Gleason’s
Named for comic legend Jackie Gleason, Peekskill’s most famous transplant, this new venture from the team behind Birdsall House promises a menu of flatbread pizzas made with locally sourced produce and house-smoked Hemlock Hill Farm meats. Expect eight changing taps of craft beer, cocktails shaken with house-made bitters, and an extensive Scotch and bourbon list. Opened August 31. 911 South St, Peekskill (914) 402-1950;
gleasons-peekskill.com
Tagine
The third restaurant by the chef team of Jonathan Pratt and Craig Purdy (also behind Peter Pratt’s Inn and ümami café), Tagine is named for North Africa’s signature, cone-lidded cooking vessel and eponymous, slow-cooked casserole. Look for the new Croton-on-Hudson venture to mix French bistro standards with the spice-soaked flavors of Morocco. Slated to have opened in September. 118-120 Grand St, Croton-on-Hudson (no phone/website as of press time)
RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen
In one of the more stunning stories of 2012, partners Glenn Vogt and John Crabtree announced that Crabtree’s Kittle House, a Chappaqua institution since 1980, will debut RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen in Tarrytown’s Hudson Harbor development. The 6,700-square-foot LEED-certified complex will encompass a restaurant and bar, a Hudson Valley-sourced farmers’ market (with prepared foods), and RiverMarket Wine and Spirits: a retail store specializing in organic, local, sustainable, and bio-
dynamic wines and liquors. Slated to open in late fall 2012. Hudson Harbor, Tarrytown (no phone/website as of press time)
Jean-Georges Vongerichten/ Inn at Pound Ridge
While details are few, we do know that, in the autumn of 2011, Waccabuc resident Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten purchased the Inn at Pound Ridge (last incarnated as Emily Shaw’s), a Westchester landmark built circa 1833, with the intention of reopening the space as a restaurant. While rumors are unconfirmed as to whether Vongerichten’s Westchester menu might mimic that of Vongerichten’s famed ABC Kitchen or Spice Market, we do know that Vongerichten has installed Thomas Juul-Hansen, the architect behind Vongerichten’s Perry Street, to oversee the property’s extensive remodeling. 258 Westchester Ave, Pound Ridge (no phone/web as of press time)
