Of course they didn't have any steamed hams, it's an Albany expression

I go to school in Clinton NY at Hamilton College just outside of Utica. Did you know that there actually used to be a tram that went all the way out to Clinton from Utica? Then the city kinda died and now it's gone, but there are days when I wished it was still around.

Crazy you’re doing that without Jackson

@vinnyoh4274

Ай бұрын

Omg yes 😭😭😭

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I know, he wasn't on the eclipse trip! There's a reason this is a very abridged video with just one diner in it and no theme song or anything...I could never do a full-scale diner video without him!

@PabloBD

Ай бұрын

but we did get a Jeremy! that's a fair compensation

@OntarioTrafficMan

Ай бұрын

Top 10 anime betrayals

That video was PERFECT to put a VERY much needed smile on my face. But then again, Jeremy and that infectious smile/laugh ALWAYS puts a smile on my face! BTW, I must apologize to you and to Jackson whom I forgot to list when I recently said on another video that my favorites of your friends were Nathan, Sunny and Jeremy. I entirely forgot to put the musical genius Jackson on that list! Shame on me! I adore him and miss him dearly. Please give him my best and tell him he needs to be in more of your videos! And thanks again for being my absolute FAVORITE KZreadr❣️

Some raspberry facts in honor of the diner, while berry is in the name, raspberries are actually caneberries and are not true berries. Botanically speaking, berries are fruits that come from a single ovary. Raspberries are an aggregate, coming from a single flower with anywhere from 50 to 150 ovaries, each making a separate small drupelet. And here's a fun fact about Denny's, it's not named after a founder! In 1953, the Denny's lore: In 1953, Denny’s founders Harold Butler and Richard Jezak opened up a coffee-and-doughnut shop in Lakewood, California called Danny’s Donuts, and worked to open multiple locations over the next several years! The name “Danny,” meanwhile, held no real significance for either Butler or Jezak. They picked it simply because it was popular, and neither founder had any relatives or acquaintances in mind when they chose it. After Jezak left the business, this concept eventually became restaurants that sold burgers alongside coffee and breakfast, called Denny's Coffee Shops in 1959, then by 1961, dropped Coffee Shops!

@avibarr2751

Ай бұрын

Now that is a fun fact

@bramkools6393

Ай бұрын

Thanks Kim.

Denny’s is a diner the same way Olive Garden counts as Italian cuisine.

@MassbyTrain

Ай бұрын

May I welcome you to watch we went to every diner in Boston

@keithcaito3639

Ай бұрын

I’ve seen and loved both other diner vids! We need more.

@soli82cat

Ай бұрын

Blasphemy 😂

As mentioned in the Wikipedia page for Utica University, the State Board of Regents dropped the doctoral requirement for University status in NYS back in January of '22. This also let a bunch of SUNY colleges become SUNY universities, so this feels like a branding decision more than an educational one.

When you passed the Friendly’s, I got a sudden intense craving for a Fishamajig. I don’t think I’ve had one since station wagons still came with the option for “wood” decals on the sides.

This was a nice nostalgic trip for me. I remember riding CENTRO back in by school days at SUNY Oswego and when working in Syracuse. The buses didn't look as nice back then. CENTRO was decent, but the king of deviations.

Lots of history here in Utica. You guys should have visited the Oneida County Historical Society museum, it’s a great stop!

I recognize the 5:17 "Touch Yellow Tape to Open Doors" from SamTrans!

Buses look like the same ones as TCAT in Ithaca. Which you can use to get to the Finger Lakes Trail. Some of the best Appalachian hiking accessible by transit....

