NYS thruway system (New York, Syracuse, Ramapo: sales, casino, square footage)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

NY to suspend registrations for serial Thruway toll evaders. What to know: https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/2...TICA-NLETTER01

Chick-fil-A, Panera: Where to eat at the new NY Thruway rest areas? The full list: https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/2...t/65467918007/
"Most New Yorkers have probably experienced a late-night drive on the New York state Thruway, during which your only real sustenance was a breakfast sandwich from a rest area McDonald’s or maybe a cup of steaming coffee from Starbucks or Dunkin’ if you’re lucky.

The restaurant choices (or lack thereof) along New York’s main east-to-west thoroughfare often hinted at the fact that the Thruway’s rest stops haven’t been fully updated in over two decades. But In 2020, New York decided to change that.

The state embarked on a $450 million project to update all 27 service plazas with a brand new look and a fresh slate of food options, with some classics mixed in. The rest area overhaul is estimated to be completed in 2025.

To populate the new service areas, New York went for some of the most popular chains in fast food and fast casual eating, including Southern favorite Chick-fil-A, whose upcoming presence on the Thruway drew ire from lawmakers over the company’s history of giving to anti-LGBTQ+ causes; New York native Shake Shack, Panera Bread and Panda Express.

Most rest areas will also feature a coffee shop drive-thru, courtesy of either Starbucks or Dunkin’.

The project is underway, with one service area fully finished and another two about to open this month. An additional eight are currently closed for construction.

Here’s a rundown of the current and future food options at each Thruway rest area.

Opening date estimates and future restaurant options could be changed as the project progresses.

Restaurants at Westbound (I-90) and Northbound (I-87) on the New York state Thruway

Ardsley

(Between Exit 6A - Stew Leonard Dr. and Exit 7 - Ardsley/state Route 9A)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks (drive thru)

Sloatsburg

(Between Exit 15A - Sloatsburg/Suffern/state Routes 17N and 59 and Exit 16 - Harriman/U.S. Route 6/state Route 17)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening Fall 2023

Current restaurants: Burger King, Sbarro, Dunkin’, Starbucks

Future restaurants: Shake Shack, Panda Express, Dunkin’, Starbucks

Plattekill

(Between Exit 17 - Newburgh/Scranton/Interstate 84/state Routes 17K and 300 and Exit 18 - New Paltz/Poughkeepsie/state Route 299)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Burger King, Auntie Anne’s, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Malden

(Between Exit 20 - Saugerties/Woodstock/state Route 32 and Exit 21 - Catskill/Cairo/state Route 23)

Status: OPEN, reopening TBD

Current restaurants: Original Pizza of Boston, Sandella’s, Gourmet Cup

Future restaurants: Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

New Baltimore (both directions)

(Between Exit 21B - Coxsackie/Ravena/U.S. Route 9W/state Route 81 and Exit 21A - Boston/Massachusetts Turnpike/Berkshire Connector (Interstate 90)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Chick-fil-A, Shake Shack, Panera Bread, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Pattersonville

(Between Exit 26 - Schenectady/Scotia/Interstate 890/state Routes 5 and 5S and Exit 27 - Amsterdam/state Route 30)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening Fall 2023

Current restaurants: Roy Rogers, Starbucks

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Iroquois

(Between Exit 29 - Canajoharie/Sharon Springs/state Route 10 and Exit 29A - Little Falls/Dolgeville/state Route 169)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening Fall 2022

Future restaurants: Chick-fil-A, Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Schuyler

(Between Exit 30 - Herkimer/Mohawk/state Route 28) and Exit 31 - Utica/Interstate 790/state Routes 7 and 12)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, Breyer’s Ice Cream

Future restaurants: Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Chittenango

(Between Exit 34 - Canastota/Oneida/Chittenango/state Route 13 and Exit 34A - Syracuse/Chittenango/Oswego/Interstate 481)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening Sept. 2022

Future restaurants: Chick-fil-A, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Warners

(Between Exit 39 - Syracuse/Fulton/Interstate 690/state Route 690 and Exit 40 - Weedsport/Auburn/state Route 34)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s

Future restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Junius Ponds

(Between Exit 41 - Waterloo/Clyde/state Route 414 and Exit 42 - Geneva/Lyons/state Route 14)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening Sept. 2022

Future restaurants: Shake Shack, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Seneca

(Between Exit 44 - Canandaigua/Victor/state Route 332 and Exit 45 - Rochester/Victor/Interstate 490)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening Spring 2023

Current restaurants: Tim Horton’s

Future restaurants: Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Ontario

(Between Exit 46 - Rochester/Corning/Interstate 390 and Exit 47 - Rochester/LeRoy/Interstate 490/state Route 19)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, LavAzza, Original Pizza of Boston, Edy’s Ice Cream

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Clarence

(Between Exit 48A - Pembroke/Medina/state Route 77 and Exit 49 - Depew/Lockport/state Route 78)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Angola (both directions)

(Between Exit 57A - Eden/Angola and Exit 58 - Silver Creek/Irving/state Routes 5, 20 and 438)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, LavAzza, Sandella’s, Ellie’s Pizza and Pasta, Subway, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon

