Jake Pucci
@jacobpucci.bsky.social
Food+Ag communications, freelance food writer and editor, Fan of Upstate NY. 🍜
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Spoon & Chopsticks has had a winding journey from its inception to now. But at its unconventional location inside a popular grocery store, the restaurant is serving some of the best Korean food in Syracuse.
Read the review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social.
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In the corner of a grocery store, Spoon & Chopsticks finds a new home in Syracuse (Dining Out Review)
It moved from inside the Skyline Apartments on James Street to Asia Food Market on Erie Boulevard.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Spoon & Chopsticks has had a winding journey from its inception to now. But at its unconventional location inside a popular grocery store, the restaurant is serving some of the best Korean food in Syracuse.
Read the review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social.
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
Read the review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social.
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
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The Kabob House, which opened in the village of Liverpool in 2022, is almost like two establishments in one, each side worthy of a visit independently of the other.
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Read critic @jacobpucci.bsky.social's review:
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The Kabob House in Liverpool masters the grill — and the art of the smoothie (Dining Out Review)
The Middle Eastern restaurant opened in the village of Liverpool in November 2022.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Kabob House, which opened in the village of Liverpool in 2022, is almost like two establishments in one, each side worthy of a visit independently of the other.
Read critic @jacobpucci.bsky.social's review:
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Read critic @jacobpucci.bsky.social's review:
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No matter how the food was, @jacobpucci.bsky.social was ready to give Mumbai Crust credit for daring to do something new with pizza, something so ubiquitous yet so hotly debated across Central New York. Click to see what he thought of the dishes on the menu.
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Mumbai Crust blends India and Italy one slice at a time (Dining Out Review)
The new restaurant offers a fusion of Indian cuisine and pizza.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
No matter how the food was, @jacobpucci.bsky.social was ready to give Mumbai Crust credit for daring to do something new with pizza, something so ubiquitous yet so hotly debated across Central New York. Click to see what he thought of the dishes on the menu.
www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/10...
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There's a whole lot happening at Ocean Sushi 2 - including karaoke! Can this big, bright restaurant do it all? You'll have to read and find out
With nearly 200 individual menu items, including more than 50 sushi rolls, the menu at Ocean Sushi 2 reads like a treatise on Korean and Japanese cuisines that one can only hope to chip away at bite by bite.
Read restaurant critic @jacobpucci.bsky.social's review:
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Read restaurant critic @jacobpucci.bsky.social's review:
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Ocean Sushi 2 in Syracuse aims to do it all ... and mostly succeeds (Dining Out Review)
This Erie Boulevard East spot is the expansive sister restaurant to Liverpool's Ocean Sushi.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
There's a whole lot happening at Ocean Sushi 2 - including karaoke! Can this big, bright restaurant do it all? You'll have to read and find out
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Mojitos Mexican Cantina at Destiny USA opened a year ago and reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social finds that whether you're grabbing a drink before a movie or a hearty meal before or after an afternoon of shopping, Mojitos provides exactly what you’re looking for.
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Skip the food court and head to Mojitos Mexican Cantina at Destiny USA (Dining Out Review)
The Tex-Mex restaurant opened in August 2024 in the former Cantina Laredo space.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mojitos Mexican Cantina at Destiny USA opened a year ago and reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social finds that whether you're grabbing a drink before a movie or a hearty meal before or after an afternoon of shopping, Mojitos provides exactly what you’re looking for.
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At first glance, everything seems to be working against Kabul Restaurant, which opened with little fanfare earlier this year in the SU Corner Market building on S. Crouse Ave. Yet all is forgiven, because the food is worth it, says reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social.
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Dinner at Kabul, the little Afghan restaurant in Syracuse that’s worth the 3-story hike (Dining Out Review)
The Afghan restaurant opened near the SU campus earlier this year.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
At first glance, everything seems to be working against Kabul Restaurant, which opened with little fanfare earlier this year in the SU Corner Market building on S. Crouse Ave. Yet all is forgiven, because the food is worth it, says reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social.
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Restaurant reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social doesn’t have a Korean grandmother, but if he did, he imagines his family meals would taste a lot like dinner at Syracuse's Chorong House.
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Korean home cooking sparkles at Chorong House in Syracuse (Dining Out Review)
Opened in 2001, Chorong House has long served as a source of Korean classics in Syracuse.
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July 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Restaurant reviewer @jacobpucci.bsky.social doesn’t have a Korean grandmother, but if he did, he imagines his family meals would taste a lot like dinner at Syracuse's Chorong House.
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Hell yeah we are so back
April 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hell yeah we are so back
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Syracuse doesn’t have a Chinatown, but if it did, it would be in the southeast quadrant of the city, an area home to several regional Chinese restaurants serving dishes likely found nowhere else in Central New York. 🥟
Among them is Old Chengdu Cafe. Dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social
Among them is Old Chengdu Cafe. Dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social
Sichuan food is more than heat at Old Chengdu Cafe in Syracuse (Dining Out Review)
This small restaurant serves a vast menu of Sichuan and other Chinese dishes.
