Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Spring 2024

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week: April 8 – 21: Make your reservations for Hudson Valley Restaurant Week. During Restaurant Week 145 eateries in Westchester and the Hudson Valley offer three course lunches for $24.95, or $29.95, and dinners for $39.95 or $44.95.

Who’s Playing Locally

Armonk: Fortina:(Lunch: $29.95 & Dinner: 44.95) Straightforward Italian food cooked in wood fired ovens–and charred in all the right places.Lenny’s North: (Lunch: $29.95 Mon-Fri & Dinner: $39.95 Mon-Fri, Sat: 1-5 & 8:45-close & Sun: 2-9) Fine Italian dining from Lenny Balidema of Il Castello in Mamaroneck and Lenny’s Steakhouse in Larchmont. Moderne Barn: (Lunch $29.95: Mon-Fri & Dinner $44.95: Mon-Thurs & Sun) Ever popular New American from the Livanos family, owners of NYC’s Oceana & Molyvos. Zero Otto Nove: (Lunch $29.95: Tues-Sat & Dinner $39.95: Tues–Thurs & Sun) Arthur Avenue legend Chef Roberto Paciullo’s Armonk calling card.

Brewster: Clock Tower Grill:  (Dinner $44.95 Tues–Sat) Imaginative locally sourced bistro cooking with skateboard art and bacon, bacon, bacon. Tilly’s Table: (Dinner $44.95: Thurs–Sat) Farm to table on the farm, at Tilly Foster’s Farm.

Chappaqua: Crabtree’s Kittle House: (Lunch $39.95 Tues-Sat & Dinner $44.95: Tues-Fri & Sun) In a stately country setting and rooted in the warm tradition of the Hudson Valley, Crabtree’s Kittle House offers a Modern American menu and one of the world’s finest wine lists. Le Jardin Du Roi: (Lunch $29.95 & Dinner $44.95 Mon-Sun) Popular French bistro for B, L&D with a Rive Gauche ambience.

Croton Falls: Primavera: (Lunch $24.95 & Dinner $44.95: Mon-Sun) One of our faves and the best Italian in Northern Westchester. A cut above traditional Italian fare in a landmark Victorian house with a spacious dining room on Rt. 22 in Croton Falls.

Katonah: Le Fontane: (Lunch $29.95: Tues–Sun & Dinner $39.95: Tues-Sun) A taste of Italy in Somers.

Mount Kisco: Tipsy Taco Bar: (Lunch: $29.95 Mon–Fri & Dinner $39.95: Mon–Fri) Tacos 18 ways from Baja fish, pork carnitas and short ribs to Octopus al Pastor. Plus Apps, Mains, Bowls, Burritos, Fajitas, Churros and Tres Leche.

Port Chester: Alba’s Ristorante: (Lunch $39.95 Mon–Fri & Dinner $44.95 Mon–Fri) With a 3-Star rating from The New York Times, Chef Ray Alba serves up a selection of homemade pastas, and Northern Italian classics for HVRW. El Callejon: (Lunch $24.95 Mon–Sat & Dinner $44.95 Mon–Sat) A spirited Latin-inspired restaurant & bar featuring elevated fare and craft cocktails. Sonora: (Lunch: $39.95 Tues–Fri & Sunday & Dinner $44.95: Tues-Fri & Sunday) South American flavors with a French-Asian infusion.

Rye: American Prime: (Lunch $29.95 & Dinner $44.95: Mon–Sun) USDA prime beef, market-fresh seafood, and a curated selection of high-quality wines in expansive setting. Ocean Blue Prime: (Lunch $39.95  Tues–Fri) Offerings from land and sea with an extensive wine list in bright elegant dining rooms.

White Plains: Benjamin Steakhouse: (Dinner $44.95: Tues–Fri & Sun) Serious steak created by an alumnus of the venerable Peter Luger restaurants. Chazz Palminteri Italian Restaurant: (Lunch $29.95: Mon–Sun & Dinner $44.95: Mon–Fri & Sun) Old-school Italian (and Sicilian too) comfort food in an upscale atmosphere. Red Horse by David Burke: (Lunch $29.95 Thurs-Sun & Dinner $44.95 Mon-Sun) Pictured here, this is the steal of HVRW! Read our review. With the Bison Short Ribs with Chow Fun Noodles, the Lobster Dumplings on the menu – scratch your neighbor’s eyes out to get a reservation. Sam’s of Gedney Way: (Lunch $29.95 Tues–Fri & Dinner $44.95, Tues–Sun) A modern American bistro/sports bar. Sapori: (Lunch $29.95 Mon–Sun & Dinner $44.95 Sun–Thurs) Homemade pastas, fresh seafood and an extensive Italian and American wine list. Shiraz Kitchen: (Lunch $24.95 Sun–Thurs & Dinner $44.95 Sun–Thurs) White-tablecloth Persian featuring the crispy traditional Tahdig, tangy and spicy labneh, and saffron ice cream.

