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Anyone in Guilderland area? Need recs on a ton of things.
Can you suggest:
Restaurants
Dr/pediatreicians
parks, recreation
fun for 2 year olds
shopping
Anything of note
I have a friend moving to the area and she is totally new to NY. Thanks!
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Re: Anyone in Guilderland area? Need recs on a ton of things.
Nest Bio ~ ~ Baby Food Blog
As for parks, the Crossings is a great park. There's a big playground and a pond and lots of area to have picnics and whatnot. Right now the pond is frozen so there's a skating rink there.
Shopping - there are 2 malls, Crossgates is the closest and Colonie Center is a little farther but both are nice and have lots of stores and movie theaters. There's Hannaford and Price Chopper there for groceries.
Can't help with Dr's since I don't go to any in that area.
HTH!
I can only help you with resturants and shopping...
Resturants:
Albany: dp's, the pump station, brown derby
Guilderland: Creo, Mezza Notte
Saratoga (a bit of a drive depending on where the are): Chianti, Mexican Connection (there is one in albany too), grey gelding, forno bistro
The list could go on and on. If they have specific foods they like, I'd be happy to try and think of a place I've been by them...
Shopping:
Colonie Center (in colonie, obviously)
Crossgates (guilderland)
Stuyvesant plaza (albany/guilderland)
I have to plug my family's Greek Restaurant -- Athos. It's on Western Ave.
I also like Provence in Stuyvesant Plaza, and The Standard at Crossgates Mall. There are a million other good restaurants in Albany and Troy, so once they get familiar with things right around them, they can explore more.
I also 2nd Stuyvesant Plaza for shopping.
And I love my Dr and Dentist, which are both right near Guilderland on Western Ave in Albany. Prime Care on Western Ave and Dr. Pastrana (dentist) on Schoolhouse Rd.
There are lots of great things to do in the Capital Region, I'll just suggest what are probably what stand out the most for Guilderland specifically:
Restaurants - everyone near us raves about Chef's Takeout, Akanomi or Hana for Japanese food, Pizza Gram has great pizza
Dr/pediatreicians: http://www.pedsguilderland.com/
parks, recreation - Tawasentha Park (you can google it or look at the town of guilderland's site for more info)
fun for 2 year olds - Guilderland YMCA, Fun4Tots.. further there is Tumbling Tykes, Tiny Tots Tea Room (you can google all these)
shopping - Crossgates Mall is among some of the biggest in the Northeast. There is a really great kids consignment shop right in Guilderland
http://polkadotsconsignment.com/
I could suggest more... not sure what part of guilderland she is interested in or if you have other specific questions.. you can always page me or whatnot.
Nest Bio ~ ~ Baby Food Blog
I live in Schenectady but our pediatrician in in Albany and I wouldn't trade her for the world. We go to the Albany Medical Center Pediatric Group.
The Italian restaurant we go to is Delmonico's on Central Ave. The food is great and the prices are nice. We almost always get the Portabella Mushroom Parmigiana appetizer.
Depending on how far you are looking, there is an excellent place in Troy called The Irish Mist. It has a pub atmosphere but the food is wonderful.
That is all I can think of off the top of my head for recommendations.