
<p>Marie-Helene Gingras opened GOOD Eats &amp; Sips in March 2020 to provide an alternative to pizza and burger joints in town. What started as an online-only business has expanded into a café where healthy food options are sold.</p>


Exterior of Good Eats and Sips as the sun rises. The café sits directly across Skaneateles lake in the heart of the village. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

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Lauren Steel

Co-owner Marie-Helene Gringas in her café, Good Eats and Sips. Having worked in this location since it was a wine-tasting center, she and her husbnad leaped to create their own business after years of working in food service. Photo by Molly Mellinger

Interior of Good Eats and Sips. Barista Alona Osokalo desrcibes that most customers are regulars, arriving everyday at the same time, often on their morning walks. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

Barista Alona Osokalo makes a latte while chatting with regular Karen Kreidler. Alona has worked at Good Eats since April and describes coffee as “her thing”, and that she starts everyday with a pumpkin latte. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

Barista Alona Osokalo makes a latte. Having worked at Good Eats since April, her favorite drink to make is a caramel macchiato. Photo by Molly Mellinger

Two patrons of Good Eats and Sips eat lunch and chat. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

A patron grabs bowls of soup to-go while others look at the menu. The soup and other food is made fresh everyday. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

To-Go orders sit on shelves ordered by last-name, waiting to be picked up by patrons. Good Eats and Sips was the first shop in town to start offering to-go orders. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

Owner Marie-Helene Gingras mopping before closing. Marie co-owns the business with her husband and manages the shop. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

Two patrons leave the shop and continued their walk after grabbing coffee. Photo by Molly Mellinger.

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Chip Somodevilla

Lauren Steel