CONTINENTAL
The
Arlington House
3532
Route 43, West Sand Lake, 674-1880. Once the Arlington Hotel,
this is a gorgeous-looking destination where seafood is
especially well done and the menu is changed to fit each
season. Good homemade desserts, too. Full bar. Serving dinner
Tue-Sat 4-9. Sun 4-8. Call for summer hours in July and
August. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Aubergine
Routes
22 and 23, Hillsdale, 325-3412, www.aubergine.com. The approach
to food at this fine-dining establishment draws as much
from New American ideas as it does from the classical models.
Specializing in seasonal items with an extensive wine list.
Four overnight guest rooms. High casual dress appreciated.
Reservations recommended. Serving dinner 5:30-close Wed-Sun.
AE, MC, V, checks. $$$$
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Bookmaker’s at the Holiday Inn
232
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 587-8944. Steaks, chicken, shrimp
and other continental favorites. Banquet facilities, on/off-premises
catering. Light-fare menu available. Serving 6:30 AM-10
PM daily; breakfast buffet 8-noon Sun. Reservations suggested.
AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$
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Brindisi’s
390
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 587-6262. Innovative continental
fare with a tendency toward northern Italy, served in a
handsome setting with a picture window on Saratoga’s main
street. The bar is friendly and desserts are another specialty.
Live entertainment every weekend. Serving lunch 11:30-3
Fri-Sat, dinner 5-10 Mon-Thu, 5-11 Fri-Sat, 4-9 Sun. AE,
D, MC, V. $$$
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Capitol House
614
Route 9W, Glenmont, 463-5130. A chef-owned restaurant where
the chef does all the cooking. Featuring nightly seafood
specials, duck and veal preparations and homemade desserts.
Full bar, catering and banquet facilities. Private rooms
for 15 to 40 people. Serving dinner 5-10 Mon-Sat. Closed
Sun (except holidays). Reservations suggested on weekends.
AE, MC, V, personal checks. $$$
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Eartha’s Restaurant
60
Court St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0602. Innovative American
cuisine, specializing in prime meats and fresh fish. Full
bar. Serving dinner 5:30-9:30 Tue-Sat. Closed Sun and Mon.
D, MC, V. $$$$
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Elm Court Restaurant
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71, North Egremont, Mass., (413) 528-0325. A beautiful old
building (it dates from 1790) with small, elegant dining
rooms. The menu, which changes daily, features fresh ingredients
and includes great takes on old classics like French onion
soup and escargot, as well as more recently devised American
fare. Full bar, on-premises catering. Serving dinner 5-9
Wed-Sun. AE, MC, V. $$$$
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43 Phila Bistro
43
Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 584-2720. Thoughtfully prepared
creative cuisine is available at this award-winning American
bistro. Menu changes seasonally. Full bar. Serving dinner
5-10 Mon-Sat. Open Sun in season, call for hours. AE, D,
MC, V. $$$$
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Gideon Putnam Hotel
Saratoga
Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, 584-3000. Elegant dining,
featuring continental fare, pasta and more, in any of several
attractive rooms. Open to the public year-round. Full bar,
catering and banquet facilities. Serving lunch 11:30-2 daily;
dinner 6-9 Sun-Thu, 6-10 Fri-Sat; brunch 10:30-2 Sun. Reservations
suggested. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V. $$$$
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The Ginger Man Wine Bar & Restaurant
234
Western Ave., Albany, 427-5963. Try the fruit-and-cheese
board with a glass of wine; other menu items include sesame
tuna with ginger and soy, house-made ravioli, and plenty
of other entrées. Salads and daily fish and pasta specials,
too. The Ginger Man is popular for an extensive, award-
winning wine and beer list. Full bar, on-premises catering,
takeout available. Serving 11:30-11:30 Mon-Thu, 11:30 AM-12:30
AM Fri. Bar open 4:30 PM until 1 AM Mon-Thu, 4-12:30 Sat.
Closed Sun. Reservations recommended. AE, D, MC, V. $$$
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Glen Sanders Mansion
1
Glen Ave., Scotia, 374-7262. Featuring gourmet cuisine and
seasonal specials. Full bar and banquet facilities, on/off-premises
catering. Overnight accommodations available. Serving lunch
11:30-2 Mon-Fri; dinner 5-10 Mon-Sat, 4-9 Sun; brunch 10:30-1:30
Sun; pub menu 2 PM-10 PM Mon-Fri, 5-10 Sat, 4-10 Sun. Reservations
recommended. AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$$$
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Good Times Lakeview Restaurant
175
Lake Road, Ballston Lake, 399-9976. A varied menu with light
fare to hearty dining, cheerful service and a view of Ballston
Lake combine to help those good times along. Homestyle country
cooking featuring homemade pastas, fresh seafood and chops.
Early-bird specials, children’s menu. Year-round murder-mystery
dinner theater. Full bar, takeout, catering and banquet
facilities. Private lakeview banquet room; also an open
fireplace. Serving 11:30-9 daily. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V.
$$
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Great American Grill
Albany
Airport Hilton, 800 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie, 464-6666.
Dine in view of the Hilton lobby and watch the passersby
as you sample the breakfast buffet, dig into a sandwich
or try one of the exotic dinner specials; the 16-ounce porterhouse
pork chop is a favorite. Full bar, banquet facilities, on-premises
catering. Serving breakfast 6-10 Mon-Fri, 7-noon Sat-Sun
and holidays; lunch 11-1 Mon-Fri, noon-1 Sat-Sun and holidays;
dinner 5-10 nightly. AE, D, MC, V. $$$
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The Greenfield Village Inn
3234
Route 9N, Greenfield Center, 893-2885. Serving Northern
Italian, Mediterranean and American fare featuring seafood,
steaks and poultry—including fresh turkey cooked off the
bone. Full bar. Takeout available, on/off-premises catering.
