The Restaurant Examiner: Guide to Choicest Entrées During Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
During the upcoming Hudson Valley Restaurant Week (Nov. 1-13), many participating restaurants offer a limited number of entrées. The most common menu choices are typically chicken breast, grilled salmon and various pastas. In addition, customers are offered entrées based on what’s available at reasonable prices from suppliers in the marketplace.
But for the more adventurous eater, many enticing opportunities exist to try chefs’ specialties and premium dishes.
Augie’s Prime Cut in Mohegan Lake offers a choice of four entrees – two of which are chicken breast and salmon. But the other two are the 12-ounce, slow-roasted (for 18 hours) prime rib and a six-ounce filet mignon, without surcharges.
The following guide to superior dinner entrées has been compiled to alert readers to alternate and possibly more captivating possibilities. (Surcharges apply for premium entrées in some cases.)
Gaucho Grill Argentine Steakhouse in White Plains offers nine entrées, but three carry a $15 surcharge and a fourth has a $10 supplementary charge. A three-course lunch costs $20.95 while a three-course dinner runs $29.95. These prices do not include tax and gratuity, and in most cases, beverages. Some restaurants may automatically add a 20 percent tip for larger groups, usually eight or more people.
Some restaurants, including Lusardi’s in Larchmont, Massa’ Coastal in Mamaroneck, Primavera in Croton Falls and The Olde Stone Mill in Tuckahoe, provide complementary coffee and tea service. Sapori in White Plains offers coffee, tea, espresso and cappuccino without additional cost.
More than 200 restaurants in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster counties are participating in Hudson Valley Restaurant Week. Below are some of the best dinner entrées available at restaurants in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.
Westchester
Briarcliff Manor
Chatterbox 54: Veal Sorentino
Bronxville
Scalini Osteria: Meatloaf Toscano
Croton Falls
Primavera: Filet mignon
Dobbs Ferry
Half Moon: New York strip steak ($5 surcharge)
Eastchester
Toscana Ristorante: Quail and risotto
Harrison/West Harrison
273 Kitchen: Lamb tenderloin
Aquario: Brook trout
Delfino’s: Filet mignon ($9 surcharge)
Emilio Ristorante: Pork chop
Trevi Ristorante: Skirt steak
Irvington
Mima Vinoteca: Short ribs ($8 surcharge)
Red Hat on the River: Hanger steak frites
River City Grille: Roast pork tenderloin
Jefferson Valley
Frankie & Augie’Z: Pork chops Campagnola
Larchmont/Mamaroneck
Il Castello: Veal marsala
La Riserva: Spaghetti caprese
Le Provencal: Bouillabaisse
Lenny’s: Prime strip steak ($10 surcharge)
Lusardi’s: Veal scaloppine
Massa’ Coastal: Pork chop
Mohegan Lake
Augie’s Prime Cut: Prime rib
Mount Kisco
251 Lex: Lamb tenderloin
Cafe of Love: Rack of lamb
Lexington Square Café: Short ribs
Winston: Hanger steak
New Rochelle
Carlo’s: Risotto/lamb chops
Port Chester
Sonora: Sirloin steak
Rye
Frankie & Johnnie’s Steakhouse: Strip steak
La Panetiere: Leg of lamb
Scarsdale
Chat America Grill: Hanger steak
Tarrytown
Cellar 49: Seafood stew
Ruth’s Chris: New York strip steak ($12.95 surcharge)
RiverMarket: Margherita pizza
Sunset Cove: Red snapper
Thornwood
Risotto: Osso buco over risotto
Tuckahoe
The Olde Stone Mill: Linguine/clams
Mamma Assunta: Tripa alla Romana
White Plains
Benjamin Steakhouse: Filet mignon ($7 surcharge)
City Limits: Seafood spaghettini
Gaucho Grill: Seafood paella ($15 surcharge)
Mix, Crown Plaza: Short ribs of beef
Morton’s: Larger filet mignon ($10 surcharge)
Sam’s of Gedney Way: Petit filet of beef
Sapori: Filet of lemon sole
The Melting Pot: Add lobster tail ($9.95 extra)
Yonkers
Dolphin: Argentinean skirt steak
La Lanterna: Half-rack of lamb
X2O Xaviars: Short ribs of beef
Yorktown Heights
Thyme: Short ribs of beef
Putnam
Cold Spring
Hudson House River Inn: Duck
Mahopac
Char: Filet mignon ($6 surcharge)
Ramiro’s 954: Shredded skirt steak
Rockland
Congers
Restaurant X/Bully Boy: Short ribs
Nyack
8 N. Broadway: Steak frites ($10 surcharge)
BV’s Grill: Filet mignon
Broadway Bistro: Long Island duck
Prohibition River: Short rib
Sour Kraut: Leg of lamb
Pearl River
AquaTerra: Veal osso buco
Piermont
Pier 701: Short ribs of beef
Sparkill
Sparklll Steakhouse: Filet mignon
Tappan
76 House: Sliced steak
Giulio’s: Skirt steak
Visit www.valleytable.com/hvrw for specific information about menu availability and hours of operation. Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is produced by The Valley Table in Newburgh.
