What you don’t know, gentle readers, is that in almost every restaurant post I write, at some point, I compare the restaurant to Bob’s. I save these posts in drafts, and before publishing, I delete the comparison to Bob’s. It’s not fair to the other restaurants. Many of us newcomers, otherwise known as “city folk”…
Category: Food
The Corn and The Fury
The following is a true story. When I first moved upstate, around 2006, I visited a gay bar in Albany (now closed) for their annual Holiday Party. There was table filled with trays of Little Debbie snack cakes and hot dogs. I lived in Manhattan’s East Village for about twenty years, graduated from NYU’s Film…
The Best Restaurants Outside of Hudson
Someone asked me for my recommendation on the best restaurant outside of Hudson, within an hour’s drive. They were taking their family on a day-trip. People ask me where they should eat all the time. I have a list of follow-up questions, and a disclaimer. I’m not a foodie. I’m not a food critic. I…
Garlic Festival 2024, Saugerties, NY
How could there be an entire festival about garlic? Welcome to the Hudson Valley! Across the river and about a half-hour from Hudson in Saugerties is the annual Hudson Valley Garlic Festival. The festival started in 1989 when Pat Reppert of Shale Hill Farm and Herb Gardens organized the first garlic festival in the Hudson…
Epicurean Purveyor, Café & Market OLDE HUDSON Expands
Wows Customers Old And New; Now The Market In Town For Immediate Release Women-owned, epicurean pioneer Olde Hudson Specialty Foods has doubled in size with an expansion and renovation that offers more of everything for which the store is known and loved: outdoor seating on the porch and garden, expanded indoor café seating, and of…
A Taste of Grandeur: The Restaurant at Klocke Estate is a Sublime Destination for Spirits and Scenery
High on a hill overlooking two mountain ranges and infinite acres of farmland, Klocke Estate – a soil-to-glass “destination distillery” in Claverack devoted to creating brandy that echoes “the timeless spirit of the Hudson Valley” – is finally opening its doors after more than seven years of development. Earlier this week, a ribbon cutting ceremony…
Rad Studio Space Opens in 521 Warren Street
I met Laura Lane at the entrance of the Rad Studio Space at 521 Warren Street, right across from City Hall, and as we walked up the stairway, she said to me, “This space used to be a puppet theater and a drag queen party.” I said, “I know, I was one of the drag…
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Marks Fourth Year Addressing Hunger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We are not going to deliver food that I would not serve in my restaurant. Carole Clark During the pandemic, in April 2020, former restaurateur Carole Clark and community activists Pam Kline and Carol Peckham founded Columbia County Recovery Kitchen (CCRK). “It was Carole’s idea” says Pam, “but I can make it…
Nine Cakes Be Jammin’
You would think that Betsy Thorleifson has enough to do, running the fabulous bakery, Nine Cakes at 748 Warren Street serving cakes, ice cream, cookies and sweets. Starting in March, Nine Cakes adds jars of homemade jams to the list The jams are the perfect Hudson souvenir or wedding favor to complement Nine Cakes’ creamy…
The Hereafter in Hudson, New York
When you step into The Hereafter cocktail bar at 721 Columbia Street, nestled between the St. Charles Hotel, the CITCO station, and Vasilow’s Confectionery, you’ll think you’re entering a speakeasy that’s about a hundred years old, and not the former Golden Grain Pizzeria. For a newly-opened bar, that only has a small sign to let…