Yorktown: Peter Pratt’s Inn: (Dinner $44.95 Tues–Sun) This Yorktown mainstay puts a modern spin on traditional dishes. And it has great bones, too. You will dine in a Revolutionary War era colonial home across from the Davenport House – General George Washington’s command post.

Yorktown Heights:  Barnwood Grill: (Lunch $29.95 Mon– Sun & Dinner $44.95 Sun–Thurs) The menu focuses on homestyle cooking. Try their award-winning pear basil martini. Hudson Valley Steakhouse: (Dinner $44.95 Sun & Tues–Thurs) USDA Prime cuts and dry aged hand selected steaks, fresh fish , Dover sole, 3lb lobsters, sea bass and fresh oysters.

Worth the Trip: Best Menus HVRW

Le Jardin Du Roi, Chappaqua: New Castle’s yeoman French bistro, Le Jardin Du Roi’s HVRW menu (and this photo of their Crab Hush Puppy) packed a pop for us this year. Is there something prosaic about a mid-week dinner of escargot and lobster stew for $44.95? Crab Hush Puppy and Coq Au Vin? Or maybe French Onion Soup and Mussels & Fries  – with white wine, curry cream or saffron cream. Throw in a dairy/gluten free seafood chowder, NY strip steak over wild mushroom risotto. Bread pudding, brownie a la mode or crepe du jour for dessert and I think not. (95 King Street, Chappaqua, 914-238-1368, www.lejardinchappaqua.com.)

Il Cenacolo, Newburgh: Celebrate the simplicity of Tuscan cuisine with Il Cenacolo’s HVRW menu that starts for us with the Burrata Con Funghi in Padella  (milky mozzarella with sauteed oyster and shitake mushrooms) and the Ravioli al Funghetto (spinach and ricotta in a mushroom puree sauce.) There’s also Fettucini with Dungeness Crab, Rigatoni Bolognese with ground filet mignon, Maple Leaf Breast of Duck, Grilled Rack of Lamb, Red Snapper and a dessert menu that will make your head spin. (228 S. Plank Road, Newburgh, 845-564-4494, ilcenacolorestaurant.com.)

La Casa Bronxville:  If you thing we’re going to publish a Best HVRW Menus without a tres leches cake – ha!  Chef Victor “Erik” Lopez’s airy elevated Mexican offers a simple proposition for HVRW. Start with Guacamole and house made chips and choose from eight entrees. Including, Carne Asada, Salmon a la Plancha, Shrimp a la Diabla, Blackened Mahi Mahi, Pork Pozole, and Chicken Enchiladas or Enmoladas. And then the Tres Leches. Or flan, churros, or cashew cheesecake. (7 Pondfield Rd., Bronxville, 914-222-9016, lacasabronxville.com)

The Vintage at The Millbrook Inn, Millbrook: You know you’re dealing with a confident Hudson Valley Farm to Table chef when you see an HVRW menu with no choices. Just one selection per course. Namely, their Spring Pea and Radish Salad with lemony anchovie drizzle, a Deconstructed Chicken Pot Pie filled with spring veg with white wine and thyme, and Rhubarb Crumble for dessert. That comes with vanilla bean ice cream and pistachio dust. (3 Gifford Rd., Millbrook, 845-605-1121, www.themillbrookinn.com)

Red Horse By David Burke, White Plains: Somebody’s going to have to knock Chef David Burke off our HVRW Best Menus list and until then – he’s in! David Burke, the only American to ever secure the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Diplome d’Honneur, once again delivers his Lobster Dumplings and Bison Short Ribs with Chow Fun Noodles on the menu. We had both and loved them. There’s also a Seared Ginger Black Pepper Asparagus and Shrimp Risotto and Steak Frites for an $8 up-charge. For dessert, choose from the Key Lime Pie, Creme Brulée, Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake or Jasmine Macerated Fruit and Berries. (221 Main St. White Plains, (914) 467-5713; redhorsebydb.com)

Goosefeather at the Tarrytown House Estate: Another fall repeat comes from Chef Talde, a James Beard nominee and Iron Chef competitor who was recently seen knocking off Boston legend Chef Karen Akunowicz on the Food Networks Tournament of Champions. His inauthentic Asian in the King Mansion at the Tarrrytown House Estate is always fin and  a flavor bomb. And guess who just had his Crispy Shrimp Boa with pickled daikon, cabbage and General Tso’s sauce; his Wild Mushroom Slippery Noodle with seasonal veg and shaved hazelnut, and his Winter Citrus Mochi Waffle with yuzu custard and white chocolate ice cream – for an arm and a leg more than $44.95?  See how Chef Talde rolls at HVRW. (49 E. Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, 914-829-5454; goosefeatherny.com)