Skaneateles, with its unique shops and restaurants, sits astride the northern tip of Skaneateles Lake in Onondaga County.

From a lakeside castle to a pasta place frequented by celebrities, love is on the menu at these Upstate New York restaurants.

It took Erica and Zachary Reichard three visits to the 19-century Federal-style home at 27 Madison Street in Hamilton before the couple bought it. “It was really rough,” she remembered. “When we first ...