LEFTIES RISE UP! From what I found, the Boston Store you showed at 1:49 was a department store that first opened in 1918 as the Leader Store at Franklin Square, renamed the Boston Store, then they tore down the Arcade Building and built a larger 90,000 square feet store in the 1940s, expanded twice in the 1960s, then closed in December 1976 when its parent went bankrupt. In August 1984, the store was reopened as One-Thirty-One Boston Place, but by December, it was closed once more. Today, it's an independent living center. Love the architecture of that McDonald's in the intro, it's a cool modern version of a vintage McDonald's, and McDonald's got its logo from those giant golden arches of its old restaurants! One of my favorite McDonald's locations is one inside a 1860s Georgian-style mansion in New Hyde Park on Long Island! The house was first built in 1795 but when McDonald's wanted to demolish it and build a drive-thru, the locals fought back and sought historic designation, with McDonald's being allowed to have a drive-thru if they restored the building to its former glory! And Frederick Law Olmsted Jr (born on Staten Island) who designed that parkway in Utica had a lifetime commitment to national parks, and worked on projects in Acadia, the Everglades and Yosemite National Park! He was the one who filled in for his father Olmsted Sr. on the Park Improvement Commission for DC beginning in 1901, and by contributing to the famous McMillan Commission Plan for redesigning DC according to a revised version of the original L’Enfant plan, thus leading to the National Mall, Jefferson Memorial, White House grounds, and Rock Creek Park! As for his father, in the course of his career, Olmsted Sr. designed 100 public parks and recreation grounds, ranging from the iconic Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn to Niagara Falls State Park (originally called the Niagara Reservation, the US's first state park), Branch Brook Park in Newark (the US's first county park), the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Jackson Park in Chicago, and the park systems of Louisville, Rochester and Buffalo!

@UlakeBtstein

Ай бұрын

You can always trust Avery for the random facts 🫡🫡🫡

@kitchin2

Ай бұрын

Before that Olmy was a journalist. He toured the U.S. South for one thing, and had strong opinions of the various cities he visited, and on the society. I recall one city he did not like at all, and one he found decent, but I don’t remember which was which so (stops).

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Ah, good context on Boston Store, thanks!

Friendly's closed a lot of its stores. There are several still open over several states. I'm shocked the location you passed still has it's sign up.

Great video! The favorite part of my morning transit commute is the liberal use of colorful language.

FREIGHT TRAIN STREET FREIGHT TRAIN STREET

Yep, while I find the lack of an app for Centro (in Syracuse) to be kind of limited, the ability to get cards online lets me have them ready for my yearly trips in October. Still doesn’t quite explain why the stop at Fly Road on the 58 Bus didn’t have service Saturday or Monday; an Uber on Monday that had to “rescue me” to a more serviced part of town, found it equally odd? Especially as the stop had a full covered bench set-up, so must’ve been a recent kerfuffle.

The wednesdays-only window is familiar... I live sandwiched between SEPTA's Trenton Line and West Trenton Line, and none of the stations near me have kiosks. It's a pain, because SEPTA regional rail costs more if you pay on the train than if you pay at a kiosk or use a SEPTA Key. One of the local stations has a window that sells SEPTA keys, but it's only open from 5:30 AM to 11:30 AM on like four days of the week! Why?!

I moved to Utica from Scotland 3 years ago, had to use the bus system for the first year I was here. No. No it was bad. So bad for commuting to work. It aged me a fucking century.

Traffic is wonky if they leave late but get all green lights it will be early..lol. Boston store is super historical.. there is a real old 1950s style diner in canastota called prevo's btw

@sycksyngyrl

Ай бұрын

Utica college use to be part of Syracuse University now it's just Utica college because it is no longer part of Syracuse University.

@sycksyngyrl

Ай бұрын

Raspberrys is great ...the bus really needs to expand its pickup points it is wonky where it picks up and drops off. If you want a cool normal Rockwell town to visit with no crime Clinton NY is cool.

Love raspberries! Easily the best breakfast in the Utica/new Hartford

Whoa foamer max alert for an intersection of the original Erie canal and a street running RR and that crazy little tower built for what?

Just Googled this place and it was apparently demolished last year? Way to get my hopes up!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

There are two Raspberries cafes; the one that got demolished was the other one! We filmed this last month.

@JohnPellman

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit I'm glad to hear that Raspberry's is still around! I grew up in the area and have fond memories of getting brunch there on Sundays. By my recollection they served some fairly solid paninis around lunch hour.

@frank1371

Ай бұрын

@@JohnPellmanthere’s also one in Rome NY, about a 20 min drive out of Utica.

Man, I thought this is a video from 10 years ago. Enjoyed every moment, keep it up!!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

I never understood street stations, like I would have to wait for the crosswalk signal to cross the street to get the bus. But if the bus is late, I’d miss my connection, at least with a station platform , I could in theory run over a toddler safely on a bus platform to run to the next bus.

