Readers' Choice

Crabtree's Kittle House Wins 2nd Readers' Choice Poll!

Last month it won Best Dessert. This time, it's for Where to Eat If Someone Else is Paying.

Chappaqua's Crabtree's Kittle House has won our poll for Where to Eat If Someone Else is Paying, its second win since we began the series in March. Its first Readers' Choice win was for Best Dessert. It finished out our most recent poll with 20 votes cast. Congrats! Tune in Monday morning for our next category, Best Florist!

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Crabtree's Kittle House Continues A Succulent Tradition

The noted restaurant's annual clam bake and pig roast has a large menu and devoted following.

Even the weather cooperated when hungry diners gathered for the renowned Crabtree's Kittle House Pig Roast and Clam Bake on July 22. The evening was balmy, and free of the raging rains of the previous day. Food lovers from New York and Connecticut mingled easily, the wine and beer on tap flowed freely. Passed hors d'oeuvres included mushroom crostini, and skewered shrimp, chicken, and beef, with dips of mango and peanut. Tables out on the patio were set for intimate groups of no more than eight people, the better to facilitate conversation. Blazing candlelight and soft music complimented the scene. Owner John Crabtree circulated, and greeted many in the crowd like old friends. "We'd never miss the chance to eat these fabulous lobsters," …

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Restaurants in Mount Kisco, Chappaqua Part of Hudson Valley Restaurant Week

Crabtree's Kittle House, Café of Love, among the places listed.

Several restaurants from Mount Kisco and Chappaqua are involved in Hudson Valley Restaurant Week. The event will be held from March 15 to March 28 and is in its fourth year, according to information from its Web site. During the week, patron can go to participating restaurants location in the Hudson Valley Counties (and a few over the border in Connecticut) and get three-course prix fixe lunches for $20 or $28 three-course diners. Several marquee local eating establishments are participating. Mount Kisco will well-represented, with Café of Love, Lexington Square Café and Via Vanti. Chappaqua's own Crabtree's Kittle House will be involved, too.     

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Looking to Go Out for Super Sunday? Here Are Some Places To Eat

Here is a guide of local restaurants and bars offering events or deals for the big game.

Are you looking for places to go out to, relax and enjoy the Super Bowl tonight? Patch has put together a list of places offering either special events or deals for the biggest game of the year: Chappaqua: Crabtree's Kittle House is holding a tailgate party from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pregame food being offered includes some 3-alarm wings from John Boy's Farm, pigs in a blanket, deviled eggs, and cheddar and chive popcorn. Half time includes some mouth-watering treats, including sweet potato fries, shrimp tacos with chipotle slaw and buttermilk fried chicken. Finally, second half and post-game treats include funnel cake and other desserts from the restaurant, and Captain Lawrence Beer and various wines are half price. Admission is $44 and …

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Crabtree's Kittle House to Donate Part of Revenue to Haiti

Will send portion of Sunday dinner revenue to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

Crabtree's Kittle House is taking a step to provide aid to ravaged Haiti. Yesterday was the first of two Sundays for when they will donate a portion of their dinner proceeds to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Glenn Vogt, a partner in the restaurant, said that 20 percent of total revenue from last night and next Sunday's dinner hours will be sent. "The restaurant business in general and the restaurant industry has always been one of the first to jump to the lead in helping people in need, and serious causes like this around the country and around the world," he said. Vogt said that people can help Haiti just by eating at the restaurant. "You can help the people in Haiti just by coming here and having dinner," he said. "It's a pretty easy and a…

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Taylor Cottage Slated for Move

A legacy of Moses Taylor's estate could be moved to its new home as early as this Friday.

An old cottage that was once part of the estate of Moses Taylor is slated to be transported to a new located as early as this Friday. Chappaqua resident and interior designer Brenda Kelly Kramer purchased the house for $1 from property owner Steve Tavolacci last year to save it from being demolished, and has been working since last April to get things ready. It will be moved from its current location on Taylor Road to her home about three miles away. Kramer already has the top portion of the building at her property, but the first floor needs to be moved. She said that it will be cut vertically, right down the middle, and that temporary walls will be put into the cottage. The bottom part of the cottage is already off the foundation and on …