Tag: Saratoga Race Course
MVP: RJ Burtt Is Saratoga’s Late-Shift Hero
If you’ve ever been hungry in Saratoga at 1am on a Saturday night (technically Sunday morning), you’ve likely found your way into Esperanto, which has been a late-night mecca for Caroline Street patrons for more than a quarter century. And while owner Will Pouch is surely deserving of our collective gratitude for opening a grab-and-go restaurant in the middle of the city’s drunkest street,...
#tbt: Local Legend Hattie Moseley Austin
You can’t talk about Saratoga’s food scene without talking about Hattie Moseley Austin, a Louisiana native who found her way to the Spa City and opened up a chicken shack on Federal Street in 1938. “Saratoga was fast, man; it was fast,” Miss Hattie once said of the era. “It was up all night long.”
Through the years, Hattie’s Chicken Shack became known not only...
Who Knew Blue Canoe: The Story Behind Saratoga Race Course’s Infield Oddity
It’s the question asked by most Saratoga Race Course first-timers who peer past the horses thundering down the stretch: Why is there a canoe...
Bocage Unveils To-go Caviar Kits in Time for Track Season
Elevating your day at the track—or any summertime gathering—is now possible via one tidy to-go package. The centerpiece of these five-star picnic kits? A...
Tom Killips: Scenes From Morning Workouts at Saratoga Race Course
While the excitement of a day at the races surely comes in the afternoon hours, some of the most peaceful times to view the...