Albany NY, World Class With the Right Ingredients
Things looked considerably better when my son Chance came by the Albany Hotel to head to dinner at a place named Yono’s (after the chef–a winner of the Faces of Diversity American Dream Award by the National Restaurant Assoc.). It was beautifully decorated and had an Indonesian & French blended menu. The dishes were artfully picked, displayed and done–a real winner, and to think, in Albany. My son Chance the Braveheart ordered the kangaroo and I sampled…wonderful. It was however, the Indonesian dishes that won me over. When we walked back to the hotel the many steeples matched by numerous small well-lit pubs and bars transformed Albany into a beautiful looking place, imagine.
Fired up by great food and great conversation we stopped in a gorgeous building now named the City Beer Hall, numerous brews of many types and a mix of suits and slackers, a place for all–fitting in a State Capital. Albany had never looked so
world-class to me before, and without all the important ingredients may never again.