Small Bites

For the Westchester Breakfast Club, there’s no better way to beat the winter blues than by starting off the day with a hearty, satisfying breakfast. The breakfasts we enjoyed during January gave us the fuel we needed to keep going through the long, cold weekends. Remember to check us out at www.westchesterbreakfastclub.com!... Read More →

This is a bonus review by Donna Monaco Olsen and Bradley Olsen. Aurora is one of a group of restaurants owned by Z Hospitality Group. We felt we just had to tell you about the pleasant lunch we had at Aurora last week. We felt it was important to report… Read More →

The expression “save the best for last” is definitely indicative of my experience at La Panetiere in Rye. This is guest blogger Michele Curran and this is my final review for restaurant week. I visited so many different restaurants and this one was probably my favorite. La Panetiere was opened… Read More →

I don’t think could have picked a better night for my restaurant week dinner – with temps in the high 60s, just about everyone was out and about in Rye last night, and many of them at Ruby’s! Not that I could blame them, the lure of fresh oysters and… Read More →

Hi. This is Denise of deeCuisine.com guest blogging my dining experience at Frankie and Johnnie’s Steakhouse. Whenever restaurant week rolls around, I try to make a reservation at a steakhouse.You can’t go wrong with a prix fixe menu at a steakhouse. A three course dinner for about $30 is a… Read More →

We know, we know, there are plenty of places to enjoy the raw bar in our fair counties. But here are a few that we really, really like. Are these the only best oysters in Westchester? The only best oysters in Rockland? Maybe not. So do you have other suggestions?... 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 →

Sure, we’d all love to walk up to a simple wooden beach shack in our flip flops and sarongs about now — order a few clams, maybe a lobster roll or two? You know the kind of place I’m talking about: Dudley’s Parkview Restaurant in New Rochelle Red’s Eats in… Read More →

Hi, this is Antonella Pomilla with my last guest food blog. Due to Lent, my cousin and I headed to Morgan’s Fish House on Friday night. We had fairly early dinner reservations, so we were surprised to arrive to a packed house. Ushered to our table almost immediately, our hostess… Read More →

Hi readers, Liz here again. Lunch at La Panetiere might very well be the best bargain you’re going to find in all of Hudson Valley Restaurant Week. For $20 each, we tasted exquisite sauces, light-as-air quenelles, creamy soup, moist and meaty chicken and fresh fish, buttery with sauce. The service… Read More →

Hi folks, Liz here, reporting from Tuesday’s lunch at Frankie & Johnnie’s. While I’ve been to the restaurant several times for drinks and snacks at the bar, I’ve never actually been seated at a table for a meal. The restaurant, in an old bank, is a beautiful space with soaring… Read More →

Hi — Kate Shea Kennon guest blogging from the Rye Grill. I originally was naming this post “Rye Grill: Parking with Anguish, Dining with Comfort,” because The Rye Grill’s hospitality began before I even slid into the booth for our first Restaurant Week lunch. Frantic at the thought of being late for… Read More →

If you saw the long lines here a few weeks ago, you’d swear they were giving away something for free. Well, they were. Photos by Matthew Brown/TJN HomeMade Pizza Company, founded in Chicago, was offering up free slices, presumably to get everyone hooked on their concept: You pick the toppings,... Read More →

Rye residents know June & Ho in Rye as a fancy jack-of-all-markets where you can get fresh produce, fresh meats, good bread and the like. It is a lovely place to meet your neighbors, or make new friends all while standing in line at the prepared food section contemplating what… Read More →

Good morning and happy Monday. My weekend was superbusy but a lot of fun. On Friday I went to see the Merchant of Venice, so I just had a couple of snacks before curtain and then went to bed without supper. On Saturday, I met some friends in the city… 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.

Hi, Katherine Curry.  Yes, it’s time for ice cream again.  And I have to apologize in advance for not having more pictures to go with this post—I’m having some technical issues with photo storage and…how can I say this without sounding all panicky…all my most recent ice cream photos are… Read More →

I met Small Bites correspondent Katherine Curry for lunch at Morgans in Rye a few weeks back. I hadn’t been there since its renovations, and wanted to check it out. It still has a similar layout, but feels much more casual.

[Note from Liz: Here is Jessie Cacciola, a new guest blogger. Welcome her to Small Bites!] You might notice something new on the way to Rye Playland: open doors at On the Way Café. New owners Chef Joseph Mortelliti (Aurora) and his uncle, George Degenhardt, have turned the once cozy,... Read More →

Good morning and happy Monday. Bit chilly today, and while I’m no fan of the mizzle, it’s good for the plants, so let’s keep it coming, right? Hope everyone enjoyed the weather on Friday night — it was definitely the highlight of the weekend. I had drinks by the Hudson… Read More →

Pier Restaurant & Tiki Bar opened 20 days ago — with what I would have to say is the most spectacular water view in Westchester. Don’t get me wrong, the Hudson and the Byram River and the reservoirs up north are beautiful, too. But when you look at this —... Read More →

Good morning and happy Monday. I had quite the weekend. We had to remove a 60- to 70-foot tall Norway maple tree from our back yard after a limb fell on our neighbor’s roof! It’s always sad to see a mature tree go, but no one should have allowed this… Read More →

Guest blogger Donna Monaco Olsen to tell you about our late lunch at the Rye Grill & Bar. This restaurant is part of a corporation of six restaurants including Morgan’s Fish House also in Rye (which will be going under major renovations soon). They were most accommodating of our late… Read More →

Hi, it’s Katherine Curry, guest blogger, with some pictures from the Valentine’s Day dinner my husband and I enjoyed at La Panetiere. Our reservation was in the early evening, and when we arrived, the dining room had just a few other guests. But by the time we were tucking into… Read More →

I snuck over to the Rye Grill for lunch the Friday after Thanksgiving, and I’m only now getting the chance to post my photos. (It’s been a busy holiday season for me!) I adored the turkey burger: It was juicy, tangy and rich — which is really saying a lot… Read More →

Looking for a great place to celebrate the holidays this month? Where better to dine than restaurants with twinkling lights, blazing fires and holly berries tucked in swags of pine branches? The mantle at Equus at the Castle at Tarrytown. Mark Vergari/The Journal News Whether your taste runs to blue… Read More →