Lazy Crazy Acres

Located 150 miles north of New York City in Arkville, New York, Lazy Crazy Acres serves locals, weekenders and tourists alike at their Pizza Night on the Farm. (Pizza Night is held Saturdays during summer). Owned and operated by husband and wife team, Karen and Jake Fairbairn, Pizza Night on the Farm was born of their love for hosting people and feeding people good food (e.g. pizza). Instead of taking their harvest to markets, they found it was a lot more fun to have people visit the farm and throw a giant pizza party. Visitors can see where their food comes from and how it's prepared — an educational and delicious experience.

Each week, Karen posts the current menu on their Facebook page, and pizza enthusiasts come out in droves. Entry is $19 for adults and $10 for kids ages 10 and under. Children age four and under eat free. The price includes endless pizza of six varieties, drinks, dessert and even a hayride tour around the farm. Upon arrival, visitors stake out a spot under the pavilion, set their stuff down, then dive in to the crowd around the buffet. Every few minutes, a new pizza is delivered fresh from the oven.

After dinner and dessert, $4 buys you entry into the chicken coop where you can collect your own farm-fresh eggs. We made a beeline to the free hayride, where a tractor tows riders up a mountain to a super-scenic overlook, passing the farm's pigs and cows. Though the ride is great for kids, we weren't ashamed to be among the only adults without children on the tour.

The cherry on top? Lazy Crazy Acres also sells bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup, made right there on the farm. It's harvested from the farm's more than 2,000 trees, then aged in bourbon barrels from Tuthilltown Distillery in the Hudson Valley. And as luck would have it, the syrup happens to taste great on the pizza. (Yep, we went there.) Bon appétit!