Future restaurants: Shake Shack, Panda Express, Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Starbucks (drive-thru)


Restaurants at Eastbound (I-90) and Southbound (I-87) on the New York State Thruway

Pembroke

(Between Exit 48A - Pembroke/Medina/state Route 77 and Exit 48 - Batavia/state Route 98)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Scottsville

(Between Exit 47 - Rochester/LeRoy/Interstate 490/state Route 19 and Exit 46 - Rochester/Corning/Interstate 390)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: Arby’s, Tim Horton’s

Future restaurants: Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Clifton Springs

(Between Exit 43 - Manchester/Palmyra/state Route 21 and Exit 42 - Geneva/Lyons/state Route 14)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening early 2023

Future restaurants: Chick-fil-A, Shake Shack, Auntie Anne’s, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Port Byron

(Between Exit 41 - Waterloo/Clyde/state Route 414 and Exit 40 - Weedsport/Auburn/state Route 34)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, Original Pizza of Boston, Edy’s Ice Cream

Future restaurants: Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Dewitt

(Between Exit 36 - Watertown/Binghamton/Interstate 81 and Exit 35 - Syracuse/East Syracuse/state Route 298)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, Edy’s Ice Cream

Future restaurants: Starbucks (drive-thru)

Oneida

(Between Exit 33 - Verona/Rome/Oneida/state Route 365 and Exit 32 - Westmorland/Rome/state Route 233)

Status: CLOSED, estimated reopening late Summer/Fall 2023

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Indian Castle

(Between Exit 29A - Little Falls/Dolgeville/state Route 169 and Exit 29 - Canajoharie/Sharon Springs/state Route 10)

Status: OPEN, renovation complete

Current restaurants: Popeye’s, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Mohawk

(Between Exit 27 - Amsterdam/state Route 30 and Exit 26 - Schenectady/Scotia/Interstate 890/state Routes 5 and 5S)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, Dippin’ Dots

Future restaurants: Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Guilderland

(Between Exit 25 - Schenectady/Interstate 890/state Route 7 and 146 and Exit 24 - Albany/Montreal/Interstate 90 East/Interstate 87 North)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, Original Pizza of Boston

Future restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Ulster

(Between Exit 20 - Saugerties/Woodstock/state Route 32 and Exit 19 - Kingston/state Route 28/Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening early 2024

Current restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks

Future restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks (drive-thru)

Modena

(Between Exit 18 - New Paltz/Poughkeepsie/state Route 299 and Exit 17 - Newburgh/Scranton/Interstate 84/state Routes 17K and 300)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening early 2024

Current restaurants: McDonald’s, LavAzza, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Uno Pizzeria & Grill, Carvel

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Burger King, Dunkin’ (drive-thru)

Ramapo

(Between Exit 16 - Harriman/U.S. Route 6/state Route 17 and Exit 15A - Sloatsburg/Suffern/state Routes 17 North and 59)

Status: OPEN, estimated reopening TBD

Current restaurants: Uno Pizzeria & Grill, LavAzza, Carvel

Future restaurants: Panera Bread, Panda Express, Shake Shack, Starbucks (drive-thru)

NY Thruway rest stop in Seneca County reopens with upstate's first full-time Shake Shack: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/ny-...9530b4d89c1102

[JWRocks]

With the jobs announcement in Syracuse, and the Stamp place both recognizing proximity to Rochester, it would be nice to not have tolls.

[ckhthankgod]

New NY Thruway rest stops offer better restaurants, less space: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/rev...9530b4d89c1102

[Hudlander]

NYS is great IMO from Yonkers to I-90, the extent of my travels.

[bellafinzi]

Gotta love it back in the 50s when Upstate NY was like the South of today.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t0SNqVQk2Xw

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by bellafinzi

Gotta love it back in the 50s when Upstate NY was like the South of today.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t0SNqVQk2Xw

There is a whole series of these videos, which I posted in another thread somewhere in the forum.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=7-BM68upjXI&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=fNvPD6RdrIQ&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=csx6zrbteMQ&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=uTYT8IjqKms&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0PlErvWt8k&feature=share


https://youtube.com/watch?v=mUHOPVyFk9I&feature=share

[ckhthankgod]

From the Albany Times-Union, New travel plazas have opened along the Thruway. But are they really improvements?: https://www.timesunion.com/churchill...0c7a6fca305390

[ckhthankgod]

Two NY Thruway rest stops to close for reconstruction, McDonald's closing at nine stops: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/gov...9530b4d89c1102

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Get rid of the tolls already the road had been paid off for decades..

And the repaving, maintenance, and other construction of that hundreds of miles can now be done for free?

[JWRocks]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

And the repaving, maintenance, and other construction of that hundreds of miles can now be done for free?

If you think about it, we the consumers are the ones actually paying the tolls through higher prices in our merchandise. The thruway should have many more exits, with opportunity for NYS residents to sell their goods. Greedy NYS, fencing off rural areas from having a business of their own. (hmmm. redlining?)

Imagine what upstate NY could be, collaborating with all the different businesses and universities, with a "local" highway connection