The Amazing Catskills (A West Kill Perspective)
Food scene
This new restaurant sits right on the main drag on the way to Hunter Mountain, but is very cool and hip and features quality yet relatively inexpensive breakfast and lunch.
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Fellow Mountain Cafe
7883 Main StThis new restaurant sits right on the main drag on the way to Hunter Mountain, but is very cool and hip and features quality yet relatively inexpensive breakfast and lunch.
Peek-a-Moose in Pine Hill is a tasteful dinner conglomerate run by ex-Gramercy Tavern chef that includes a formal dining room, great bar with local beer, and, best of all, an outdoor fire pit with cocktail service and s'mores.
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Peekamoose
8373 NY-28Peek-a-Moose in Pine Hill is a tasteful dinner conglomerate run by ex-Gramercy Tavern chef that includes a formal dining room, great bar with local beer, and, best of all, an outdoor fire pit with cocktail service and s'mores.
Phoenicia Diner is cool; it's menu is simple yet well thought through and modern.
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Phoenicia Diner
5681 NY-28Phoenicia Diner is cool; it's menu is simple yet well thought through and modern.
The Phoenician
10 Main StAmazing steak! A nice relaxed vibe.
For best ribs ever and great kid-friendly food, head out to Chicken Run in Windham. Live music is often present, adding a great dimension to your experience. Unlimited starter popcorn helps keep the kids super happy from the start.
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Chicken Run Family Restaurant and Steak House
5639 NY-23For best ribs ever and great kid-friendly food, head out to Chicken Run in Windham. Live music is often present, adding a great dimension to your experience. Unlimited starter popcorn helps keep the kids super happy from the start.
Our French friends' favorite Shandaken Inn offers tasteful and civilized contemporary take on haute French food.
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The Clubhouse at Shandaken Inn
1 Golf Course RdOur French friends' favorite Shandaken Inn offers tasteful and civilized contemporary take on haute French food.
If you long for a hip Williamsburg vibe, head over to Chappies in Roxbury: yes, they serve a Moroccan Tagine, too, and it's one of the favorites of the international artsy crowd.
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Chappie's
53535 NY-30If you long for a hip Williamsburg vibe, head over to Chappies in Roxbury: yes, they serve a Moroccan Tagine, too, and it's one of the favorites of the international artsy crowd.
Try a seasonal IPA at West Kill brewing at the end of Spruceton Road. With outdoor seating and a taco truck, (weekends 12PM-7PM), the brewery offers seasonal draft beers, often with live music.
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West Kill Brewing
2173 Spruceton RdTry a seasonal IPA at West Kill brewing at the end of Spruceton Road. With outdoor seating and a taco truck, (weekends 12PM-7PM), the brewery offers seasonal draft beers, often with live music.
Great for kids
Emerson complex on 28 is something we started to appreciate just recently. It includes the World's largest kaleidoscope and an awesome kids' toy shop. Also, their restaurant, Woodnotes, serves a very nice breakfast (white tablecloths) with very reasonably prices. Their spa is also quite an attraction.
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Emerson Resort & Spa
5340 NY-28Emerson complex on 28 is something we started to appreciate just recently. It includes the World's largest kaleidoscope and an awesome kids' toy shop. Also, their restaurant, Woodnotes, serves a very nice breakfast (white tablecloths) with very reasonably prices. Their spa is also quite an attraction.
Mountain Brook Farm
393 B G Partridge RdHorseriding
Dancing Horse Farm
545 Mitchell Hollow RdHorseriding
Windham movie theater is an experience in its own right -- you sit on plush couches, enjoying food, while watching a big-screen performance.
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Windham Theatre
11 Vets RdWindham movie theater is an experience in its own right -- you sit on plush couches, enjoying food, while watching a big-screen performance.
Sightseeing
If you like history, there is plenty to be found in the Catskills. Several amazing mansions and extreme hotels have been built here by the NY High Society, with many mansions constructed by the famous NYC and Hamptons architects like Delano & Aldrich. One famous example, a former Colgate mansion, is now a Deer Mountain Inn, and is open to the public as a restaurant.
