a full food menu. Notable items include Ohnmacht's Super Bowl Chili and his take on the "Chicago" style hot dog. (He's also a dedicated Chicago Cubs fan).

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Gannons (Destiny USA)

Gannons Ice Cream closed its store at Destiny USA in January.

Gannons opened at the mall on Black Friday in November 2016. The shop also closed its downtown Syracuse shop on Jefferson Street in September.

The main Gannons is on Valley Drive in Syracuse.

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S2 Bistro at the Scotch 'N Sirloin

February

DeWitt

The bistro side of the Scotch 'N Sirloin started serving lunch Tuesdays through Fridays in early 2018.

The new menu has nods to both the restaurant's steak dinner history and the repertoire of its current executive chef, Yann Guigne.

Guigne was co-founder of L'Adour Restaurant Francais, a downtown Syracuse restaurant known for its approachable French foods.

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Modern Malt Bakeshop

February

Syracuse

Modern Malt Bakeshop closed in late February, about a year and a half after it opened in downtown.

"I had to pull back and just focus on this," said Executive Chef Anthony Donofrio of the larger Modern Malt, the diner and restaurant that remains open just a couple of doors down.

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Camino Real Mexican Restaurant

February

North Syracuse

Camino Real Mexican Restaurant II opened in North Syracuse in February 2018. The restaurant is run by Alejandro Gonzalez, who also has a Camino Real in Watertown.

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Jesse's Diner

February

Syracuse

Jesse's Diner on State Fair Boulevard opened in the place once home to MaMa Nancy's -- and with the ambition of being open 24 hours a day.

For now, the diner is open daily, though not overnight. The menu includes all-day breakfast, daily specials like chicken and biscuits, and other diner favorites.

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Bangkok Thai

February

Salina

Irene Thawbunta and her husband, Dendaung Nualkhae, took over Bangkok Thai.

"We have known each other for a long time," Thawbunta said of Adisak and Duangnid Siripornsawan, who owned the place for nearly two decades. "I like his food. And I don't want it to be closed."

So the younger couple bought Bangkok Thai, which is at 7421 Oswego Road. They plan to keep nearly everything the same - the menu, the recipes and the staff. All of the kitchen staff has stayed with the new owners, with the exception of the Siripornsawans.

Thawbunta and Nualkhae also run Thai Flavor on Erie Boulevard East. That restaurant serves dishes from many parts of Thailand. The menu at Bangkok Thai is filled with dishes from central Thailand.

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Gracie's Kitchen

February

Solvay

Mary Mandolfo, who has owned and operated "The Neighborhood Grind" diner at 6601 S. Salina St. in Nedrow for the past seven years, opened a new diner in at 527 Charles Ave., Solvay.

The new diner is named "Gracie's Kitchen,'' after Mandolfo's mother, Mandolfo said.

"I always tell our customers the food tastes good because it's made with love, and who did I learn that from? - my mother,'' she said. "So I decided to name it after my mother."

The new diner is in space formerly occupied by The Buzz Cafe.

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Grover's Table

March

Fayetteville

Grover's Table relaunched in early March with a new menu, two head chefs and a new manager.

Michael Brown is now working alongside Paul Cox in the kitchen. The duo want to lighten and tighten the menu, adding more seasonal and local ingredients from Syracuse-area farmers. New dishes include seasonal salads, pasta and flatbreads, a local cheese board, raw oysters and a veggie noodle bowl. Trisha Calenzo has taken over as general manager.

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Good Time Sushi

March

Manlius

Just two months after Open Flame closed, Peter and Helen Kim opened a sushi restaurant in the same location.

Good Time Sushi feature soups, salads, a sushi bar, sushi rolls, sushi and sashimi entrees, Hawaiian poke bowls, and some Korean dishes.

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Burgers of Madison County

March

Bridgeport

The Burgers of Madison County opened in early March as part of the Point Place Casino, the latest venture from the Oneida Indian Nation. There are about a dozen burgers on the menu -- from nacho to breakfast to steakhouse to veggie. The menu also includes sandwiches, salads and homemade sides.

