Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Returns to the Rivertowns
Plenty of local restaurants are participating and offering great deals
by Shana Liebman
Rivertowns (Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Irvington) — Hudson Valley Restaurant Week(s) has returned to the Rivertowns for a spring 2024 season (April 8-21). Here are some of the delicious deals at local favorites.
Hastings-on-Hudson
Harvest-on-Hudson, the elegant Mediterranean spot on the river that sources from its on-site garden, has a lunch prix fixe ($39.95, Monday-Friday) and a dinner prix fixe ($44.95 Monday-Friday and Sunday). Choose an app, main (pizza, pasta, or entree), and dessert from their regular menus, which include burrata with pickled eggplant and pistachio pesto on sesame toast, and shrimp scampi with Calabrian chili. Don’t sleep on their white clam pizza with littlenecks and bread crumbs or the short rib Scarpetta with Anson Mills polenta.
Divino Cucina Italiana (from the owners of Hudson Prime in Irvington) serves old-school classics with a modern twist. Their generous lunch prix fixe ($29.95) includes truffle arancini, spicy rigatoni with chicken, and tiramisu or limoncello cake for dessert. The three-course dinner menu ($44.95) has five entree options, including sole picatta and pork osso bucco over risotto. Start your meal with a happy hour drink in their speakeasy. (Restaurant Week menus are available Tuesday-Friday and Sunday.)
The beloved French bistro Saint George is celebrating this year’s Restaurant Week with a three-course dinner prix fixe ($44.95, Wednesday-Sunday) that features many of its star staples like buttery escargot, pate with cornichons, and a hearty coq au vin, as well as some fresh dishes like salmon with mustard and dill, and a pork blade steak with pomme puree.
Dobbs Ferry
The Cookery may be the Rivertowns’ most popular restaurant, so make a reservation now for their prix fixe dinner ($44.95, Wednesday-Friday). The small Restaurant Week menu includes the insanely delicious heirloom meatball and their daily-made mozzarella, plus lamb bolognese and a smoky, honey-glazed chicken
Also owned by David DiBari of The Cookery, The Parlor is a Neopolitan-style pizza spot with creative small plates (like fried Brussels sprouts with rice crispies), and chaotic graffiti on the walls. For their lunch prix fixe ($24.95, Tuesday-Sunday) or dinner prix fixe ($29.95, Tuesday-Friday), try the everything Caesar salad with tater tot croutons or crisp eggplant with whipped ricotta. Pizzas include the terrific “Blanco” with ricotta and fresh garlic, and “The Balls” — another chance to sample The Cookery’s divine meatballs.
You can gaze at Manhattan from an outdoor table at Half Moon, where the sophisticated menu highlights fresh seafood and includes casual fare like burgers and buffalo wings. Choose from an extensive lunch prix fixe menu ($39.95, Monday-Friday): Shrimp tacos or a wedge salad followed by a fried chicken sandwich or broccoli and avocado bowl. Dinner ($44.95, Sunday-Friday) includes tapas, grilled branzino, and beer-braised short ribs. Linger over their excellent flourless chocolate cake.
Irvington
The decadent steakhouse Hudson Prime, which opened in 2021 in the former Il Sorriso space, is a great place to get the most out of Restaurant Week. Their meaty dinner prix fixe ($44.95, Tuesday-Friday and Sunday) features thick-cut bacon and crispy sushi, followed by a petit filet, sole franchese, or a Prime burger topped with gouda. Dessert is essential: lava cake or creme brulee.
Tarrytown (including a bit of Ardsley)
The award-winning, Top Chef-run Goosefeather, tucked into the sprawling Tarrytown House Estate, has a funky modern aesthetic and an elevated Hong Kong-style seasonal menu. It also serves some of the best food in Westchester. Their prix fixe dinner menu ($44.95, Sunday-Thursday) includes the fan-favorite dry aged-beef potstickers, king pao wings, and crispy shrimp bao. There’s also char siu pork belly, and the beloved “supreme rice” dish — made with pastrami from Liebman Deli (now with a new location in Ardsley). The weekend-only brunch prix fixe ($39.95) includes a mimosa or coffee/tea, and features fried chicken dumplings and sausage, egg, and cheese fried rice.
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