11-year-old 'Lee' surprised his mom, Candy, by asking to help a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk in front of Your Bargain Grocer on Columbia Street in Utica.
Well, it hasn't been a secret at all that the Franklin Hotel has some of the most delicious desserts in Central New York, but today the get some more well-deserved recognition as you have voted their cannolis the absolute BEST
Over the the last few months, you've chosen five foods as the Best of Utica and now fittingly we're on to dessert! From the list below, (that you chose) vote for your favorite CANNOLI
We now know the best riggies, greens, tomato pie, pizza and wings, but there is a single food left to pick your fave for and fittingly it's a dessert to wrap the whole thing up. Who makes your favorite Cannoli?
Out of all five foods on our list so far, this one had the most even vote spread over most of the competitors, but still a single wings place rose to the top according to your fingers anyway.
We now know the best riggies, greens, tomato pie and pizza, but there are two Little Italy staples left that we think MUST be voted on: wings and of course canolis!
Pizzerias are a dime a dozen and on every street corner in the Utica area, but we're curious which one will rise to the top after a week of voting for the Best of Utica!
A couple of months ago we kicked off the Best of Utica campaign trying to find out who makes the best foods in or around town and today we're resurrecting it for PART TWO!
Napoli's led for the entire week but then over the weekend out of nowhere came John's Pizzeria, literally blowing away the competition for the Best of Utica Tomato Pie crown with more than half of the 10,000+ votes cast.