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Yancey’s Fancy! In the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wisconsin, Yancey’s Fancy earned the “Best of Class” gold medal for its pasteurized process Jalapeno Peppadew Cheddar. So all you spice lovers out there, rejoice!
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Batavia Downs

At face value, the place is pedestrian. Surrounded by parking lots, a strip mall, and worn, white washed stables, it’s easy to imagine that the heydey of Batavia Downs might better be found in decades past.
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The Batavia Muckdogs [Minor League Baseball]

So what is a “muckdog,” exactly? It’s a question that Muckdog General Manager Travis Sick answers often. It has to do with the quality of soil in the nearby town of Elba, he says, where a black, nutrient rich “muck” produces bumper crops of plump, juicy… onions.
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Oliver's Candies

Chalets are an uncommon sight in Western New York (being indigenous to Switzerland and all). So when you spot something like a big alpine lodge along the roadside in Batavia, you’ll know you’ve arrived at Oliver’s.
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