There is something to be said about a business where the owners and customers know each other on a first-name basis. When you walk into…
dtruong
Sep 6
Time & Again Books and Tea is a cozy secondhand bookstore with the added bonus of selling delicious tea as well. Located at 18 E.…
Chris Ellison
Mar 1
Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1780 that “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes,” a principle that one business in Oswego has relied…
Chris Ellison
Feb 23
According to Fort Ontario’s website, The Friends of Fort Ontario, the Fort Ontario State Historic Site is being restored to its 1868 to 1872…
The Oswegonian
Nov 21
Most Americans go through their entire lives never learning how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted 1,000 World War II refugees asylum at Fort Ontario. “Usually,…
The Oswegonian
Nov 17
Located in Canal Commons, at 193 W. 1st St., sits the only full service barber shop in Oswego. Downtown Barber & Shave Co., owned by…
Chris Ellison
Sep 22
1881 Steakhouse closed on Nov. 12, 2013 I watch the sun finally submerge beneath the Lake Ontario skyline and a weight feels like it has…
Chris Ellison
Sep 22
Ask any local and they will tell you half the fun of eating at Rudy’s Lakeside Drive-In is basking in the late-summer sun as it…
Chris Ellison
Sep 15
“I’ve literally never been to this place,” Ken says as we sit down at The Office Tavern. That surprises me; as a Mexico, N.Y. native…
The Oswegonian
Sep 8
Mom and Pop’s Soda Shop & Eatery, located on 23 E. Utica St., takes patrons back in time to a 1950s soda shop, with plentiful…
The Oswegonian
Oct 21