Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Set To Begin

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The spring edition of Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is set to begin Monday. Organizers said, in light of the new coronavirus outbreak, that it was important to support local restaurants.

Today Media Group Publisher Mike Martinelli said the decision came after discussions with restaurateurs and guidance from federal, state and local authorities, the Journal News reported.

Martinelli advised diners to monitor their health and stay home if they think they might be sick.

Nearly 200 restaurants will be participating in the Spring 2020 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, which runs from Monday, March 16 through Sunday, March 29. Fourteen new restaurants are joining the lineup.

Restaurants will be offering three-course, prix-fixe lunches at $22.95 and dinners at $32.95.

Participating restaurants span seven counties in the Hudson Valley — Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Ulster, Orange, Sullivan and Dutchess counties — and offer a wide variety of cuisines.

Among the new restaurants participating in March is Willow by Charlie Palmer at Rhinebeck’s Mirbeau Inn & Spa. Palmer, a master chef, hotelier, cookbook author and James Beard Foundation “Best Chef in America 1997,” opened the eatery last fall.

For the full list of restaurants from Italian to seafood, Asian to steakhouse, French to American and everything in between, go to valleytable.com/hvrw. You can customize your search to focus on a specific county, cuisine or town. Reservations are highly recommended at all restaurants, organizers said.

Past participating restaurants served an estimated 250,000 patrons and reported an average 25 percent increase in business, collectively generating an estimated economic impact of $10.2 million in sales revenue, according to a spokesperson.

Among the sponsors of Spring 2020 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week are Dutchess Tourism, Ulster County Tourism, Westchester County Tourism, Resorts World Catskills, City Winery Hudson Valley, Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation, NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets, Open Table, Pamal Broadcasting, Poughkeepsie Media Group, The Culinary Institute of America, The Journal News and Metro-North Railroad.

For more information on Spring 2020 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, including sponsorship opportunities, go here.

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