Links & Picks

Here are some links to some specific, interesting, eclectic (and rich!) resources of this
region both within the Barn's immediate environs and through out the mid-Hudson Valley.

Local Hikes
    •    Immediate Environs — Tivoli Landing




The Hudson River is a 20 minute walk, 10 minute car ride, turn right from the Barn, and continue straight down through the Village of Tivoli and you will run right into the River. Cross the railroad tracks and you may sit here, enjoy a stunning view of the Catskills, a good place to take in the sunset, put your kayak in.
This neck of the woods is blessed with a trail system that runs all along the river with good views, waterfalls, creeks (known as "kills" in Dutch).
Tivoli Bays is a 10 minute drive from the Barn and puts you at the trail head of 1700 acres of hiking, ruin observation, peninsulas with stunning river views.


Tivoli Restaurants


The Hudson River Valley is renowned for its ever-burgeoning commitment to local produce and cuisine....

And there are a plethora of good restaurants, farmer's markets, CSA's (community supported agriculture), farm stands, festivals and cottage food industries... from chocolate to wine, maple syrup, wild crafted herbs, heirloom vegetables, breads, pick your own...so it is impossible to list it all.

Here then is sampler of what is right close to the Barn.


Debra's Famous Banana Creme Pie

Luna 61

My most favorite and regular eating spot in Tivoli. Debra Maisel's totally vegan desserts are true mouth-gasms, oh! the banana créme pie. The noodle pot is scrumptious, filling and delicate in flavor. I send everybody who stays at the Barn here and no one comes back disappointed!

Tuesday — Thursday: 5 - 9
Friday and Saturday: 5 - 10
Brunch Sunday: 10 - 3
Sunday Dinner: 5 - 9

    • Sante Fe
Eclectic Mexican....Famous for its magauritas...and good coffee. Great to sit on the porch and observe our small village.

Tuesday — Thursday: 5 - 9:30 pm
Friday—Saturday: 5 - 10:30 pm
Sunday: 5 - 9:30pm


    • The Tivoli Bread Company...
Mikie, the Baker is renowned for his master breads, try the baguette with whole roasted garlic cloves... I am partial to his lemon loaf. Everybody sits on the porch no matter what the season & catches up with each other.

Wed, Thursday & Friday: 7 am- noon
Saturday & Sunday: 7 am- 3 pm


(845) 757-2253


    •  Osaka
Yes, there is sushi in Tivoli...

Lunch: 11:30 am- 2:30 pm
Dinner: 4:30- 9:30 pm
Friday & Saturday
: open until 10:30 pm
Sunday: 3:00 pm- 9:30 pm
Closed Tuesday

   •  Hotel Madalin
Higher end fare...with a lovely porch.

    •  Broadway Pizza
Reasonably good pizza, subs; their antipasto salad is quite decent....they deliver.

(845) 757-2000

        •  The Black Swan Pub

A great, divey bar with live music and an outdoor back garden. Thursday through Sunday, Edwin Corrales makes delicious meals from his native Costa Rican cuisine, Wednesday through Saturday, 6—9-ish.

    •  The Country Grocer

A good deli with sandwiches, breakfast and the basics. Another community gathering spot... Breakfast served all day and they deliver.

Monday—Wed: 7:30 am- 8pm
Thursday—Saturday: 7:30 am- Midnight
Sunday
: 8 am until 3:30 pm

(845) 757-3700

Where to go food shopping locally...

In Red Hook, 10 minutes from the Barn, you will find:
An IGA and a Hannaford, Sipperly's Grog Shop and Red Hook Natural Foods.

Directions to Red Hook from Tivoli:
- Turn left out of the Barn driveway onto Broadway
- Turn Right onto 9G
- Continue on 9G, pass Bard College on your right
- At second light, turn left onto 199, Montgomery Place Farm stand on your right
- Continue up hill, take note of rolling landscape on your left
- See Hardemann's Farm Stand on your left
- Continue into "four corners" of Red Hook
- IGA & Liquor store are left onto North Broadway
- Red Hook Natural Foods & Hannafords are on South Broadway, to your right

Adam's Fairacre Farms
The supermarket of choice around here is Adams, just across the Kingston/Rhinecliff Bridge, (15 mintues) with huge amount of produce and specialty products...kind of like a Hudson Valley Fairway Foods.



Farms, Markets & Farm Stands
Locally grown produce all with-in ten minutes of the Barn...

