Readers of the blog know that foodwise, I am a huge supporter of everything wholesome, organic, farm-to-table, etc. You are what you eat! While this belief mostly affects the food we buy for our home, it also affects our restaurant choices.
For our anniversary in June, we went to Roberta’s Blanca, an amazing 27 course tasting menu experience that we will never forget. This past weekend, we ventured up to Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
Located 30 miles north of New York City, the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture opened in the Spring of 2004, and from it derived a four season working farm and educational center. Blue Hill at Stone Barns features farm-to-table food directly from the Stone Barns farm, and other local farms around the Hudson Valley. The restaurant won the New Best Restaurant award from the James Beard Foundation.
Below are the highlights. Enjoy the pics! (We didn’t want to be “those people”, so we didn’t use flash. Apologies if anything came out dark!)
The dining room. The restaurant was more formal than I would have guessed. Men are strongly encouraged to wear jackets (and ties). The decor made it feel like a mix of formal and rustic.
There is no menu, per se. You choose between three options. A 5 course tasting menu, an 8 course tasting menu, and a 10 course tasting menu. And you have the option of adding cheese as an additional course to the 5 or 8 course menus (it is included in the 10 course menus). Due to time/nanny constraints (not to mention cost), we went with the 5 course menu.
