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Billy & Pete’s: Elevated Pizzas, Seasonal Cocktails & Delicious Bite-Sized Donuts

Taking their mutual love and knowledge of the restaurant industry and bringing it to the area where one of them grew up, Billy Bishop and Peter Smith recently opened Billy & Pete’s Social House. The restaurant’s convivial spirit and contemporary American-themed food (with Italian accents) has already garnered enthusiastic reaction from the Mamaroneck/Larchmont area.

While the duo had to introduce the restaurant with a slightly smaller menu than originally planned, they are already finding an enthusiastic audience for their pizzas, cocktails and the bite-sized, pop in your mouth donuts that are sold on weekends at a window at the side of the restaurant.

RestaurantsAbbe WichmanSeptember 25, 2020Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Pizza, Cocktails, Breakfast, Lunch, American, Openings, Doughnuts, Homepage Comment

Bobo's Café Opens New Location: Baldwin Place Makes Three

In continuing their domination of Northern Westchester, Craig and Glen Bernardi, the two brothers behind Bobo’s Café, opened their third location in Baldwin Place a week before the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to temporarily close their doors. All three cafes are open once again, with an app making contact-free ordering for curbside pickup a snap. You can also meander up to the door and place an order but be forewarned – these joints are hopping.

Baldwin Place joins the original Somers location, and the second one opened last year in Chappaqua, as a go-to spot for great coffee drinks, an elevated café menu, and convivial atmospheres. If they did a reboot of “Cheers” in a café, Bobo’s could be the inspiration.

RestaurantsAbbe WichmanJuly 18, 2020Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee, Brunch, Comfort Food, Openings, Smoothies, HomepageComment

Everybody's Making Bagels: Eric's Bagels, Britt & Co., DIY Kits and Recipes For The Home Cook

As we became accustomed to our stay at home orders, you may have noticed more people sharing information about what were cookin’ in quarantine. Folks were craving comfort foods - especially carbs in the way of pasta, sweets and breads. Foodie Facebook groups are still trading “where to find…” ingredients, recipes and techniques to procure and produce some beautiful and tasty treats.

With having had more time at home, we researched and studied new crafts - puzzles, gardening, cooking and baking to name a few. Recipes are still exchanged and perfected with helpful tips resulting from extra time at home for trial and error. With each bread picture posted - one more beautiful than the next - it created an ingredient shortage. Getting the urge to make a loaf with no yeast to be found, had me searching for other leavening agents to make bread. Although the banana bread craze is shall we say “going bananas” by baking with the overripe fruit, for me it is the salty and not sweet bread calling me to “knead” a loaf.

FeaturesDonna Monaco OlsenMay 28, 2020bagels, Bread, Ingredients, Recipe, Breakfast, HomepageComment

Jay Street Cafe in Katonah Relaunches, Giving The People What They Want

RestaurantsAbbe WichmanMarch 10, 2020Katonah, Diner, Breakfast, Lunch, Comfort Food, Brunch, KidComment

Baked by Susan Opens New Retail Location in Croton-on-Hudson March 7th!

Evolve or dissolve is what they say and this family business has done just that – growing and growing and needing more and more space to accommodate their ever expanding line of bakery items. Constantly evolving, Baked by Susan (BbS) prides itself on making handmade old-fashioned baked goods fresh daily, and thanks to more square feet will now be expanding its savory line of goods. The new wide open space at 379 South Riverside in Croton-on-Hudson will be closer to the train station and therefore offering extended hours to accommodate hungry commuters. Join them for a soft opening this week, and a "party like" grand opening on March 7!