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Mirador Restaurant Review
My latest Times Union restaurant review is for Mirador, an Andalucian-inspired restaurant on what might be the most happening thoroughfare in New York…
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Christopher J. Yates
One With Land — Restaurant Review
The food in this photo might look very brown.
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Christopher J. Yates
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Eliza Restaurant Review
If there’s a winning formula for Hudson Valley restaurant success, I suspect newly opened Eliza, in Kingston’s astonishingly buzzy midtown, might be in…
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Christopher J. Yates
Champetre Restaurant Review
Champetre in Pine Plains, NY, is so delightfully old school that you have to use a phone to make a reservation — not with an app but with your actual…
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Christopher J. Yates
My Top Ten Hudson Valley dishes, 2023
2023 was my first full calendar year as the Hudson Valley Dining Critic for the Times Union.
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Christopher J. Yates
Casa Susanna — Restaurant Review
Another contender for “best opening” of 2023, Casa Susanna, the restaurant for Camptown Hotel in Leeds, New York, serves exquisite modern Mexican food…
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Christopher J. Yates
Cenadou — Restaurant Review
Having earlier in 2023 declared Piaule to have the finest food I’ve eaten in the Hudson Valley, Cenadou made me think again.
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Christopher J. Yates
Lola Pizza — Restaurant Review
There’s more on offer than just pizza at Lola in Kingston, but the pizza is particularly fine!
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Christopher J. Yates
Willow at Mirbeau — Restaurant Review
“The Mirbeau Inn & Spa in Rhinebeck looks like a French chateau — not a Vegas knock-off version but an elegant facsimile.
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Christopher J. Yates
Griffin House Tavern — Restaurant Review
A perfectly pleasant meal — but a common American “mistake” when it comes to serving fish and chips.
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Christopher J. Yates
Brickmen — Restaurant Review
This review caused a bit of a stir, with one local news outlet mounting a full-scale editorial attack on me for, erm, telling the truth about a very…
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Christopher J. Yates
Kip's Tavern — Restaurant Review
This restaurant is a small slice of heaven next to an Amtrak station!
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Christopher J. Yates
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