Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Spring 2018

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Spring 2018: Foodies know the drill! HVRW lasts from Mon, 3/12 to Sun, 3/25. During HVRW you can get a three course lunch for $22.95 or dinner for $32.95 at 114 restaurants in Westchester and 78 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 found seven more that are worth the trip.

Reconnect with your local faves even if you have to say TGIF on a Tuesday.

Armonk: Beehive (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Armonk’s favorite three meal eatery. Fortina (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Straight forward Italian from wood-fired ovens from Chopped! champion and judge Christian Petroni. Moderne Barn (Lunch: Mon-Fri, Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun) Ever popular new American from the Livanos family. Restaurant North: (Dinner: Tues-Thurs & Sun & Brunch: Sat & Sun) Highly acclaimed Armonk gem from Danny Meyer protege, Stephen Mancini.  Zero Otto Nove (Lunch: Tues-Sat & Dinner: Tues-Thurs & Sun) Arthur Avenue in Armonk.

Bedford: Nobody’s playing in Bedford.

Brewster: Clock Tower Grill (Lunch: Tues-Fri & Dinner: Tues-Sun) Get your grits on at this popular Brewster bistro that does amazing things with bacon.

Chappaqua: Crabtree’s Kittle House: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Fri) Chappaqua classic from the days of Henry Fonda and Talulah Bankhead. Le Jardin du Roi: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Sun) From pain perdu to steak au poivre. Aesop’s Fable (Lunch & Dinner: Tues-Sun) New Chappaqua farm-to-table with eclectic menu and popular savory waffles.

Croton Falls: Primavera: (Lunch: Mon-Fri & Dinner: Sat-Sun) Great Victorian house. Very traditional Italian. Order the duck ravioli in walnut sauce.

Hawthorne: Stone Manor 101: (Lunch & Dinner: Tues-Sun) Mediterranean steakhouse with a theatrical flair and Peter Luger quality steaks.

Katonah: Le Fontane: (Lunch: Tues-Sun & Dinner: Mon-Sun) Traditional southern Italian family restaurant in Katonah.

Mount Kisco: Cafe of Love: (Lunch & Dinner: Tues-Sun) Taking farm to table on a global adventure. Lexington Square Cafe: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun) Regional American with Pac-Rim flair. Little Drunken Chef: (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Thurs & Sun) Affordable tapas menu for share-heads. Winston (Dinner: Tues-Thurs & Sun) Fine dining with a Prohibition era vibe.

Pleasantville: Nobody’s playing in Pleasantville.

Pound Ridge: Inn at Pound Ridge by Jean Georges (Lunch Mon-Fri), Three-Michelin star chef in the Burbs.

North Salem: 121 Restaurant: (Lunch: Tues-Sat & Dinner: Tues-Fri & Sun) Beyond bistro from Jean Georges protege. Purdy’s Farmer & The Fish; (Lunch & dinner: Mon-Sun) Farm to table meets dock to table.

Thornwood: Risotto:(Dinner: Mon-Sun) Risotto six ways!

Worth The Trip

Aroma Osteria – Wappinger’s Falls (Lunch: Tues-Sat & Dinner: Tues – Fri & Sun) One of the highest rated Italian restaurants in the Hudson Valley turns out “decadent” Southern Italian classics in a rustic setting set on a hill off Rt. 9 in Wappinger’s Falls. There’s lots of pastas with pork ragu, wild mushrooms and fennel sausage on the HVRW menu along with a pork loin with sweet & sour vinegar peppers and a Branzino. But the Torta Caprese (chocolate almond cake with vanilla bean gelato) is raising our eyebrows. (114 Old Post Rd., Wappinger’s Falls, 845.298.6790; www.aromaosteriarestaurant.com)

Bocuse – Hyde Park: (Lunch & Dinner: Tues – Sat) HVRW is a great excuse to get up to the Culinary Institute of America. CIA’s French restaurant Bocuse is our choice this year as Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici will black out Saturdays. Named after France’s most famous chef, Paul Bocuse, this CIA standout reimagines classic French cuisine through modern cooking techniques. And it’s gorgeous. For a rendezvous with history check out the FDR 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) Here’s a local pick for Francophiles. This highly rated Grande Dame of Provence style cuisine always dukes it out with La Cremailliere for the best French restaurant in the Hudson Valley. A bit fouffier than La Crème, tag this one if you are celebrating a special occasion, entertaining a formal friend or if you just love French food. Jackets suggested. Expect great baked goods and pastries and have fun with the wine list. (530 Milton Rd., Rye, 914.967.8140; www.lapanetiere.com)

MP Taverna – Irvington (Lunch & Dinner: Mon-Fri & Sun) Chef Michael Psilakis’s (a Bon Appetit and Esquire Magazine Chef of the Year) HVRW menu made our Best Menu’s HVRW Fall 2017 list. Since he hasn’t listed his menu yet, we’re moving him over to Worth The Trip. His modern approach to Greek cooking earned him a Food & Wine’s Best New Chef in 2008 and he’s been gracing magazine covers and doing guest appearances on TV every since. The owner of five restaurants including Kefi on Columbus Ave. and MP Tavernas in Irvington, Roslyn and Astoria he competed in the Food Network’s Chopped! All Stars Tournament in 2015. (1 Bridge St., Irvington, 914.231.7854; www.michaelpsilakis.com)

Red Hat on the River – Irvington: Lunch: Mon-Fri & Dinner: Mon-Fri & Sun. We just added Red Hat to our What To Do Bucket List for their modern take on French bistro in an industrial setting with double height ceilings, near floor-to-ceiling, white, wood-frame windows and off the chart river views. Set in what was the boiler room of the 1870 Lord & Burnham Greenhouse factory, the dining room embraces its industrial bones with steel girders and brick, brick, brick. The red leather banquettes, pewter bar and WPA-era art evokes the feeling of a turn of the century Parisian bistro. Don’t miss the Frites! (63 Main Street, Irvington , 914.591.5888;  www.redhatontheriver.com

Saltaire – Port Chester: (Lunch: Wed – Sun & Dinner: Tues – Fri & Sun) Jump at this chance to dine at fish peddler Les Barnes’ aquaculture emporium during HVRW! Here, in this stately cathedral ceilinged room in a hundred year old grain warehouse along the banks of the Byram River, you’ll find another great industrial renovation. Les Barnes delivers a fish happy menu with a killer raw bar served in their dining room or at their cavernous bar/gastro pub where you can get up close and personal with the shell fish. Did we mention that The New York Times did gave them an Excellent rating. (55 Abendroth Ave., Port Chester, 914.939.2425;  www.saltaireoysterbar.com)

Valley Restaurant, Inn At The Garrison: (Dinner: Thurs-Sat) Forget about the traditional Windsor chairs in the dining room. Valley received an Excellent rating from the NY Times and was regularly ranked high on Zagats list of Best Farm to Table restaurants.We also like that they always publish a menu for HVRW. We’re going for the Beet Tagliatelle with asparagus and Maitake mushrooms, the Long Island Skate in a caper, lemon, brown butter sauce and the Citrus Tart with grapefruit curd, citrus salad and raspberry sauce. 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) Not only does Chef Peter Kelly’s waterfront spectacular in Yonkers have great food and river views, but he plays HVRW with NO BLACKOUT DATES. X2O is a perennial Hudson Valley favorite and 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)

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