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Salt Potatoes in Syracuse
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Top 3 Salt Potatoes in Syracuse
Bite-sized potatoes boiled in heavily salted water, served with melted butter — a remnant of the 1800s Onondaga salt industry that made Syracuse "The Salt City." Per Visit Syracuse's iconic-foods guide.
- #1
Heid's of Liverpool
Liverpool
“Syracuse icon since 1917, across from Onondaga Lake. Quarter-million Hofmann franks a year; salt potatoes come as the proper side.”
- #2
Bull and Bear Roadhouse
Fayetteville
“Salt potatoes loaded up with pulled pork, bacon, cheddar, sour cream, chives — Syracuse comfort food, kicked up. 200-year-old former stagecoach stop on Route 5.”
- #3
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Armory Square
“The downtown-Syracuse BBQ institution (origin of the regional chain) serves salt potatoes as a proper Syracuse side alongside ribs and brisket.”