I just got a message from a friend:
My husband, needs to make a restaurant recommendation to a friend who is coming in from out of town with family. They want to go somewhere nice but not necessarily fancy. Here’s the hitch, a couple of them are vegetarians and one has some health complication that means they need vegetarian choices (no onions, can you imagine?). Me, I’m a meat eater. Heck, I’m an everything eater. So I came up almost blank. Being the foodie you are I thought you might have a suggestion. Any ideas?
I’m drawing a blank as well…does anyone have any suggestions? I’m assuming that the restaurant would preferably within easy driving distance from Schenectady.
Life at Goal 
I’d recommend Antipasto’s in Clifton Park!
http://www.antipastos.com/
Delicious, Italian-style Vegetarian joint with a decent to awesome wine list to boot!
We’ve eaten there plenty of times and are always pleased.
Note: I’d say 95% of the menu IS vegetarian — probably the only “real” meat I’ve seen there are the (optional) “real” meatballs.
Good luck!
A couple more responses, which came through my Facebook page:
From Martin: Indian restaurants have tons of vegetarian options, so do most Thai places.
From Andrea: I’ve always found options at Apertivo and I’m vegan. Antipastos in Clifton Park is a veg restaurant but my meat eater husband and friends have always found good things to eat. Bombers is okay too – even though I found a chunk of pork mixed in my tofu burrito.
I don’t know what variety upstate NY has, but I’d suggest any Indian or Middle Eastern restaurant, since they traditionally have veg only options. If there aren’t any easy options like that, I would advise the friends in question to check restaurant menus online for vegetarian-friendly foods. It’s nice to bring veg friends to a place where they have at least 3 options for what to eat. (Speaking from experience, nothing’s quite as sucky as going to a restaurant and only being able to get the nachos, for instance). If menus aren’t available, call the restaurant and ask. I’ve discovered vegetarian burgers on request that way many times.