Of course the Utica diner doesn’t have steamed hams, it’s an Albany expression.

0:19 You actually have the arches? I don't know if McDolands's here in Poland ever had arches.

I love that Jeremy was there to invoke the street running train serving the brewery in Utica. Plenty of foaming footage on here from that.

Damn, now I want to go to Utica for French Toast, that diner was off the chain.

Utica has a fairly impressive bus station for a small town. The only problem is that the bus doesn’t run on Sundays. So if you don’t own a car then you’re screwed.

Great video!

Have you visited the only Fodero diner outside of the east coast, located in Minneapolis?

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

The Hi-Lo! Yeah, I've been there, it was great!

@Mergatroid

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit I recently went there for the first time (not sure how I hadn’t been there before in my four years of college up there) and it was fantastic! Glad I went before moving back home.

This is my families restaurant and we greatly appreciate your review! Please come back again!!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Oh awesome, I'm so glad you saw this! It was great, I'll absolutely be back if I'm ever in Utica again to get the CINNAMON French toast this time!

@CNYKnifeNut

3 күн бұрын

​@@MilesinTransit Nobody who's used the phrase "if I'm back in Utica again" will ever be back in Utica again.

what the heck are some of those buildings!!

I like how they chose to sit next to the only two other people at the restaurant while they spoke loudly lmaoooo

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Dunno why that table was chosen, honestly...

Since you were in the area you should have visited empire diner in herkimer just hop on the bernie bus the stop it's right out front

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah, that's a much more impressive diner! We only had so much time, alas.

the bus announcement that said "Digestive Health" had me laughing

Fun fact: that bit of street running you crossed on the bus is the former Delaware Lackawanna & Western's (later Erie-Lackawanna, then Conrail) Binghamton to Utica line, now operated by the Susquehanna. Today it's quite a sleepy line and the middle section is OOS (or was - NY DOT gave the Susy-Q a harsh rap in their knuckles for not running trains on a line they paid to be rehabed) but in the late 19th and early 20th century it was very busy, especially with anthracite moving north. If you want to have an idea of how what running trains over that line (and what it was to be a railroader) in that period was like, get a copy of Joseph Bromley's "Clear the Tracks! Story of an Old Time Locomotive Engineer" - a very enjoyable read.

Miles as a prosecutor: 🎵Men you shot🎵 🎵Men you shot🎵 🎵Right now you’re looking at the men you shot🎵

@WildWuff

Ай бұрын

Why is this so perfect

@devernhansack

Ай бұрын

Well done! I've been chuckling about this comment for a day or two now

There was just an Aurora Borealis in New York! No, I wasn't allowed to see it......

come to syracuse, centro is bigger here

Pizza Boys was the greatest near Utica College, hopefully it's still da best

@yvonneconte3040

Ай бұрын

2 dollar slices on Tuesday 😋

2:23 That’s the same kind of fare machine used on Hampton Roads Transit! The Gillig bus also reminds me of HRT! Great video!

are diners harder to find on the east coast? we have a lot where i live

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I wish people would pay attention to the conditions we set out at the beginning! We're specifically looking for factory-built prefab diners.

Ah I laughed at the “I’m lefty I need to sit a certain spot” comment. I know it all too well 😂

I don’t know why but as a fellow lefty it just feels right to me that Miles is a lefty

@IanWestcott

Ай бұрын

Is the lefty seat a universal lefty-ism? I was taught about it by my father, but only because he was a righty and didn’t want to bump elbows with me.

I love how you pay tribute to the diner series by using the singing clip for the word diner in your videos. Nice touch haha

i grew up in upstate NY. Since youre already in Utica, head over to Herkimer, NY and check out Crazy Ottos Empire Diner. Its an original 1952 Mountainview diner with all the cool aesthetics from the 50s! And only about 30 minutes away!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that one looks incredible. We weren't able to visit on this trip, unfortunately!

0:19 Oh hey it's the world famous golden... single... arch?

The TTC has Orion VIIs of the same age. They were the majority of the fleet at one point, in fact, but the builder plates were removed during refurbishment as with all other buses.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Dang, those builder plates are so cool!

