Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Fall 2016

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Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Fall 2016: Foodies know the drill! HVRW lasts from Tues, 11/1 to Sun, 11/13. During HVRW you can get a three course lunch for $20.95 or dinner for $29.95 at 120 restaurants in Westchester 94 more throughout the Hudson Valley. It’s a great excuse to duck your head into some of your favorite local eateries. If you are itching to get out of town, we screened HVRW’s list and found eight top picks sans blackout dates (or exclusions we can live with) where you will save big and that are worth the trip.

hvrw_modernebarn Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Fall 2016 Reconnect with your local faves even if you have to say TGIF on a Tuesday.

Armonk: Beehive (Lunch: Mon-Fri, Dinner: Mon-Sun & Brunch: Sat-Sun), Mariachi Mexico (Dinner: Mon-Sun), Moderne Barn (Lunch: Mon-Fri, Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun) and Zero Otto Nove (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun)

Bedford: The Barn at Bedford Post (Lunch: Wed-Fri)

Brewster: Clock Tower Grill (Lunch & Dinner: Tues-Sun)

Chappaqua: Crabtree’s Kittle House (Lunch: Mon-Fri, Dinner: Mon-Sat), Le Jardin du Roi (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun), Mario’s of Chappaqua (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Not listed in WTD!

Croton Falls: Primavera (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun)

Hawthorne: Three Little Pigs (Lunch: Mon-Fri, Dinner: Mon-Sat) see our review

Katonah: Le Fontane (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun)

Mount Kisco: 251 Lex (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun), Cafe of Love (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun), Hito Japanese Restaurant (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun), Lexington Square Cafe (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Village Social Kitchen and Bar (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun), Winston (Mon-Thurs & Sun)

Pleasantville: Mediterraneo (Dinner: Mon-Sun), Pub Street (Dinner: Fri-Sun) New restaurant … we’re checking on this now!

Pound Ridge: Inn at Pound Ridge by Jean Georges (Lunch Mon-Fri)

North Salem: 121 Restaurant (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun), Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish (Lunch: Mon-Sun)

Thornwood: Risotto (Dinner: Mon-Sun)

Yorktown: Peter Pratt’s Inn (Dinner: Wed-Fri & Sun) Not listed in WTD.

Worth The Trip

Il Cenacolo – Newburgh: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Fri & Sun) We wouldn’t send you to Newburgh if this wasn’t the top rated eatery participating in HVRW. It’s “Tuscan farmhouse” ambience is nothing to write home about but their Northern Italian classics outpoint everybody on Zagats food rating except Xaviers at Piedmont and Sushi Nanese in White Plains. Plus, they have a proprietor named Sali and offer Stracottto all Fiorentina (traditional Italian pot roast) and Osso Buco on their HVRW menu. Just don’t go on Saturday if you want the $29.95 special. (228 S. Plank Rd., Newburgh, 845.564.4494; www.ilcenacolorestaurant.com)

Crave Restaurant – Poughkeepsie: (Dinner: Mon-Sun) We discovered this intimate New American last year and now we see it on Zagats list of Best Restaurants in Westchester/Hudson Valley. Tucked away under the Walkway Over the Hudson, you can tie in a scenic walk over the river on this steel cantilevered bridge built in 1889 (a mile and a quarter long) with your meal. Best of all this New American has no HVRW exclusions. (Start texting your BFF’s.) (129 Washington St., Poughkeepsie, 845.452.3501; www.craverestaurantandlounge)

Restaurant X & Bully Boy Bar – Congers: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) We love that Peter Kelly plays HVRW with no blackouts but don’t dawdle if you want to get into Restaurant X. Set in a country house in Congers it offers a variety of rooms each with its own distinctive ambience. Including, the Bully Boy Bar where dinner is served next to a roaring fire. Kelly’s New American cuisine, here, is rated neck and neck with X2O but offers a very different vibe if you prefer a more intimate setting. (117 Rt. 303 N., Congers, www.xaviers.com)

Caterina de Medici – Hyde Park: (Lunch: Mon-Sun, Dinner: Mon-Sat) HVRW is a great Caterina de Medici in Hyde Park excuse to get up to Hyde Park’s Culinary Institute of America. CIA’s French restaurant Bocuse and their iconic Tuscan Caterina de’ Medici play HVRW sans blackouts. We chose Caterina de’ Medici, a Zagats Top 5 for decor. Its sophisticated dining room with crystal chandeliers, overlooking the Hudson River, provides an elegant getaway. For a rendezvous with history check out the FDR Presidential Library and Museum while you are there. (1946 Campus Dr., (Rt. 9) Hyde Park; www.ciarestaurants.com)

La Panetiere – Rye: (Lunch: Tues-Fri & Sun, Dinner: Mon-Fri & Sun) Okay this is a bit foofy for us. Our hometown La Cremaillere is way more down to earth with it’s farmhouse decor and great chalk murals on the walls of all those crusty characters from the provinces. And La Cremaillere perennially bests them in Zagats’ Survey. (Full disclosure: La Cremaillere has been a What To Do sponsor since 2005.) But, if you don’t mind the formality (jackets recommended) it’s a short trip to Rye for the second best French food in Westchester & the Hudson Valley for just $29.95. (530 Milton Rd., Rye, 914.967.8140; www.lapanetiere.com)

Saltaire – Port Chester: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun) If you haven’t made it to Saltaire yet, HVRW is a low cost way to introduce yourself to this new Port Chester aquaculture emporium, Les Barnes, the son of a London Fish & Chips peddler, delivers a fish happy menu in a stately cathedral ceilinged room in a hundred year old grain warehouse along the banks of the Byram River. We’d like to see an HVRW menu from them before “totally recommending” it but the ambience alone is worth the $29.95. And The New York Times did gave them an Excellent rating, Read our review. (55 Abendroth Ave., Port Chester, 914.939.2425; www.saltaireoysterbar.com)

The Valley Restaurant at The Garrison Inn Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Fall 2016

Valley Restaurant, Inn At The Garrison: (Dinner: Thurs-Sat) Forget about the traditional Windsor chairs in their dining room and that it’s located in an Inn at a golf club. Valley received an Excellent rating from the NY Times and is ranked No. 3 on Zagats list of Best Farm to Table restaurants.They always put together a great menu for HVRW. We’re going for the Celery Root Soup, the Braised Short Rib with potato confit, parsnips and truffled jus and the the Chocolate Pot de Creme Tart. And the Hudson Highland views. (2015 US 9 at Snake Hill Rd., Garrison, 845. 424. 3604; www.thegarrison.com)

X2O Xavier’s on the Hudson – Yonkers: Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Chef Peter Kelly’s waterfront spectacular in Yonkers made the Zagats list of Most Popular Restaurants in Westchester/Hudson Valley for three consecutive years. X2O sits in the Hudson River on a turn of the century Victorian pier. Its main dining room with 25 foot vaulted ceilings and walls of glass offer river views from the Tappan Zee to the George Washington Bridge. Peter Kelly’s New American menu with Mediterranean and Asian influences regularly scores in the top ten in the Hudson Valley. (71 Water Grant St., Yonkers; www.xaviers.com)