Northgate Plaza — Local services in Town of Chenango

Going here makes me miss the glory days of outlet shopping. The parking lots were always packed. There were families getting out of the house together to go places. Everyone interacted with real, live people in person. Now everything is a ghost town. You're unlikely to see anyone you know in public ever. The lots are dotted with a delivery service drivers sporadically, but mostly it's empty spaces. Most people either pay these delivery services or order things online. As convenient as it is, I really miss seeing...

There isn't a lot left in this plaza. Grande's is the highlight. A nice little Italian place with great pizza and very good food. There is a liquor store, but if you're looking for anything other than a very basic selection of wine, go elsewhere. The Chinese restaurant in the plaza is good in a pinch, but if you go in the winter you may want to order ahead or wait for it in your car, the place never had heat on. Seriously, no heat, high 30's, low 40's at best, without the heat from the kitchen it would probably be...

I don't recommend great wall Chinese restaurant. I phoned in a takeout order, waited 15 minutes, and drove to the restaurant. The man inside didn't start cooking until after I arrived, and there were no other orders in progress. Food was OK. Cheap. the man who was working knew very little English and gave me egg rolls with pork in them instead of vegetable rolls. He also miscalculated my total and had me come up to the counter and give him $10 more than I'd already paid, with no...