I just love watching your videos and adventures with your fun friends!!!!!!! Foam on!!!!!!!

Glad to see you also make the "Utica from Steamed Hams" joke.

Maybe you'll have better luck if you try the diner(s) in Albany next time? ;)

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I've been to Jack's, which was great!

I've been watching these videos for a few days now, and I still have not figured out what foamer is

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Someone who loves trains/transit so much that it makes them foam at the mouth

loved it ! classic miles and friends foamer dinner extravaganza

Today's Soundbites: 0:01 5:45 Diner 2:10 9:20 Now it's time for a bathroom review (hm) 2:36 goofy ahh ringtone (not really a miles in transit soundbite) 4:24 Foamer Meter broken (is it a soundbite?) 4:54 5:37 Miles Mocks Announcements (kind of a soundbite?) 6:16 Now that is a fun fact 8:26 Menu Shot 14:14 outro music

Steamed hams is an Albany expression

I’m here for the memes

I like that you gave the diner a breakdown and score in the same fashion as the Philly and Boston diner videos. Made it feel like it slid right in with them. Also, again, probably oversharing here, but I also ended up diner-ing for breakfast on the morning of the eclipse. My friend and I ate at the Sherburne Diner in Sherburne, NY, and I almost took a page out of your book and got French toast, but ended up getting eggs and sausage instead. It was definitely a cozy little place to get breakfast in advance of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Nice! Based on the Google photos, I have to say their cinnamon French toast also looks very good.

Oh dear always wanted Miles to come Upstate but Centro is punishment I wouldn’t wish on anybody. Considering Utica’s version

@Phil_Does_Things

Ай бұрын

Also just to point out the diner mentioned here is technically in New Hartford

My grandma used to live in Utica she always talked about a diner her and her friends used to go to but she forgot the name, this could be it?

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Maybe, although there are several closed diners in Utica too!

@ryanstevener7999

Ай бұрын

Marr-logg Diner in east Utica has been there for 50 years and still running

Next time you head South on the Northeast Corridor, take the MARC Camden line to Laurel, MD. There is a totally original railroad car-design diner across Rt. 1 from the MARC/B&O station that I swear hasn't changed in 60 years, except the at-table juke boxes are modern. I think it's called Tastee Diner or something like that. It's in the same price ballpark as the one in this video. If you go down the road South about 3/4 mi. you'll come to the Giant Foods shopping center parking lot where George Wallace was shot during the 1972 Presidential campaign.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Ooh, that looks great!!

@paulw.woodring7304

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit You should get Thom from Trains are Awesome to join you there, since he lives in the DC area. Bear in mind there is no weekend service on the Camden Line (CSX Capitol Subdivision).

Of course you didn’t have any steamed hams in Utica. It’s an Albany expression.

At last, I believe you've come to a diner that tells me what type my childhood diner was! Raspberries here is almost identical inside. Thank you! (I would've just gone to check mine but it's been a CVS parking lot for a while now.)

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Yeah, this design was all the rage in the 70s!

Love to see some quality vintage McNaldo's action behind Rose at 0:37 ;)

@JacksonBetz

Ай бұрын

Dang, that bus at 0:58 looked kinda like an RTS from that angle ;)

@JacksonBetz

Ай бұрын

For what it's worth, a book I have called "Diners of New York" lists this diner as a 1978 Paramount! It was written by Michael Engle, who's also part of the Dinerville crew, so I'm not sure which source to trust!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Dammit, this is why we need you for this stuff!!!

You should have got off at Crackton

This is New York Mills / New Hartford though

@MilesinTransit

20 сағат бұрын

Fair enough

gilligs? ride goraleigh someday if you want gilligs!

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I've seen enough Gilligs to last a lifetime...

@giogullotto

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit come to raleigh, there's always more gilligs in store! a gillig for you! and a gillig for you! and a gillig for everyone! low floor delights for all!

Got some deviationception going on there

I love these US bus systems their buses are way better than what we have in Europe.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

That's a pretty rare take, I have to say!

@amadeosendiulo2137

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit I love the US health care, it's so much better than the one in Antarctica!

