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03FoodThree new spots worth the drive this weekA Filipino bakery on Main, the taco window everyone's texting about, and a cider house that finally opened its tasting room.Oct 20, 20263 min read
02EventsWhat's actually happening this weekendThe waterfront market returns, a free Walkway concert, and the one fall festival that isn't a tourist trap.Oct 13, 20264 min read
01FeatureThe diner that refuses to die (and good for it)Sixty years in, a Poughkeepsie institution gets a new griddle and the same old pie. We sat at the counter.Oct 6, 20265 min read

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