Apples & chowhoundy in Warwick? Need help asap!!
Headed to Applewood orchards today--any good? Fun for a toddler? Is Ochs or Penning better? or Maskers? Any good reasonable spots for lunch or dinner in the immediate Warwick area that are toddler friendly and good for salads, and other light fare--but good fare? Thanks for the quick help!!!!
janie
Sep 14, 2007 07:20AM
Maskers gets my vote.
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I like Ochs because it's so far removed. You really feel like you're in the country. They also have awesome cider.
Don't forget to stop at the Bellvale Creamery on 17A for ice cream!
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Well, we went to Ochs and Pennings, and Ochs was a real dumpy looking place. The amenities such as a bathroom didn't fair too well either--the floor was made of cardboard, I think!.Yeah I felt like I was in the country when I had to keep my eye on the giant spider on the wall in bathroom as I .... The market that they had was very dirty and their apples didn't look very good, nor did any of their other offerings. I wouldn't eat anything prepared there, take a good look around, it's pretty gross. I see better produce at Stop and Shop on a lousy day. And the prices were very high also. There were also a family having ice cream from them, and they found a penny in their ice cream..not good, is what we thought of this place..on to Pennings, well at least the market was clean, and they had more things, but I was expecting lots of pies and an impressive bakery, and apple cider doughnuts, etc, etc..what I saw instead was maybe 2 pies, and not cheap either.--their apples though looked nice, but prices were pretty high---I mean we're not talking even talking organic apples here. I bought some nice looking tomatoes, but their other offerings were nothing much, and their little deli offerings were sort of gross looking. I mean what's the deal here, is everything just hyped up? Where are the real country markets and cascading orchards? What am I missing here....?
Then we headed over to the Backyard Grill and Cafe which I saw mentioned a couple times on Forester, forget this place---they don't even make their own guacomole and it's got dairy in it. They serve a grilled chicken sandwich with no sauce of any kind on plain foccaccio and what look like froz fries, and the rest I'll just spare you...........if you can't do the simple things well, then forget the rest--and also, small portions and overpriced.........not a chowhoundy day at all...I'll stick with Queens any day------------
On a positive note, however, the Victorian architecture in Warwick is gorgeous--and the people are very friendly. They just need better food. What's the deal with the wineries there, are they lousy, too?
Really like to take short day trips, but really like to have some definite food destinations that are reasonable and tasty..............
thanks for the advice, though...
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Warwick Valley Winery, between Warwick and Pine Island is by far the best in the area. Good assortment of apples and pears. Fun wines. Decent food. Often has musicians on fall weekend days.
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I like the Warwick Valley Winery. They make a hard pear cider that we buy by the case. The food is very njce too. A more traditional restaurant that has been there forever in Pine Island is The Jolly Onion. It is a very typical American style restaurant, with a salad bar, and old world entrees like knockworst. .
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