@hbowman108

Ай бұрын

Antarctica has excellent health care, other than the inability to evaluate personnel in the winter. As you would expect, since it is the wealthiest country in the world. I think their per capital GDP is something like half a million dollars a year.

I thought you were going to have steamed clams.

Miles and Jackson upload videos back to back (within 40 mins? of each other). Christmas came early i guess ❤

nice

As a frequent rider of Centro... yeah the fare boxes just do that sometimes lol, as long as the pass isn't expired, the drivers will acknowledge it and let you on

I figured Miles was a lefty.

You just barely saved yourself some foamer rage by acknowledging Schuyler Street

9:37 that's what she said

The animations on that ticket machine remind me of the Milwaukee Intermodal Station signs

Is this the old Hartford Queen?

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I'm not sure!

anyone know the name of the ringtone at 2:38?

@dominicarceo9637

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmp_r6lriZPJcto.htmlsi=MyB4OYYGMUSzOOfT

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I wish!

"Pizza Boys" Best Stop Name Ever

Raspberries use to have a second location right along the railroad ROW, but it was turned into a gas station. Crazy seeing Utica covered on this channel, my office window overlooks the Centro Hub.

From I learned while riding CENTRO is a) Their buses look really good, especially those Orion's, love those buses. Their announcements are great, better than the robotic ones around the country b) Their coverage is ok, they even have a couple of regional routes but their service is horrible. Especially on the weekend. Since everything has to get to/from the hub at the same time to transfer passengers, what end up happening is you have these routes that makes a deviation just to slow it down to make the pulse. That is why all the routes in Syracuse run on pitiful 80 minute headways on weekend with some exceptions c) Utica's headways are decent enough, however the service ends at 6pm... You don't see much of a pulse in Utica, but you definitely see it in Syracuse where you have 10 buses arriving/leaving at the same time, when the signal" is given by the dispatcher to leave. d) Their numbering system is usually, but not always, XX short turns 1XX 2nd shortest variation 2XX 3rd shortest 3XX 4th shortest, etc, etc, so in theory 111 will travel further out of town than the 11, but will share a common "trunk"

#WeNeedMoreFerryVideosMiles

I built those Orion's

No one ordered the Giambrotte?

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

Gosh, I had never heard of it!

Literally here ten seconds after posting😂😂😂

1978

I went to this diner after an SCA rvent last year. Pretty good bathrooms and the turkey sandwhich on white bread is good.

I genuinely enjoyed that 70% of this diner review is a transit review.

Best bus system day pass design I’ve used was in Vegas, but I was last there 10 years ago so it might look different now.

Finally someone found a reason to visit Utica!

5:16 I don't understand what happened😭 can someone please explain

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

It's the same voice as the buses in New York City! Sorry I didn't explain it in post!

you didn't even ask for tomato pie

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

For BRUNCH??

Not sure who told you that's the only diner. But that's simply not true

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

I recommend watching the first 7 seconds of the video to discover the answer to your question

That's not in Utica New York at all you need to go downtown to the triangle diner on Genesee Street next to mellow subs

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

That's not a diner by our methodology.

Utica's hub looks like a twin of the one in Athens GA.

Reference the plethora of YT clips of Schuyler St runs and brewery switches \m/

I go to college in Syracuse and go through Utica alot (my bf lives like 20 minutes from Utica and takes Amtrak to Syracuse via Utica bunch). I think CENTRO in that area can be better since there is no public transit in the adjacent county where my bf goes to college. In Syracuse proper it seems pretty good, I’d prefer it to driving downtown Syracuse. Welcome to Upstate NY, I love what you do with transit!

Am I bad for avoiding bus deviations by getting off as soon as it starts the big loop, rather than spending the extra 10 minutes on the loop (as it is quicker to walk the difference)?

@trainandmore

Ай бұрын

Why do so many people hate devastations? They’re useful for people who can’t walk far, or wheelchairs, it makes sense to pull up to the Walmart sidewalk, over in the street.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

"Devastations" is right! ;)

@seprishere

Ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Heh! Obviously the less able bodied would need the loop, or those in the middle of it.

@trainandmore

Ай бұрын

@@seprishere right, but the issue I have is that I see transit advocates complain, complain and complain about them, and say that they should get rid of them.