250552 Thu Mar 22 10:11:07 -0800 2001 21 20 Tristate Region 0 1331814 We've talked about Strawberry Place for breakfast. Anything else worthwhile (besides the thrift shops and a couple of really nice bookstores)? Thu Mar 22 10:11:07 -0800 2001 0 SharonA 1 1331815 The Runcible Spoon is hugely popular with the bicycling hordes that come to Nyack on the weekends. It's often an impenetrable jungle of spandex, especially on sunny Saturdays, but it's a nice little bakery with great muffins, bread and cookies, and is a very pleasant coffee spot when not horrendously busy. Not too far out of Nyack up Rte. 303 in Tappan is Food World, a really awesome and Korean-run supermarket. Check out the extensive kimchee counter and the broad selection of gojuchangs, as well as the nifty assortments of frozen dumplings, dried vegetables and fresh and frozen seafood. Asia Garden, a pretty good Korean restaurant, is across the street. Just past Nanuet on the same road as the Nanuet Mall is a Salvadoran pupuseria. I've visited there just once, but if you've never had pupusas, it's well worth checking out. Thu Mar 22 14:29:50 -0800 2001 1331814 0 MU 1 1331816 I endorse all the places MU mentioned, and would add another: Foodworld International supermarket in Spring Valley, a couple of miles up Rt. 59. This is a supermarket that caters to the variety of ethnic groups in the area. There are huge selections of Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Haitian, etc. products at suprisingly reasonable prices. In Nyack I also recommend Hudson House as a somewhat more elegant dining place and Thai House, the Thai restaurant on the side street as opposed to the one on Main St. Thu Mar 22 23:45:49 -0800 2001 1331814 0 Deven Black 2 1331947 Don't forget the adjacent town of Piermont, Free Lance and Xaviar, it doesn't get any better than that. Thu Apr 26 21:35:19 -0700 2001 1331816 0 Renee 3 1331948 You're right about Free Lance and Xaviar, but not about georgraphy. Betwixt Nyack and Piermont lay South Nyack and Grandview, both lovely, though restaurantless, villages. Actually, my favorite place to dine in the area is Restaurant X in Valley Cottage which is owned by Patrick Kelly who also owns Free Lance and Xavier's. X is larger, more comfortable, and easier to get into than the other two and has equally wonderful food and drink. Fri Apr 27 00:09:00 -0700 2001 1331947 0 Deven Black 4 1331966 Actually, that's Peter Kelley, not Patrick. But I do agree that "X" is very nice. Bill Mon Apr 30 18:19:47 -0700 2001 1331948 0 Bill Rubin 5 1331967 Oops and now I guess I got his last name wrong, Kelly vs Kelley. Bill Mon Apr 30 18:37:42 -0700 2001 1331966 0 Bill Rubin 6 1331987 And as long as we're correcting, I believe that X is in Congers, not Valley Cottage. Thu May 03 14:28:53 -0700 2001 1331967 0 Jill Rovitzky Black 7 1331992 Isn't anyone going to tell me it is some other letter than "X", or did I get at least one thing right? Fri May 04 00:00:08 -0700 2001 1331987 0 Deven Black 8 1331995 Well, if you insist, strictly speaking it is called Restaurant X and Bully Boy Bar. But the fact remains that the food is wonderful. Bill Fri May 04 12:12:41 -0700 2001 1331992 0 Bill Rubin 5 1331968 You are correct. I should have said Peter. This will teach me to post late at night, a time when I can bafrely get my own name right. Thanks. Mon Apr 30 22:57:53 -0700 2001 1331966 0 Deven Black 4 1334079 His name is PETER KELLY Thu Feb 21 12:04:44 -0800 2002 1331948 0 bonnie r. 5 1334092 Yes, so I was told shortly after I posted on April 27, 2001, but it is nice to be reminded again. Peter it is. Thu Feb 21 22:41:06 -0800 2002 1334079 0 Deven Black 5 4457129 ned kelly (peter's brother) pretty much runs restaurant x Fri Feb 27 07:07:28 -0800 2009 1334079 18380 corky 1 1331817 Not that I like the food (but I sure liked Mickey Mantle, the ballplayer, many years ago) but David Liederman plans to open another branch of the Central Park South spot there soon. He'll have a tough time up in Nyack without the tourist crowd that Mantle's in NYC attracts. Fri Mar 23 10:16:50 -0800 2001 1331814 0 Maven 2 2 1331818 I was at the Palisades Mall in Nyack last week and saw on their list of Restaurants "Mickey Mantles" it said opened March 1. Didn't get to check it out since my son needed to go to the Rainforest Cafe. Also highly recommend the Thai House, better than any Thai I've tried in the Westchester and CT area and also read rave reviews about the Hudson House and the Runcible Spoon. Please check out the Pie Lady (closed for winter)on Burd Street next to the Children's Museum - Awesome home made pies. Fri Mar 23 14:18:49 -0800 2001 1331817 0 Lisa 2 1331822 The Mickey Mantle is going into the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, a very different place than Nyack. Mantle's will do extremely well at the mall as all the restaurants there do. Besides, Rockland County is Yankee country. The Mets are almost unknown here. Sat Mar 24 00:12:13 -0800 2001 1331817 0 Deven Black 1 1331827 Anyone (Deven?) know about this place? Not that I want to replace Strawberry Place, but it was a zoo on Sat. (hope we didn't chowhound it into inaccessability), and anyway I'm just curious. Thanks. Mon Mar 26 14:24:04 -0800 2001 1331814 0 wemberly 2 1331831 Under a former owner the Kyack in Nyack had some interesting sandwiches but was unable to produce them so rapidly enough that one could order and recieve the sandwich in the same lunch hour. Okay, so I exagerate somewhat but service was very slow. I have only tried it once since they took over but the new owners seem to have solved the service problem, and the menu is not bad but not as interesting as I think it used to be. Mon Mar 26 23:26:19 -0800 2001 1331827 0 Deven Black 3 1331840 Thanks Deven - you are the ultimate Nyack resource. By the way, your town has the nicest library-got an old edition of an Arthur C. Clarke book last week-with a most excellent ladies room. Most convenient. Fri Mar 30 08:13:21 -0800 2001 1331831 0 wemberly 4 1331844 Glad to help. Particularly glad you like our little library as my wife is on the board of directors. The men's room at the library is also nice as it, too, has a changing table which I used often when our chowpuppy was a tad younger. Fri Mar 30 22:55:11 -0800 2001 1331840 0 Deven Black 1 4455813 I've lived in Nyack for many years and this is the first time I have the felt the need to mention a food place that I think deserves to get a lot more attention. It is an Ecuadorian Deli called Avispa and is located on Main street near Franklin, My wife and love it. It is very cheap and has excellent pastries, desserts and fresh bread, Everything is made fresh there and the owner has gotten his experience from a bakery in Brooklyn. My wife an I have sat and had an authentic Ecuadorian breakfast, taken out many sandwiches, pastries and desserts. The food is always so delicious. We often feel guilty how cheap the final cost is. Although we are always the only non-spanish speaking people there we always feel comfortable and welcomed. I love this place and do not want to see it go out of business. As far as I am concerned, it is without a doubt the best kept secret in Nyack. Thu Feb 26 17:03:26 -0800 2009 1331814 223150 tpmt