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Luciano's Pizza & Wings

North Syracuse

March

Luciano's opened in the former Papa John's space at 609 S. Main St. in North Syracuse. The new shop is owned and run by Mike Canestrare, who said he has run several pizza shops in the area through the years, including Mike's Pizza House.

The shop offers pizzas, wings, submarine sandwiches, calzones, stromboli and a pizza special every Wednesday. The shop also has seating for about 15 people.

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Limestone Grille

Fayetteville

March

The Limestone Grille closed for a complete overhaul and will reopen as The Craftsman Wood Grille and Tap House later this year.

The restaurant's renovation is part of a project for the overall site, which includes the Craftsman Inn and Conference Center.

The new restaurant will feature an open-kitchen concept with a 96-inch wood-fired grill. Meat, fish and vegetable entrees will be prepared on the grill, with a focus on regional foods.

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March

Syracuse

Oompa Loompyas, a Filipino fusion restaurant at 600 Burnet Ave., has closed temporarily. The owner, Azella Alvarez, says she's had some maintenance problems and could be looking for a new place.

She does plan to be at the 2018 Taste of Syracuse, where her lumpias are a favorite.

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March

Syracuse

Mizu Japanese Steakhouse on Erie Boulevard East has closed, according to a former worker. It's unclear why -- but for several days in late March and early April, the restaurant was shuttered.

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Aster Pantry & Parlor

March

Syracuse

Aster had opened in September 2015 as an American restaurant and lounge serving dishes based on organic and sustainable ingredients. Its first chef was Damien DiPietro, who'd worked under noted chefs like David Chang and Masaharu Morimoto. More recently, Chef Jason Jessmore was in the kitchen.

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J. Ryan's Pub

March

Syracuse

J. Ryan's Pub, long one of downtown Syracuse's top destination bars for craft beer fans, closed on March 24.

The bar had 69 taps around a long sort of Z-shaped bar, and was a reliable place to get both top national and regional brands and one of the best selections locally for New York breweries. The kitchen served pub food, including a version of Rochester's famed garbage plate.

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Mr. Bigg's Caribbean Room

March

Syracuse

Mr. Bigg's Caribbean Food opened in late March on the city's North Side. He started his business in Watertown five years ago.

Caribbean food staples include chicken and beef, seasoned with spicy jerk sauce or flavorful curries. Ginger, turmeric, fresh garlic, thyme, allspice, nutmeg and coconut season the foods. Igho Akiti also makes curried goat and oxtail stew, rice and peas (which are kidney beans), plantains, cabbage, and collard greens.

His menu includes "coco bread," a coconut-flavored savory bread that can be used like a pocket bread for sandwiches. He has a variety of wraps, as well as vegetarian and seafood options. On Fridays, his fried fish will be boneless snapper.

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Pita "N" Wrap

Fayetteville

March

Pita "N" Wrap opened its doors at 511 E. Genesee St. in January.

It closed at the end of March. Owner Regina Reng said she closed her restaurant in the small shopping plaza off Route 5 in Fayetteville, and signed over her lease to someone else.

"I didn't do very good there,'' said Reng, also owns Hair2Toe at 6875 E. Genesee St. in DeWitt. She shut Pita "N" Wrap March 31.

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PressRoom Pub

April

Syracuse

The PressRoom Pub opened in the Herald Commons building, which was once home to the Herald-Journal. The bar and restaurant celebrates journalism and sports -- plus a 9-ounce burger.

The pub is open daily and has an adjacent parking lot, which costs $5 a car.

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Roll Roll Ice Cream

April

Syracuse

Roll Roll Ice Cream opened in Destiny USA mid-April. The process is as fun as the taste: A vanilla ice cream base is poured onto a frozen pan, and mixed with fresh fruit, candy, brownies or other ingredients. It is then chopped, frozen, rolled up and served with syrups and toppings like Oreos, Fruity Pebbles or Pocky.

