Description
The Central New York Welcome Center is located inside Destiny USA, America's sixth largest shopping center, in Syracuse.
It features a Taste NY Market with locally-made food and gifts like artisanal jams, gourmet hot chocolate mix, flavored culinary salts, truffles, maple fudge, hand-crafted candles, all natural soaps, and cutting boards made from New York State wood. The shop will also sell I LOVE NEW YORK shirts, magnets and travel mugs.
The Welcome Center pays tribute to the great outdoors. It features a camper retrofit with a large LED screen that promotes regional tourism attractions and destinations. Multiple interactive I LOVE NEW YORK kiosks are positioned in kayaks, allowing visitors to test their knowledge of the region or design a trip itinerary.
A Department of Motor Vehicles self-service kiosk will allow users to renew their vehicle registrations and conduct other DMV transactions.
The Welcome Center is operated by Visit Syracuse.
Products Offered
Taste NY partners with over 1,800 New York State farmers and producers. Products offered in our Markets are rotated on a regular basis and subject to change. Below are examples of products that have been offered at this location, but please contact the Market operator for most current offerings.
| Producer | Processing City | Products |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Happy Hippies | Holbrook | spices |
| Arbor Hill® Grapery & Winery | Naples | grape gummies |
| The Ardent Homesteader | Ardern | caramel sauce |
| BeeKind | Camillus | candles |
| Chocolate Pizza Company | Marcellus | gourmet chocolate gifts |
| Dutch Hill Maple | Tully | maple syrup and maple products |
| Fat Crow Gourmet | Troy | mustard and sauces |
| Hofmann Sausage Co. | Syracuse | mustard and hunter sticks |
| Hot Stuff Sauce | Syracuse | hot sauce |
| Hunter & Hilsberg | Syracuse | jellies and jam |
| In My Father's Kitchen | Syracuse | pasta sauce |
| Nat's Nuts | Fairport | candied nuts |
| Nelson Farms Country Store | Cazenovia | riggie sauce and maple candy |
| Recess Coffee | Syracuse | locally roasted coffee |
| RICHESApiary | Kirkville | honey |
| Saucy Confections (Winosaurs™) | Baldwisville | wine gummies |
| Speach Family Candy Shoppe | Syracuse | milk chocolate and brittle |
| Syracuse Salt Co. | Syracuse | salt and flavored salt |
| Syracuse Soapworks | Syracuse | soaps and lip balm |
Store Hours
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Saturday: 11am-7pm, Sunday: 12pm-4pm
Holiday Closures:
Christmas Day