QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Adirondacks Welcome Center by Northway Exit 18 is more than just a rest stop. The spot is often used to offer seasonal flavors and local ingredients – and November is certainly no exception.
This month, the Adirondacks Welcome Center is adding new items to its vending machine marketplace, which hosts a range of New York-local flavors. New things to taste and try have been added for Veterans Day as well as Thanksgiving, including:
- Saratoga Cracker Company – Saratoga Springs
- Garlic and parmesan crackers
- Against All Odds crackers
- Barkeater Chocolates – North Creek
- Pumpkin pie bark
- Peppermint bark
- Nettle Meadow Farm – Lake Luzerne
- Goat cheese
- Oscars Smokehouse – Warrensburg
- More Than Mustard
- Cheese Spread
- Grandma Apple’s Cheesecakes – Porter Corners
- Traditional cheesecake
- Pumpkin cheesecake
- Apple cheesecake
- Silda’s Jam – Mellenville
- Gingerbread peach jam
- Red-and-blue jam
- Saratoga Maple – Minerva
- Maple walnut topping
- Mohawk Valley Trading Company – Utica
- Raw Adirondack wildflower honey
The Adirondack Welcome Center sells a rotation of more than 400 foods that come from around 80 different sources around New York. The market is operated by the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.