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White Water Pub

April

Liverpool

The White Water Pub closed its doors after a six-year run.

"I am truly grateful...thankful...and blessed...to have had the privilege of meeting, knowing and serving you over the past 6 years," the owner wrote on Facebook. "Thank you for having been a part of the adventure!"

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Brian's Landing

April

Fayetteville, N.Y.

Brian's Landing is in the club house at Green Lakes State Park.

The restaurant at Green Lakes sits about 100 inside and can handle as many as 180 outside. The patio includes covered areas, and a tent can be added to one side for catered events, such as parties and weddings.

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Cooper's Landing

April

Cicero

Cooper's Landing closed after a 22-year run. Wes Cooper said he was ready to retire. He sold the property, which will be used for a private home.

But the Cooper family isn't done serving up haddock dinners. Keep scrolling for more news.

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Bliss Ice Cream

April

North Syracuse, N.Y.

Bliss Ice Cream opened at Chuck Hafner's Farmers Market and Garden Center on Buckley Road. The stand sells hard ice cream from Gannon's, as well as soft serve and vegan ice creams.

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The Ice Cream Stand

May

Syracuse, N.Y.

The Ice Cream Stand opened in early May on the end of the Amos Building in downtown Syracuse.

Prior to The Ice Cream Stand's opening, the only place one could go for an ice cream cone in Downtown Syracuse was Cathy's Cookie Kitchen, a bakery in Armory Square.

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Defi Cuisine

May

Syracuse, N.Y.

Defi Cuisine is the creation of Cody Dedischew and Nick Salvetti, two chefs who want to challenge the concept of a traditional restaurant. Their kitchen is center stage so that diners can watch and interact with the chefs.

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Mac's Local Yolk

May

DeWitt, N.Y.

Mac's Local Yolk, a diner which opened in August 2015 in the former IHOP restaurant at the intersection of East Genesee Street and Erie Boulevard East in DeWitt, has closed.

Joan Horton, who operated the restaurant with her husband, Ron, said the restaurant closed on Mothers' Day. The diner's lease was up May 31, and the Hortons decided not to renew it.

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Toss 'N' Fire Wood-Fired Pizza

North Syracuse

May

Toss 'n' Fire Wood-Fired Pizza in North Syracuse expanded, with a larger menu, table service and a beer/wine license.

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Cocaire at the Wayside

May

Elbridge

DeAnna and Mark Germano closed Cocaire at the Wayside in May, just before they opened a new restaurant in Baldwinsville.

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The Ridge

Chittenango

May

Chance Bear, Daniel Strathdee and Ross Levy are the new culinary and restaurant team at The Ridge Tavern and Restaurant.

The three are also partners in a new business, called CRD Concepts. The idea, Bear said, is to create a business that could provide kitchen expertise and service at places like golf courses that might not want the added challenge of running a restaurant.

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Mello Velo

Syracuse

May

Mello Velo Bike Shop & Cafe opened in its new location at 790 Canal St., near the corner of Erie Boulevard East and Walnut Street just a few blocks east of downtown.

It's part bike shop, offering sales and service, and part cafe-bar,supplying both comforting and healthful foods and drinks ranging from coffee and kombucha to beer, wine and cocktails.

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The Chef & The Cook

May

Baldwinsville

The Chef & The Cook is run by three local chefs -- DeAnna Germano, Mark Germano and Jason Jessmore. The menu has two sides (cook and chef), and many of the dishes have an obvious partner on the opposite side of the menu.

For example: On the cook's side, a watermelon poke salad is offered. The fruit is cut to look like the raw tuna that typically makes up a poke dish. It's finished with a savory, soy sauce dressing.

On the chef's side, the poke is a flight of three varieties of the dish. A recent version includes the watermelon, tuna and prime sirloin. That flight will change seasonally, and maybe even daily, Germano said.

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Cooper's To Go

May

Cicero

Cooper's To Go opened in May 2018, less than a month after Cooper's Landing closed.

