If you’ve never seen Restaurant Stakeout on the Food Network, the general idea is that a team of “experts” come in, place hidden cameras all around the place and then break it to the owners what they’re doing wrong. Roasted Peppers in Mamaroneck, which we wrote about in May for… Read More →
Hi! Donna Monaco Olsen here, co-coordinator for theTaste of Westchester Continuing Education program for Westchester Community College to share with you from a recent demonstration. All classes are held within Westchester restaurants, where local chefs share their talents and recipes with us in their own dining rooms. Over the years,... Read More →
When making plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend, consider Roasted Peppers in Mamaroneck, which presents refreshing alternatives to standard refried beans-and-melted cheese Tex-Mex. Roasted Peppers, co-owned by three chefs with more than 20 years of experience cooking together, has somehow been flying under the restaurant-scene radar, despite its… Read More →
If you’re reading a food blog it’s probably safe to assume that, like me, you believe that food is more than something we mindlessly stuff in our mouths as fuel. Food is memories. The taste of Italian Ices, licked from a wooden spoon during a hot childhood summer day, the aroma… Read More →
Hi! Donna Monaco Olsen here, co-coordinator for the Taste of Westchester Continuing Education program for Westchester Community College. The classes are held in restaurants all over Westchester, and local chefs share their secrets and recipes with the class in their own dining rooms. Over the years, I have attended hundreds… Read More →
Sandwich lovers know what goes between the bread — or the bagel, wrap or pita — is a very personal matter. Some people love theirs bursting with meat, cheese and toppings, while others need just a schmear of cream cheese and some ultra-thin shaved lox to find perfection. And just… Read More →
The restaurant scene changes quickly around here, and summer is a great time to catch up with some of the new openings. From a fantastic renovation of the former Mamaroneck train station to a facelift on an Irish pub in Mount Kisco, here’s a look at five restaurants we’ve covered… Read More →
Welcome to the Westchester Breakfast Club’s monthly posting on Small Bites. We’ll be providing a summary each month of our breakfast adventures. For the complete WBC experience, please check out our blog at www.westchesterbreakfastclub.com. You can click on the dates below to read our full posts for each restaurant. May… Read More →
Club Car in Mamaroneck, which opened in March, has joined the short list of Westchester restaurants that have taken over renovated train stations. But what a renovation! The soaring space, which dates to 1888 and is the second oldest depot on the New Haven line, is built in the Romanesque… Read More →
Todd Matthews, guest blogger, reporting in on Turkish Meze Restaurant in Marmoneck. This quaint find is quite unassuming at first glance. When looking from the outside, one is not quite sure what to expect in terms of formality. The building appears to have been around for quite a long time,... Read More →
Hi Everyone! This is guest blogger Rinku Bhattacharya, and I am thrilled to report my first HVRW meal was so good, that I want to go back to the place tomorrow. The place being Le Provencal Bistro, in Mamaroneck. The charming little restaurant located in Mamaroneck, is just the cheery kind… Read More →
I’m JL Fields, guest blogger, and this is my first post for Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2012. Tonight my husband and I began our vegan / omnivore dining adventure at Zitoune in Mamaroneck. Close to home … …but transported to another world through a colorful decor and and exotic music…. Read More →
Grand Central American Grill will open in April where the Tollgate Steakhouse and Limoncello used to be on Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. Mike Meaney/TJN Owner Nicholas Ligotino tells me the place will be a comfortable spot for great steaks, salads, fresh seafood and burgers and will have two raw… Read More →
For new restaurants this fall, you won’t have to look much further than your own backyard. Neighborhood restaurants are popping up everywhere — and they aren’t leaving much room for the destination gourmet scenes of years past. Take Baumgart’s, above. The long-delayed new restaurant in Nyack has a family-style history:... Read More →