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April 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Syracuse doesn’t have a Chinatown, but if it did, it would be in the southeast quadrant of the city, an area home to several regional Chinese restaurants serving dishes likely found nowhere else in Central New York. 🥟
Among them is Old Chengdu Cafe. Dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social
Among them is Old Chengdu Cafe. Dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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This little Guatemalan taqueria, which opened last year in Elbridge, has one of the best deals in CNY. 🌮
Each Thursday, Taqueria Como en Casa serves platters of 10 tacos for just $20.
Food writer @jacobpucci.bsky.social has the review: www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/03... #thisiscny
Each Thursday, Taqueria Como en Casa serves platters of 10 tacos for just $20.
Food writer @jacobpucci.bsky.social has the review: www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/03... #thisiscny
This tiny taco shop in Elbridge has one of the best deals in CNY (Dining Out Review)
This Elbridge taqueria is an off-the-beaten-path spot for Mexican treats.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This little Guatemalan taqueria, which opened last year in Elbridge, has one of the best deals in CNY. 🌮
Each Thursday, Taqueria Como en Casa serves platters of 10 tacos for just $20.
Food writer @jacobpucci.bsky.social has the review: www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/03... #thisiscny
Each Thursday, Taqueria Como en Casa serves platters of 10 tacos for just $20.
Food writer @jacobpucci.bsky.social has the review: www.thisiscny.com/food/2025/03... #thisiscny
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There’s fusion cuisine, and then there’s the menu at Crab N Go.
@jacobpucci.bsky.social put on a sweet plastic bib and dug in:
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@jacobpucci.bsky.social put on a sweet plastic bib and dug in:
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Cajun seafood and Japanese street food under one roof? Somehow it works at Crab N Go (Dining Out Review)
And the meal comes with bibs, gloves and a metal bucket.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There’s fusion cuisine, and then there’s the menu at Crab N Go.
@jacobpucci.bsky.social put on a sweet plastic bib and dug in:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
@jacobpucci.bsky.social put on a sweet plastic bib and dug in:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
Eggs at ALDI on Jan. 20 (left) vs today
February 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Eggs at ALDI on Jan. 20 (left) vs today
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What Crab N Go lacks in elegance it makes up for in satisfying the primal urge to eat dinner with your hands, with reckless abandon. 🦀
New dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social:
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New dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social:
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Cajun seafood and Japanese street food under one roof? Somehow it works at Crab N Go (Dining Out Review)
And the meal comes with bibs, gloves and a metal bucket.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What Crab N Go lacks in elegance it makes up for in satisfying the primal urge to eat dinner with your hands, with reckless abandon. 🦀
New dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
New dining review by @jacobpucci.bsky.social:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
Asian-Cajun seafood boils have long been a thing, including in Syracuse, where the easy-to-miss Crab N Go is an unexpected hit.
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Cajun seafood and Japanese street food under one roof? Somehow it works at Crab N Go (Dining Out Review)
And the meal comes with bibs, gloves and a metal bucket.
www.thisiscny.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Asian-Cajun seafood boils have long been a thing, including in Syracuse, where the easy-to-miss Crab N Go is an unexpected hit.
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...
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On the Fly diner is a reminder to not judge a restaurant by its cover (Dining Out Review)
On the Fly diner is a reminder to not judge a restaurant by its cover (Dining Out Review)
The Cajun-inspired restaurant serves up scratch-made dishes found nowhere else in Syracuse.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On the Fly diner is a reminder to not judge a restaurant by its cover (Dining Out Review)
Unofficial Upstate NY holiday
February 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Unofficial Upstate NY holiday
This should make eggs cheaper in no time www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown
The warning came one day after the administration ordered that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the government be shut down by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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January 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This should make eggs cheaper in no time www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Never a doubt
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ALT: a horse pulling a covered wagon in the desert with the words circle the wagons written below it
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January 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Never a doubt
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January 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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The @syracuse.com Dining Out Best of 2024 has begun! It's the most wonderful time of year.
Starting off with drinks and cocktails:
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Starting off with drinks and cocktails:
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Cheers to 2024: Our food writers pick their favorite cocktails of the year
These restaurants know how to kick off a great meal the right way.
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December 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
The @syracuse.com Dining Out Best of 2024 has begun! It's the most wonderful time of year.
Starting off with drinks and cocktails:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...
Starting off with drinks and cocktails:
www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...
A meal at Elephant and the Dove feels like it should cost a fortune. Instead, it's fun and approachable, where you can eat well for under $25. Definitely a gem in Skaneateles.
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A gorgeous restaurant and surprising value at Elephant and the Dove (Dining Out Review)
It gives a fine-dining feel to casual, tasty Mexican fare.
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December 16, 2024 at 4:13 PM
A meal at Elephant and the Dove feels like it should cost a fortune. Instead, it's fun and approachable, where you can eat well for under $25. Definitely a gem in Skaneateles.
www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...
www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...