This second-generation version of Cooper's is run by Scott Cooper. It's mainly a takeout place, still featuring fish dinners, wings, burgers and sandwiches.

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Sugar Magnolia Bistro

June

Syracuse

Sugar Magnolia Bistro offers a Southern-inspired menu where every week is Downtown Dining Week. That means meals are priced as multi-course sets, with customers choosing what they want for each course.

At Sugar Magnolia, all lunches come with one side and are $7; brunches are $10. All dinners are $25 and include a starter, entree and dessert.

The food includes Southern favorites from New Orleans to South Carolina,

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The Stoop Kitchen

Syracuse

June

The Stoop Kitchen expanded its lunch service, adding grilled sandwiches, with sides.

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Fabio's Antica Cucina

Syracuse

June

Fabio's Antica Cucina closed temporarily. A message on its Facebook page said the staff plans to reopen soon.

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Grover's Table

Fayetteville

June

Grover's Table, which opened in Fayetteville in Limestone Plaza in 2016, closed abruptly, Fayetteville officials confirmed.

The restaurant had relaunched in February with two chefs and a new menu.

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Salt City Grille

Liverpool

June

Salt City Grille, which opened in February 2017, closed.

"We racked our brains thinking of how we could stay open,'' Erna Eno said. "We thought if we had half the volume of the last place, we'd do OK. We were in there every day, all day.

But it's very, very expensive to run a restaurant and you really need to have volume," she said. "We decided we had to protect ourselves from further debt.

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Chop and Grind

June

Sylvan Beach, N.Y.

Chop and Grind opened just before the July 4th holiday week on Main Street in Sylvan Beach. The menu includes sandwiches, salads and small plates to search. The chefs behind the effort -- owner Michel Di Giorgio and Executive Chef Doug Clark -- plan to fire up the pizza oven soon.

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Just Donuts

Phoenix, N.Y.

June

Just Donuts, the popular specialty shop with the chicken wing donut, closed at the end of the month. Owner Britta Nerber decided to focus on her catering business.

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Stone's Steakhouse

DeWitt, N.Y.

June

Stone's added lunch to its lineup this month -- which was also the restaurant's one-year anniversary. The menu includes soups, salads and sandwiches, including the steakhouse's signature burger with house-made bacon jam.

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The Reef

Van Buren, N.Y.

July

The Reef opened in the former Jack's Reef Hotel in the town of Van Buren, close to the hamlet of Memphis. The renovated restaurant features Central New York classics with a seafood twist. It also has bugers, flatbreads, steaks and pub food.

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Bambino's Bistro

Syracuse

July

Bambino's Bistro, a locally-owned restaurant, closed at Destiny USA after just seven months of operation.

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Citronelle

Syracuse

July

The owners of Lemon Grass and Bistro Elephant opened another Armory Square restaurant: Citronelle.

This new place on Walton Street has a restaurant on one end and a banquet space on the other. It can handle about 300 seated guests and 600 standing for a reception.

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With Love, Palestine

Syracuse

July

Onondaga Community College's teaching restaurant -- With Love -- opened with its fourth menu -- this one highlighting Palestinian and Middle Eastern foods.

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Bamyan Kabab

Syracuse

July

Bamyan Kabab in Syracuse closed this summer. It was the city's only Afghan restaurant.

The restaurant announced the closing on its Facebook page; the message said plans are underway for a new restaurant in the space on Burnet Avenue soon.

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Murphy's Law Pub

Manlius

July

After years of delays, Murphy's Law Pub and restaurant in Manlius opened this summer.

The restaurant, which has seating for 170 people, will be open seven day a week. It will open at 10 a.m. Sundays and 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday.

Menu items range from fried calamari with special sauces, to wings, sandwiches, Irish traditional fare, Irish-themed burgers such as Top O' the Morning with fried egg, and traditional dishes such as salmon, meatloaf and steak prepared by chef Tim Brown.

