(Updated 2/2/12) This is by no means a complete listing of great places to eat in our area but they are restaurants our trusted Hammertown “Foodies” can vouch for. If you have suggestions of your own please tell us about it. We’ll check them out and add them to the list.
Restaurant Guide 
Good News for Foodies in Pine Plains: Agriturismo will now be serving dinner on Thursdays
More good news for us foodies. We’re so lucky here in Pine Plains. In addition to the wonderful Stissing House being open Wednesday through Sunday for dinner, we just heard from our friend, owner/chef Mark Strausman that his restaurant, Agriturismo, will now be open on Thursday evenings for dinner. Until now, Agriturismo has only [...]
Cafe Le Perche – Bakery, Cafe & Bar opens in Hudson
From Rural Intelligence’s review: Café Le Perche is the brainchild of Allan Chapin, a New York investment banker and Claverack resident who bought a 1830s former bank building on Warren Street last year. He was looking around for the right concept to restore it to its commercial roots when he met Pain Quotidien general manager [...]
La Puerta Azul: a culinary trip South of the Border (okay…south of Pine Plains)
I had been hearing especially good things about the restaurant, La Puerta Azul (the “Blue Door”) from my customers lately. So, a group of friends decided to check it out over weekend. Some of us were true mavens of Mexican food and had tried the restaurant a few years ago but found the food lacking, [...]
It’s a Wonderful Inn!
Falls Village Inn…It’s A Wonderful Life in Falls Village I was fortunate enough to become part of the group that helped furnish the Falls Village Inn. When owners Colin Chambers and Susan Sweetapple purchased the inn this past year, an angel descended upon them in the presence of Bunny Williams. Bunny (“An Affair with a [...]
Club Helsinki in Hudson – go now!
This is a ground breaking, visionary endeavor and I think it’s going to be huge. I’m excited to see a monumental project and business like this right here in our area. I believe they are doing something that is going to have an enormous impact on our community — on so many levels. That’s why [...]
Red Devon in the News!
There’s a lot going on at Red Devon these days! In the most recent issue of Valley Table Magazine, Red Devon Executive Chef Sara Lukasiewicz was featured in the cover article “I Can’t Believe They’re Eating the Whole Thing”. Sara is one of several chefs in the area who are part of the “Slow Movement” [...]
“We all scream for ice cream” – The Scoop Creamery opens in Pine Plains!
JULY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH! Along with baseball, isn’t eating ice cream almost the favorite American summer pastime? Who doesn’t remember the nostalgia of the ice cream place you would go to with your family…you had to have your ice cream fix! For me, as a kid, it was a family run ice cream [...]
Celebrate Bastille Day at the Stissing House
Provençal Fare, World Cup Soccer, Bottomless Rosé and Pétanque! Celebrate Bastille Day like a native on Sunday, July 11 at The Stissing House, Pine Plains, NY. Patricia and Michel Jean, proprietors, invite you to revel in the cuisine and traditions of Provence with authentic food and drink. Join the fun with Pétanque, France’s answer to [...]