 

•  Montgomery Place
(Go South on 9g coming from Tivoli, on the right just past Bard College)
This is my favorite farm stand...unbelievable apples, many varieties, peaches, berries, corn, local veggies..it always feels like a beehive of activity at their stand. You can feel Doug and Talea Fincke's 21 years of attention and care bursting from every bite.

 •  Migiorelli's
(Take 3rd right, going South on 9G from Tivoli onto Annandale Rd by two huge stop signs, continue thru Bard College until stop light at 199....farm stand on your left)
Another great option with locally grown produce corn, tomatoes, squash...and pickles, pies. cheese.

 •  Greig Farms Pick-Your-Own
I spent one winter pruning the blueberry bushes at Greig's... that's just one crop you can harvest yourself at Greig's. And while you are there, be sure to visit the KOI POND behind Grandiflora nursery... and feed them (food provided)... you will be thrilled with a huge thrashing rush of gold, black and white... Kids will love this!

 •  Hardemann's Farm Stand
(Going South on 9G, turn left at second stop light onto 199 going into Red Hook, Hardemann's on left at bottom of hill)
Famous for its cider...and cider doughnuts, a regional speciality; indian corn, peanut brittle, hot cider... local meat products.

    Farmer's Markets
The closest farm markets to Tivoli that I frequent are in Kingston (20 minutes away across the River) and Rhinebeck (15 minutes). They are great sharings of local produce and products of all sorts, often with live music and other events going on.

Here is link to a complete list of regional farm markets and pick your own spots, Edible Hudson Valley....also a great magazine to check out for more in depth reporting about The Hudson Valley's food.



Cheap Eats

   • Holy Cow
Simply the best deal on ice cream you will find, all delivered in quick bustle by powder-blue uniformed ladies who always ask if you want that with whipped cream and a cherry. They are the first establishment in the shopping center next to the M&T Bank, across from the Regal Cinemas. Great spot for Summer people-watching, the line is out the door all year round, and they are open late!
7270 S Broadway # 1
Red Hook, NY 12571-1658
(845) 758-5959


     • Lucy's Tacos
Great lunch pit stop....fresh and delicious ingredients (a far cry from taco bell)
8 E Market St
Red Hook, NY 12571-1411
(845) 758-8055


   • Uncle Chippie's Burger Shop
I have a weakness for "sliders"... those small, three bite size burgers, dripping with fried onions & pickles... only at Chip's, you can get them with local beef or turkey... slathered with his special sauce... yum! Chip is also a great guy and I always feel my positive energy rise when I go to his "sock hop" style spot.
Old Farm Rd. & Rte. 9
Red Hook N.Y., 12571
(845) 758-3070
Open Tuesday & Wednesday: 11:00am - 8:00pm
Thursday: 11:00am - 9:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 11:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm

   • LA MEXICANA
19 W. Market St. (between Rte. 9 & St. John St.)
Red Hook, NY 12571 (845) 758-6356
There is a large Mexican community in the Hudson River Valley and this is one of the place's they eat....try the chile rellenos!

   • BARD COLLEGE COFFEE SHOP
The Bard College campus is worthy of much exploration, turn in on the road North of the Bard Chapel and Bard Hall. The coffee shop is in the Bard College Student Center, the large beige building also has a movie theatre and multi-purpose room. The grill seems to be in operation at all hours... food is good and cheap... play pool while you're at it...



Historic, Eccentric & Unusual

Concert at the Widow Jane Mine

The Bard College Chapel at Night
Some of the many intriguing sites in our area will be explored here... coming soon.

Local Products
Northwind Farms
So you want a chicken like you've never tasted before?....or beef, pork, maybe a rabbit?.....where you actually can see and know where it was raised? North Wind Farm is right down road from my property (turn left onto Broadway, go straight across 9G onto Kerley's Corners Rd, shortly see alot of animals on your left). You can drive right in and buy a bird. Tell the owners, Dick and Jane that Kathleen sent you...I worked for them during one Thanksgiving season...if you want more details, ask me... not exactly for the faint of heart!

Lucky's Chocolates
Rae Stang, the most renowned and inventive chocolatier of the Hudson Valley, has created a very fun store to explore and eat in... the plethora of chocolate products, offered in an extraordinary array of designs, blends and graphic visuals is like being in a interactive chocolate musuem. This is a good place to stop after a day exploring Woodstock...

Lyonsville Maple Syrup
If you feel like venturing across the River and its early spring, this sugar house is in full swing. They end their sap season with a big community pancake breakfast... great syrup, of course, for purchase any time...

Additional Local Resources and other Connections to Kathleen's Barn— to appear here soon.



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