Syracuse Winterfest’s First Weekend Features Food Tours and Ice Carving Syracuse Winterfest's First Weekend Features Food Tours and Ice Carving

The thirty fifth year of Syracuse winterfest continues its tradition of celebrating Central New York.
The eleven days of events draws people from the C-N-Y area like Baldwinsville resident Keith Hubbard.
Hubbard is partaking in the festivities this year, and used to bring his daughter to winterfest events when she was younger.
“We used to all the time, yeah. Events around Syracuse are always fun and pleasant.”
One draw to winterfest on Saturday was the culinary cruise.
“Just a $5 ticket allows winterfest attendees to sample food from 10 different downtown Syracuse restaurants, including Maxwells”
One couple said the samples at the restaurants provided plenty of food to fufill a lunchtime meal.
Winterfest attendees could also sample martinis and cosmopolitans at downtown bars and restaurants
In between restaurants, winterfest attendees could witness ice artisan Adam Vural carve two heart shaped swans outside the Marriot Syracuse Downtown.
Mexico resident Bill Sciarabba likes how much winterfest has to offer.
“There’s lots to do.
A lot of different restaurants and a lot of outdoor activities with, you know, the ice sculpting they have, the ice skating.
And, which we’re going to try some of that a little bit later on this afternoon.”
Ice skating is technically not a winterfest event.
But winterfest and a community staple like ice skating provide Central New Yorkers something important.
“You can get out of the house, it’s the middle of winter, it’s, you know, a nice break from the daily grind.”
Winterfest continues through Sunday. Reporting for N-C-C News, I’m Andrew Ra-bean-o.