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Our second time at 14 & Hudson, a sweet little gastropub in Piermont. Here’s a look. Delishy cocktails: Pork belly over grits with an egg: Not as great as I would have hoped, but still tasty. Flatbread pizza. Nice! Calamari. Fresh […]
A beautiful late summer evening with a babysitter. We head for drinks and dinner in Piermont. First stop: Pier 701, which has the best views of the Hudson in Rockland County. I knew about the vast deck and outdoor bar […]
Kelli and I had dinner at the Dylan Lounge at X20 in Yonkers on Friday, and I’m happy to report that the food is as good as ever there. Jack Rose highball: A gin highball with Creme Yvette, sort of […]
Piermont just may have become the restaurant capital of Rockland. Adding to the already excellent list of restaurants there — Xaviars, Freelance, o lar, Sidewalk Bistro and Portofino, just to name a few — is the new 14 and Hudson. […]
After dinner, a nightcap. We head to Booker & Dax to meet Boo, with a quick stop-off at Momofuku Milk Bar so Kelli could taste the originals of a few of her favorite things to bake out of the Momofuku […]
Lots of buzz all about Estela over the last year or so, from a big feature on chef Ignacio Mattos’ winter salads in Bon Appetit and a New York Times review to a little feature on wine director Thomas Carter’s favorite […]
The floating oyster bar in NYC, Grand Banks, is docked off Pier 25 in TriBeCa at the west end of North Moore Street. The old schooner was retrofitted with two bars and tables, and serves oysters and a few small […]
A trip to Amgansett would not be complete without a meal at Clam Bar. This time, we ordered oysters, steamers and, of course, the lobster roll. Vacation #selfie (or, as all the kids are calling it these days, #ussie): Montauk […]
An easy Sunday night supper before we head off for a beach vacation: pizza! Related posts: Family Supper at Cassie’s in Orangeburg Pizza at Cassie’s in Orangeburg Pizza at the Mountain House Pizza at The Parlor Dobbs Ferry
Flex Mussels on the Upper East Side is a great little neighborhood joint that serves mussels a million ways. We had the occasion to try it because we were heading to the 92nd Street Y to watch Ira Glass interview Dan […]
As I also reported on Small Bites, the Rockland Farm Alliance, which operates an organic farm on the Cropsey property in New City, held a fundraiser last month at 8 North Broadway. I got the chance to meet the farmers and […]
The best meal — and the best show — of the season! Before Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Irene, Greg, Trae and I headed to db Bistro Moderne for small plates of pork belly risotto and superbly roasted chicken. Nice […]
Some of the best casual, contemporary Mexican food in New York can be found at Toloache, a restaurant with three locations in Manhattan — one of them being extremely convenient for theater goers. Blueberry Hibiscus Margarita: It’s not rocket science; […]
Deji NYC, a fledgling restaurant that serves at Brooklyn Flea, among other pop-ups, came to The Parlor in Dobbs Ferry on a Monday night, serving such twists on American, Korean and even Canadian food as Poutine, Kimchi Waffles and a […]
I must have walked past Cafe Fiorello on the Upper West Side a hundred times, each one of them thinking: “Eh, seems like a has-been.” But one Saturday evening — Saturday, mind you! — when we found ourselves without a […]
Before a showing of Kinky Boots, you can’t beat a pre-theater sushi meal at Kodama. Is the sushi the best in the world? No. It’s not fantastic. But it’s perfectly fine, and you can’t beat the location: right across the […]
I’ve enjoyed my meals at Westchester Burger Company in Westchester, so we thought we’d give the one in Rockland a try. Two notes: The food is very good, but the portions are enormous. Enormous! My burger with bacon and egg […]
Shocking, right? We’re at Ippudo before a show! The only difference this time? Two Ippudo newbies: Hunna and Trae! And the usual cast, me and Boo: The modern ramen: Our add-ins were served on the side: Short rib buns. […]
The East Pole is a new(ish) restaurant on the Upper East Side from the guys behind The Fat Radish and The LeadBelly. We chose brunch at The East Pole becuase it was only a few blocks from the Whitney, with […]
Gotham West is a new food hall at 45th and 10th Avenue. Kind of a long haul for most pre-theater nights, but this evening we had a bit of time on our hands, so we decided to check it out. […]
An early Saturday night out at Mountain House for pizza. It’s been a while! Sam places her order: Casear salad: Breaded zucchini sticks. (Nah. Mostly bread.) Pizza: Somebody enjoys her ‘za: Sam and mom: Related posts: Pizza at the Mountain […]
Westchester’s only Vietnamese restaurant could just skate. Why try hard if you can’t get this kind of food anywhere else? Lucky for us, Saigonese in Hartsdale deserves destination status. You can’t get this food anywhere else, and you should travel […]
Heading downtown for pancakes, labne, a Magritte rice bowl and some good times with a groundhog. There was a wait for a table at Art Cafe, so we headed next door to the library to bide our time. Boo with […]
Sam’s first time with sushi! We tried a Bento box with dumplings and a California roll. And a pork ramen for me: Related posts: Sunday Night Supper at Wasabi Sunday Night Supper: Pork Chops and Heirloom Tomatoes Saturday Night […]
Another excellent pre-theater meal at Ippudo Westside. At the table this evening are Boo, Kelli and Boo’s friend Stacia. We shared four apps and two bowls of ramen. All terrific. Scallops with mango and jalapeno: Eel with cucumber: Pickles: Tempura […]
Without a reservation, getting in to a trendy restaurant on a Friday night in Manhattan is next to impossible. And after our photo shoot with George, we were turned away at Pearl and Ash and Booker & Dax, as might […]
Since I didn’t have much of a vacation over my holiday — being struck with the flu and in bed the whole time wasn’t very festive! — we decided to take a day for some actual fun. So, yes… A Big […]
A last-minute night out with Kelli led to wood-fired oysters and creamy burrata with greens. And yes, some of the best pizza around. Here’s our supper at The Parlor Dobbs Ferry. (For other coverage of The Parlor Dobbs Ferry, check […]
Supper at Saint George was a three-birthday celebration: for Greg, Sondra and Leigh. Greg, yes, was born in October, but ever since then we hadn’t had a chance to celebrate. Sondra and Leigh are December babies. We started with cocktails, […]
As I mentioned in my piece for lohud.com, fans of Buffet de la Gare can relax. Saint George, the new restaurant that took over the space where that venerable French spot was for 30 years, has settled in to the […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