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Rosie's Sports Pub & Grille

Syracuse

August

Rosie's Sports Pub closed a few weeks after announcing it was temporarily closing for repairs. The owners have said they plan to reopen as something "new and exciting."

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M Kaiten Sushi

Syracuse

August

M Kaiten Sushi closed its restaurant on Marshall Street. A sign posted on the door said a bubble tea shop was coming.

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Talisman Tap Room

Syracuse

August

Talisman Tap Room opened in late August in the space that was formerly J Ryan's Rub. Talisman will have slightly fewer taps -- down to 52 from J.Ryan's 69 -- and what owner Bob Carvotta calls an "upgraded" food menu.

Brett Morrow, the chef and kitchen manager at Talisman Tap Room, is pictured here with plates of stacked nachos and Scotch egg.

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Storming Crab

Syracuse

August

Storming Crab, on Erie Boulevard East, specializes in seafood boils - crab legs, shrimp, crawfish, lobster, mussels and other seafood boiled with sausage, corn and potatoes.

The orders come in buckets, usually with no plates. Instead, diners are encouraged to eat straight off the butcher paper on the table, shucking and picking out the meat and tossing the shells into bins. To prepare, each customer gets a bib and gloves.

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Justin's Grill

DeWitt

September

Justin's Grill dropped the Tuscan name and theme from its Carrier Circle restaurant. In its place is a menu with more varied flavors and themes, from stuffed tomatoes to black rice risotto.

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XO Taco

Syracuse

September

XO Taco opened with a menu featuring nine tacos, five margaritas and three types of hot sauce, all made in-house.

The restaurant at 713 E. Fayette St. is also making each tortilla by hand, said partner Chris Bily. Some of those shells are wrapped around Achiote-braised beef or citrus-braised pork; others hold roasted curried cauliflower or shrimp in a chili-tamarind sauce.

They're served in a dining room decorated with glowing red lips, light fixtures that seem to hang from extension cords and a bar that offers tequila drinks flavored with hot peppers and loads of fresh fruits.

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The Stoop Kitchen

Syracuse

September

At its 11th month mark, The Stoop got a new chef and new menu.

Mike Sweetman, who's worked at the Dark Horse Tavern for years, designed a new menu that won't change as often as it did under Sarah Hassler. Sweetman will offer daily and weekly specials.

The new menu will include more breads and desserts made by its master baker, Yemen Tounsi.

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A mano kitchen & bar

Syracuse

September

A mano kitchen & bar opened in the Icon Tower on South Warren Street in mid-September. The dinner menu offers mostly Italian food, though with more emphasis on doughs, meats and vegetables, rather than red sauce.

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Glazed & Confused

Syracuse

September

Starting in mid-September, Glazed & Confused, the donut shop on North Clinton Street, will open on Friday nights.

The shop will close at 2 p.m. then reopen at 5 p.m. each Friday. The menu will include donut milkshakes, gluten-free and vegan donuts.

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Bulbul Middle Eastern Cuisine

September

Bulbul opened in September, just north of the village of Liverpool. The menu includes a lot of familiar Middle Eastern favorites: falafel patties made with chickpeas; baba ghanouj, a blend of eggplant, garlic and olive oil; shish kabab beef and chicken; stuffed grape leaves; gyro sandwiches on homemade flatbread.

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Water Street Bagel Co.

Syracuse

September

The Water Street Bagel Co. opened in Syracuse on Sept. 20.

The bagels are cooked in a wood-fired oven. The yeast dough rises slowly then is boiled before baking. The bagels are made in the New York City style, which means a softer and chewier texture. (Montreal has its own style that are harder and sweeter.)

The menu includes breakfast and lunch options.

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Angry Garlic

Baldwinsville

September

Angry Garlic features Italian-inspired comfort foods -- and a menu filled with garlic done six different ways.

