11/26/12

Peekskill Brewery Bigs Up; Pinot Noir Smackdown at Wine Geeks of Armonk; The Cookery Re-Opens (with a BANG!)

So, there I was back in October, loitering at the Hudson Hop and Harvest, a massive food and beer orgy that somehow spun out of Peekskill Brewery’s cute, little anniversary party. Folks, there were reportedly 5,000 people on South Water Street gathered into a big, loose, beery street festival, grooving to Evan Watson, who was playing a fabulous blues version of Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

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11/19/12

How Not to Lose Your Mind on Thanksgiving; Two Great Wine Dinners at Restaurant North; the Perfect Thanksgiving Hostess Gift: Marzipan Harvest Candies from Boiano Bakery

So, here it is, just November 15 and I’ve already had to talk two friends down from the ledge. Why? It turns out, they were losing their minds over having to cook Thanksgiving dinner. People! Get a hold of yourselves!

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11/12/12

Chef Peter Kelly’s Sandy Story; a Lagunitas Tap Takeover at Growlers Beer Bistro; Guapo Cocina Mexicano is Slinging a Cool, Handsome Michelada in Yonkers

Westchester Restaurants and the Superstorm

Chances are that, by now, you’re post-Sandy life is normalizing. The power is back on, your radiators are warm, and that tree in your living room has finally said goodbye. The bad news is that restaurants by the River are still in disarray, and, in the restaurant business, time is money. Waterfront restaurants are coping with a financial catastrophe from which some might not emerge.

Consider their situation. Irvington’s Red Hat on the River, Chutney Masala, and MP Taverna had four feet of water in their ground floors. Boats...

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11/05/12

How to Help Restaurant Workers Financially Affected by Sandy; Soul Night at 12 Grapes; and Look Out Arteries—It’s Dirty Chips at Butterfield 8!

Sandy Closes Waterfront Restaurants – Many Restaurant Workers Won’t Be Getting Paid This Week: Here’s What You Can Do to Help

The post-Sandy Facebook pictures from Irvington’s Chutney Masala say it all: Dishes, pots, pans, swirling in silty, Hudson River water. The story is the same at Dobbs Ferry’s Half Moon, Irvington’s Red Hat on the River, Hasting’s Harvest on Hudson. Restaurants all along the river are shuttered for what may be a long, arduous cleanup.

While our thoughts are with the restaurant owners who will be stuck with Sandy’s tab (in the cash-strapped...

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