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Deer Mountain Inn
790 Co Rd 25 If you like history, there is plenty to be found in the Catskills. Several amazing mansions and extreme hotels have been built here by the NY High Society, with many mansions constructed by the famous NYC and Hamptons architects like Delano & Aldrich. One famous example, a former Colgate mansion, is now a Deer Mountain Inn, and is open to the public as a restaurant.
Curiosity
Spruceton Inn was once a haunt of Arnold Swartzenegger -- he still has family in West Kill and it's a nice place to have a refreshment and chat with other weekenders around a fire. The Inn hosts an artist-in-residence program to have someone on hand to strike up interesting conversations.
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Spruceton Inn
2080 Spruceton RdSpruceton Inn was once a haunt of Arnold Swartzenegger -- he still has family in West Kill and it's a nice place to have a refreshment and chat with other weekenders around a fire. The Inn hosts an artist-in-residence program to have someone on hand to strike up interesting conversations.
City/town information
Nearby Tannersville offers a number of options, including art galleries and music venues. Tannersville also has the best fun lunch: Mama's Boy in Tannersville is a pure joy: in a tasteful ice cream shack in psychedelic colors, they serve soft-serve ice cream, hot dogs, burgers and much more. 6067 Main Street, Tannersville.
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Tannersville
Nearby Tannersville offers a number of options, including art galleries and music venues. Tannersville also has the best fun lunch: Mama's Boy in Tannersville is a pure joy: in a tasteful ice cream shack in psychedelic colors, they serve soft-serve ice cream, hot dogs, burgers and much more. 6067 Main Street, Tannersville.
Hiking
We are within 5-15 minutes from the best hiking trails Catskills has to offer. Trails lead up Hunter Mountain to the fire tower from the end of the Spruceton road, there's also excellent fishing all along the road and past the trail head. There is a bushwhack to Sherrill Mountain right behind the barnhouse, a nearby parking for Halcott, and, of course, West Kill mountain. Other popular trails include Devil's Path and more. I am not allowed to post outside links in this email, but if you google Catskills 3500+, you will find plenty of information on the peaks in the area. The nature is spectacular and hikes can be as short or as long as you'd like to make them. We often go for a family picnic in the woods across the field behind the barnhouse.
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Devil’s Path
Devil's PathWe are within 5-15 minutes from the best hiking trails Catskills has to offer. Trails lead up Hunter Mountain to the fire tower from the end of the Spruceton road, there's also excellent fishing all along the road and past the trail head. There is a bushwhack to Sherrill Mountain right behind the barnhouse, a nearby parking for Halcott, and, of course, West Kill mountain. Other popular trails include Devil's Path and more. I am not allowed to post outside links in this email, but if you google Catskills 3500+, you will find plenty of information on the peaks in the area. The nature is spectacular and hikes can be as short or as long as you'd like to make them. We often go for a family picnic in the woods across the field behind the barnhouse.
Swim!
Mine Kill is a bit of a drive, but is a completely free nature preserve that offers swimming lessons for the kids! Grownups will enjoy a refreshing swim as well.
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Mine Kill State Park
161 Mine Kill RdMine Kill is a bit of a drive, but is a completely free nature preserve that offers swimming lessons for the kids! Grownups will enjoy a refreshing swim as well.
Great for swimming and overall R&R away from home.
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C D Lane Park
281 Big Hollow RdGreat for swimming and overall R&R away from home.
This place charges a daily parking fee (around $10 per car), but is a fun self-contained center of activities, including swimming.
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Campamento North / South Lake
874 N Lake RdThis place charges a daily parking fee (around $10 per car), but is a fun self-contained center of activities, including swimming.
Dolan's Lake is another favorite swimming place
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Dolans Lake
Dolan's Lake is another favorite swimming place
The High Ridge Club is a private club and requires a membership, but it has a great pool, swim lessons, tennis and much more.
High Ridge Club Inc
31 Cindy LnThe High Ridge Club is a private club and requires a membership, but it has a great pool, swim lessons, tennis and much more.
West Kill is a 100-ft wide creek that is crystal clear, refreshing and shallow enough to be safe for little kids. It also features deeper areas, "swim holes", along it way, that are deep enough for grown up swimming.
West Kill
West Kill is a 100-ft wide creek that is crystal clear, refreshing and shallow enough to be safe for little kids. It also features deeper areas, "swim holes", along it way, that are deep enough for grown up swimming.