Upstate Lounge & Cafe

Get 'em dusted with Old Bay, Szechuan pepper salt, Za'atar, Ranch or Frank's Hot Sauce Powder.

Perfect bar food, served with melba sauce.

Pickle brined chicken thighs, breaded in AP flour and rice flour with our blend of spices. Served tossed or with your choice of sauce on the side. Plain, Buffalo, Hot Buffalo, Rootbeer BBQ. Served with melba sauce or substitute our housemade bluecheese or ranch dressing.

Brined tofu, dredged with our spice blend, rice flour and potato starch and fried until perfect.

Classic Western NY hangover cure. Homefries, house made mac salad, Rochester Hot Sauce, Martin Rosol hot dog, Upstate Single Smashburger, chopped onions, yellow mustard and ketchup all on one glorious plate.

Upstate's North Country is Quebec, Jr. We make our poutine in the classic way: fries, a pork and chicken gravy, cheese curds. Poutine takes the bite out of any hangover. Can be made with tofu.

Sauteed Escarole, bread crumbs, prosciutto, cherry peppers, topped with Pecorino Romano

Our 3lb Rochester Garbage Plate served on a garbage can lid platter. Must be eaten in 15 minutes. Complete the challenge and win a "I Ate 3 Lbs of Garbage at the Upstate Lounge" t-shirt and a polaroid on our Wall of Champions.

A Buffalo original, we take 1/3 lb of house roasted prime rib, sliced thin served on a kimmelweck roll with horsey sauce and a side of house made au jus.

Classic sandwich of Binghamton, NY. Lemon and herb marinated chicken thighs, grilled and served on an Italian hoagie with our house Spiedie dressing. Vegan and gluten free if you ask nicely.

Martin Rosol hot dog served on a Martin's Hot Dog Bun.

A Plattsburg original featuring a Martin Rosol hotdog topped with Rochester Hot Sauce, yellow mustard, chopped onions and crushed Saratoga Chips

Buffalo drinking hoagie combining buffalo chicken fingers and house made shaved prime rib cheese steak with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and onions and drenched in our house blue cheese dressing

Roasted cauliflower, broccoli rabe, house made hot agave syrup, tumeric vegan mayo on a GF hoagie.

A single smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten free if you ask nicely.

A single plant-based smashburger served on a Martin's Hamburger Bun with shredduce, onion, tomato (when in season), burger sauce and American cheese. Gluten Free if you ask nicely.

Our only dessert and it ain't even from Upstate NY. This is our take on the New Orleans street dessert. Pick a flavor. Add some evaporated milk. Maybe some whipped cream. Make it boozy!

Our take on the French classic featuring pickled boiled eggs, homefries, green beans, radishes, tomatoes, cleveland caviar, smoked trout, dusted with everything seasoning and tossed in a vegan lemon miso vinagrette