Even if you haven't traveled to Medina to visit the orchards at LynOaken Farms , you've probably bit into one of the family farm's Honeycrisp apples or sipped its popular Steampunk hard cider. The fourth-generation family business has been supplying Western New Yorkers with apples for more than 100 years. It now says its future is up in the air.
While LynOaken Farms in Medina will be open for the fall season starting Aug. 30, it has announced its future, along with that of its Leonard Oakes winery, is uncertain. LynOaken Farms shared on social media that it is facing a transition for both its farm and winery, Leonard Oakes , and doesn't "know what the future holds" citing a number of factors, from a devastating recent hailstorm damaging its apple crop to changing economic factors.
However, it still plans to reopen for the fall season for apple picking, doughnuts, wine and cider from Aug. 30 through Nov. 3 at its farm and tasting room, 10609 Ridge Road, Medina.
Hundreds of apple varieties are grown within its rural Orleans County orchards. The News took an hourlong drive from downtown Buffalo to LynOaken Farms in September to try a charcuterie of some of the more unusual apple varieties grown by third-generation farmer Jonathan Oakes. Corn, peaches and tomatoes Late summer's bounty is bouncing off the plates at local restaurants.
Savor the final kernels of summer at BFLO Pizza Bistro (388 Porter Ave.) by ordering the corn-loaded pizza special. Toppings include shallots, jalape.
