Thousands of surveyors (4,502, to be exact) made their voices heard by contributing to our just-released 2009/2010 Westchester/Hudson Valley Restaurants guide, which covers 955 local eateries. Who were the big winners? Once again, Xaviars at Piermont placed No.1 in both Food and Service, while another of chef Peter Kelly’s restaurants, X2O Xaviars on the Hudson, was voted Most Popular. The “magnificent” views at Tarrytown’s Equus helped it gallop to the top of the Decor list. Finally, 36 Main in New Paltz was surveyors’ favorite newcomer in the area.
Because I have not yet had the chance, the opportunity, the pleasure of dinning at any of these Westchester/Hudson Valley restaurants, I now look forward to a few more day-trips in the evening hours.
My “wondering” mind asks – would visiting these restaurants be a pleasure, would we be so pleased with the expierence that we would want to go back? And what is it that trully makes us want to go back to a place? If it’s the food, is it truly that spectacular that you must return? The atomsphere, is it that special that you must return? Tell me, what makes it special for you…
