If you invite me to an event and there’s cheese involved, I’m there. You do not have to ask me twice. Bimi’s Canteen in Chatham held a press event about their latest menu offering – warm pots of mixed and melted cheese fondue for $25 to $60 (see end of post for details). They use…
Category: Dinner
Bimi’s Canteen Fondue
I sometimes imagine myself schussing down an Alp in a snazzy Moncler fit. Then I snap out of it and satisfy my romantic visions of physical speed and icy snow tickling my face by streaming, for the umpteenth time, “Downhill Racer” (1969), starring a young Robert Redford at his most delicious best slaloming through the…
The Maker and Hudson Hall Events – The Foodies
I received this invite, looked at it quick, and thought to myself, it’s about food and it’s free – sign me up! I dragged a friend along, who is also kinda a “foodie” and grows all his own vegetables in a large backyard garden here in Columbia County. It’s a Thursday evening in Hudson –…
Bimi’s Canteen Opens – and it’s a Game Changer!
Hudson, when was the last time you went to Chatham for dinner? However often you went, you are now going to go more frequently with the opening of Bimi’s Canteen at 19 Main Street in Chatham, right next to their cheese shop. Bimi’s new restaurant is a game changer for the Village of Chatham, and…
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Honors The Farmers and Producers Who Contribute Food
Farmers and producers who contribute food for meals served each week to the Columbia County Recovery Kitchen (CCRK) were recognized on March 18th at Christ Church Episcopal, where the kitchen used to prepare the food each week is located. Started in 2020, at the onset of the COVID pandemic, by Carole Clark and Pam Kline,…
Three and a Half Hours: Kinderhook
Inspired by a recent New York Times article, “36 Hours: Barcelona”, I decided to write about this past weekend’s experience and the (approximately) three and a half hours I spent in Kinderhook. (Granted, not consecutive three-and-a-half hours. I mean, let’s not go crazy…) I’m always looking for a good reason to visit Kinderhook, beyond yet…
A Midsummer Night’s Supreme Dream
Happy Pride! Every now and then, someone asks me for my preferred pronoun or they ask if they should refer to me as “Trixie” or “Rich”. Honestly, I don’t care. Whatever works. I’m an old-school homosexual. I’m a “drag queen”, and my chyron underneath should read, FOR Entertainment Purposes ONLY! My gender-bending is barely an…
Open Early / Closes Late – Where to Eat in Hudson Off-Hours
I know you. It was 5am, you just got out of the Roxy, or some other Michael Alig party, and in order to sober up a bit before trekking back to your Alphabet City five-story walk-up apartment, you want a cup of coffee. You walk down 14th Street in platform shoes, (ripped) purple fishnet stockings,…
Iron and Grass
You’ve passed it multiple times and wondered what’s that? Opened in August 2021, in the former Liberi School on Route 9, Iron and Grass is a new steak chophouse, right outside of Hudson. The name, Iron and Grass, is derived from the locally grass-fed meat cooked in a cast iron pan. Cooking in a pan…
Hudson Curry House Buffet
Located in a former Wendy’s in a strip mall between Staples and Tractor Supply, this Friday night buffet has it all! Saag paneer, antique dealers, aldermen, Bollywood movies, gays, chai tea, pickles. The all-you-can-eat Friday night buffet for $18 is packed by 7pm. Had a busy week? Don’t know where to go to eat on…