There's black garlic shrimp scampi ($17.50) and black garlic spread on a burger ($11). The chicken salad wrap ($9) comes with roasted garlic spread. The pasta aglio e olio ($13) starts with fresh garlic and tomatoes tossed in olive oil. The garlic in the mac & cheese ($12) is smoked. The Seneca burger ($10.50) and some other sandwiches are dressed with garlic aioli. Long-stem artichokes ($9) are sauteed with garlic, parsley and lemon juice and served over a baguette.

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BulBul Middle Eastern Cuisine

September

Liverpool

BulBul offers home-style Middle Eastern cuisine, including hummus and flatbreads, kababs and gyros and homemade desserts such as baklava.

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The Preserve Tavern & Grille

Syracuse

September

Gem diner owner Doug LaLone opened The Preserve Salt City Tavern & Grille, at 405 Spencer St.

The Preserve's menu includes gourmet burgers, pot roast dinners, sandwiches, salads, pizzas, chicken riggies, pasta dishes, filet mignon and fish dinners. In addition, it will have four or five specials every day.

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La Patria Cafe

October

Syracuse

La Patria Cafe's menu includes El Cubano (housemade roasted pork, ham off-the-bone, cheese and pickles); El Mexicano (housemade chorizo, potato, salsa verde and cotija cheese) and El Dominicano (Caribbean-spiced chicken, argula and red onion).

Soups and salads are offered daily. Tuesdays feature El Plato del Dia - which will be based on some combo of moro or rice and beans, plus a protein.

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Hinerwadel's Grove

North Syracuse

October

Hinerwadel's announced in early October it was closing the grove -- the home for decades to clambakes, family reunions, office parties and union rallies for much of Central New York.

In this photo, then-Gov. George Pataki bites into a sausage sandwich at a Republican clambake at Hinerwadel's Grove with then-Onondaga County Executive Nicholas Pirro .

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Lab Cow

DeWitt

October

Eric Jiang, the owner of the regional Mitsuba chain, opened Lab Cow, an ice cream and bubble tea shop in Erie Boulevard East.

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Habibas Ethiopian Kitchen

Syracuse

October

After catering for friends and family and joining in on pop-up dinners for years, Habiba Boru opened Habibas Ethiopian Kitchen in Syracuse.

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Mai Lan

October

Syracuse

Mai Lan closed its doors after 25 years on the North Side of Syracuse. The restaurant was one of the oldest and longest-running Vietnamese cafes in the city.

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Mitsuba

DeWitt

October

Mitsuba's DeWitt location offers a different menu from its other Central New York spots. Here, ramen, poke bowls and sushi burritos take center stage.

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Indian Grill

October

Camillus

The owner of Dosa Grill expanded to the west side of Syracuse with Indian Grill, in Township 5.

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Second Chance Diner

November

Camillus

Second Chance Diner in Camillus serves from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. six days a week. Breakfast includes a breakfast Philly - a Philly cheese steak topped with eggs. There's also a wafflewich and cinnamon-bun sandwich: the sweet carbs serve as bread around eggs, meat and cheese. Customers can get Trix (or other cereals) mixed into their pancakes.

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Kasai Ramen

November

Syracuse

Kasai Ramen opened in Armory Square in mid-November. The ramen shop/izakaya serves bowls of housemade ramen, steamed buns, fried chicken sandwiches and more.

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Boil It

November

Liverpool

Kenny Lui and his brother, Jason Lei, have opened Boil It, a seafood restaurant just south of the village of Liverpool.

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Vicinos Brick & Brew

November

Cicero

Two couples who've been neighbors for two decades have opened Vicinos Brick & Brew on Brewerton Road. The menu features pizzas, sandwiches, burgers and pasta -- all with an Italian-American influence.

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Creole Soul Cafe (downtown

November

Syracuse

Creole Soul Cafe closed its downtown location around Thanksgiving -- but has plans to reopen in early 2019 on the city's North Side.

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CoreLife Eatery (DeWitt)

December

DeWitt

CoreLife Eatery opened its 48th location on the east side of Syracuse -- near where the fast-growing chain got its start just three years ago.