We know — golf isn’t about food. But everyone has to eat, right?? If you’re at the 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country?Club in Harrison this week and hunger pangs hit, there are four spots to go. The main concession, next to the 18th fairway and called… Read More →
Remember all the hub-bub about Spadaro, the Italian restaurant in New Rochelle where there is no menu, just a couple of friendly sisters who recited the evening’s specials? Well one of the sisters, Rosa, and her husband, Angelo, have opened a restaurant in Mamaroneck. Jessica Rao reported on it for… Read More →
Mamaroneck Avenue just got another eatery. Hash-O-Nash, a Middle Eastern “country kitchen,” complete with a long list of Jewish, Greek, Lebanese and Jordanian food, opened in April on the lower end of the street, not far from Enzo’s. Photos by Carucha L. Meuse/TJN Owner Abe Abdalla knows the ups and… Read More →
Do we have to even say it? All right, sure — Sylvia Louie is a morning person. As a founder of the Westchester Breakfast Club, we’d expect that. But she rises even earlier than her fellow members, and if she had things her way, they’d be out sampling eggs, bacon,... Read More →
Hi, Kate Shea Kennon here, guest blogging from my last assignment this Hudson Valley Restaurant Week at Le Provencal Bistro in Mamaroneck where you wouldn’t know it was Restaurant Week from the menu: escargots? pâté? Coq au vin? Fabuleux! I exclaimed at the size of the menu to our waitress who… Read More →
Hello again readers, this is Lisette Reyes, guest blogger for HVRW. The place I tried for Restaurant Week is Turkish Meze in Mamaroneck. Its modest storefront is no indication of the splendid flavors found within. By definition, “meze” is the Turkish word for any small plate. It’s no wonder there… Read More →
I’m Simon Feldman. For me, one of the great aspects of Hudson Valley Restaurant week is having a chance to explore new kinds of cuisine . So I decide that it was time to get exotic and become better acquainted with Moroccan Food. On the Post Road in Mamaroneck, is… Read More →
The gravlax at La Maree Smokehouse is buttery, brine-kissed, silky. Cured without smoke, gravlax is thinly sliced fresh salmon cured with salt and sugar, seasoned with dill. The absence of smoke allows the quality of the salmon to shine. It’s impossible to focus on just one “food find” at this… Read More →
Paul Bousche reported on our restaurants in the Sound Shore. The dining room is photographed at Rosie’s on the River in Port Chester.( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News ) Here’s what he found.
Good afternoon and happy Monday. Sorry it took me a while to get this post up today, but I’ve been out of the office a couple of days and had a lot of catching up to do. I was out of the office because I was staying in my pied… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. What a beautiful fall weekend, wasn’t it? I got my bulb planting finished (more on that in a moment) and changed out the closet. Of course now it’s 70 degrees today, so I’m glad I held a few lighter weight things back! On Friday, I… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. Sorry I’m a little late this morning; I’m moving kind of slow. I’ve got a pretty bad cold, and decided to work from home today so as not to infect my colleagues. I started getting sick on Friday, but had tickets to see A Life… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. Did everyone have a nice fall weekend? Some of you are off for Columbus Day, I’m sure…. but not for we journalists. News goes on! I started the weekend out up at at the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. But first — dinner at Umami Cafe… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. I, for one, was pretty happy to have fall arrive this weekend. Much as I love tomatoes and corn, I’m a little tired of 90 degree weather. And I also love a transitional time of year, where you can have the best of both worlds…. Read More →
Frankie & Fanucci’s, the artisanal pizzeria in Hartsdale, is opening a second restaurant in Mamaroneck in November at 301 Mamaroneck Ave., in the old Mamaroneck Farms building, a few stores down from the movie theater and CVS — and most important: ACROSS FROM SAL’S! Yes, says partner Brad Nagy: “People… Read More →
Good morning and happy Monday. I should be able to give you more Small Bites posts this week — since we’re wrapping up the fall restaurant preview that will publish on Wednesday. I don’t want to scoop too much of what’s in print – though Small Bites readers already have… Read More →
