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French onion short ribs in Pleasantville is Jeanne Muchnick's Best Thing She Ate This Week
Who doesn't love comfort food? It's why the French onion short rib at Freddy's in Pleasantville, with gruyere potato gratin and onion rings — a must if you're going for that 70s vibe — is the best thing I ate this week. I have to confess I've loved...
Shake Shack to open its fourth location in Westchester. Find out where
Add another Shake Shack to Westchester. The burger chain, known for serving elevated versions of American classics at affordable prices, will open its second Yonkers restaurant in the former PF Chang’s space at Ridge Hill in Yonkers sometime next year. The first Yonkers spot is at the Cross County Center.
Review: Looking at the historic bonds of animals and humans in 'Our Kindred Creatures'
A 19th-century pet cemetery in Westchester County, New York, with poignant epitaphs: "Born a dog/Lived like a gentleman/Died beloved." A metropolis adjacent to a metropolis, with teeming Chicago stockyards next to a luxurious hotel. Manhattan's equine ambulance, which preceded the city's first human ambulance by a couple of years.
Mt. Kisco Farmers Market Ready to Roll for New Season
It’s that time of year when the weather has turned warmer and a variety of farmers markets that had been closed for the winter are back in business. On Sunday, the Mount Kisco Farmers, which is run by WMN unite, reopens for its third full season at the South Moger Avenue parking lot near the Metro-North. There will be close to 20 vendors a week and about 40 vendors overall, some of whom will appear on rotation, said Nicole Sturomski, the market’s executive director and found of WMN unite.
Meet the puppies tasked with keeping public spaces in Bergen County clear of geese
Bergen County residents may notice a group of puppies patrolling an area near them soon. The animals are friendly and will happily accept some affection and words of encouragement from the public. But they are also on the clock, so to speak, performing an important environmental duty: keeping lands clear of geese. ...
The Club Car Grille Arrives in Irvington
On May 16, the much-anticipated Club Car Grille officially opened in the former River City Grille space in Irvington. By 5:00 p.m., the restaurant (which seats around 70 in the dining room and 25 at the bar) was bustling with enthusiastic diners – many of whom were River City regulars. In fact, the new restaurant feels like a slightly more refined and modern sequel to River City.
Audrey Appleby Brings Paris to Greenwich with French Jazz, Song and Dance
At the end of April, Paris came to Greenwich for two nights (April 26-27) of “French Jazz Music and Dance” at a new event venue in town, Crush Table Tennis on Field Point Road. “People were so happy,” said Audrey Appleby of some 120 who found their way to what was essentially a Paris cabaret organized by Audrey – a music and Magic-Dance-for-children town legend – along with her co-producer Michael Tolle, owner of Crush Table Tennis. “There’s something about dance and music,” she told, “That just pulls people out of their shyness, their sadness, just everything,”
Here’s how much more chocolate lovers in NYC are paying for the treat than the rest of the country
A New Yorker’s love for chocolate can be bittersweet. Everyone loves chocolate, but with global cocoa supplies being down, people are spending even more than usual on their favorite sweet treat — and New Yorkers are paying the most. In NYC, chocoholics are paying 20.66% above the rest of the country, according to a new report from consumer resource site CouponBirds. 6 foods to boost your mood — including 1 for people with a sweet tooth The team at CouponBirds looked at the average price of the most popular chocolate items at Target stores across the country using data from Instacart. They compared the...
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