Serving lunch and dinner 11:30-close Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.
Reservations recommended. AE, D, MC, V. $$$
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La Perla at the Gregory House
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43, Averill Park, 674-3774. Specializing in Italian and
Continental foods including chicken, seafood and wild-game
specials, all served in a relaxed atmosphere. Full bar,
on-premises catering and banquet facilities for small groups.
Serving lunch 11:30-3 Mon, Wed-Fri; dinner 3-10 Mon, Wed-Thu,
3-11 Fri-Sat, 2-10 Sun. Reservations suggested. AE, CB,
D, MC, V. $$$
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Lanzi’s on the Lake
Route
30, Mayfield, 661-7711. Owned and operated by the Lanzi
family. Fine dining for three generations, specializing
in steaks, seafood and Italian dishes. Full bar, on/off-premises
catering. Serving lunch 11-3 daily, dinner 4-close daily.
Reservations suggested. AE, D, MC, V. $$
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Lark Tavern
453
Madison Ave., Albany, 463-9779. Newly updated menu features
favorites from steak to burgers to chicken parmesan to chicken
wings. Try the homemade French onion soup or authentic homemade
beans and greens. Wine by the bottle or glass; 16 draft
beers and more than 40 bottled selections. Full bar, on/off
premises catering. Takeout available. Serving 11 AM-close
Mon-Sat, noon-close Sun. AE, CB, D, MC, V. $
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La Serre
14
Green St., Albany, 463-6056. This is the place for fresh
pasta, grilled fish or veal chanterelle. Full bar
and banquet facilities. Serving lunch 11:30-2:30 Mon-Fri,
dinner 5-9 Mon-Thu, 5-9:30 Fri-Sat. Closed most Sundays.
Reservations suggested. AE, CB, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Lenox House Restaurant
55
Pittsfield-Lenox Road (Routes 7 and 20), Lenox, Mass., (413)
637-1341. Serving continental cuisine, chef-owner Alan Carr
offers old favorites like chicken amandine, chicken or lobster
pot pie, and fresh-baked popovers—but you’ll also find health-conscious
items and an imaginative use of fruits and vegetables. Full
bar, banquet facilities, on-premises catering. Serving 11:30-9
Sun-Thu, 11:30-10 Fri-Sat. AE, D, MC, V. $$$
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Mansion Hill Inn
115
Philip St., Albany, 465-2038. This American-regional restaurant
changes its menu two or three times a year. Enjoy homemade
desserts; in fact, virtually everything is made from scratch.
Start with the award-winning lobster bisque or the wild
mushroom clam chowder; entrée specialties include horseradish-encrusted
fillet of beef, black peppercorn fettuccine with sautéed
shrimp and scallops, and veal medallions with shitakes,
spinach and tarragin cream. Catering, banquet and private
parties available. Reservations suggested. Serving dinner
5-close. Mon-Sat. Closed Sun. Serving lunch Wed-Fri, 11:30-2.
AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$$
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My Way Café
Routes
9 and 67E, Malta, 899-4196. Make a meal of fresh skillet
pasta or try the seafood, beef or veal specials, all served
amid Sinatra memorabilia. Full bar, catering for private
parties, and takeout available. No smoking. Serving 4-close
Tue-Sun. Reservations suggested. AE, D, MC, V, personal
checks. All entrées $16.95.
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Nicole’s Bistro at the Quackenbush House
25
Quackenbush Square, Albany, 465-1111. Dinner is served with
a decidedly French flair in Albany’s oldest historic building.
The menu is noted for traditional dishes including rack
of lamb, roast duckling and steak au poivre. Also features
contemporary menu items. In addition to the regular menu
a fixed-price $25 dinner menu and $34 dinner (including
two glasses of house wine) are available. Summer dining
in the fabulous garden. Full bar, banquet facilities. Serving
lunch 11:30-2:30 Mon-Fri, dinner 5-10 Mon-Sat. Reservations
suggested. AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$$$
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Olde Shaker Inn
1171
Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, 783-6460. The usual meats
and fishes are transformed with imaginative ingredients
on a menu offering New American cuisine. Full bar, facilities
for small parties and off-premises catering available. Serving
lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9:30 Mon-Thu, 5-10 Fri-Sat,
2-9 Sun. AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Palmer House Café
1462
Main St., Rensselaerville, 797-3449. A country village restaurant
with a menu that changes weekly and highlights fresh vegetables
and herbs, as well as elegant pastries. Full bar, on/off-premises
catering. Dinner 5-close Thu-Sun, brunch 11-3 Sun. Lunch
is served noon-5 Sun. Closed Mon-Wed. Reservations suggested.
AE, CB, DC, MC, V. $$$
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The Pillars
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20, New Lebanon, 794-8007. European and regional American
cuisine meet in this period cottage on seven acres of rolling
lawn. Specialties include veal Lafayette and sole Mantua
served in a lobster reduction sauce. Full bar, on-premises
catering. Serving 5-10 Wed-Sat, 4-9 Sun. Reservations suggested.
AE, CB, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Prospect Restaurant
Scribner
Hollow Lodge, Route 23A, Hunter, 263-4211. Austrian-born
chef Eduard Lanzinger prepares a variety of classic and
innovative dinners. Try the stuffed tenderloin of beef,
wrapped around ham and spinach. Award-winning wine list.
Serving dinner Sun-Thu 5-10, Fri-Sat 5-11. AE, D, MC, V.
$$$
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Provence
Stuyvesant
Plaza, Guilderland, 689-7777. Serving traditional and contemporary
Southern French and Mediterranean cuisine. Experience fine
dining in true French-bistro style with such classic dishes
as bouillabaisse, roasted duck and steak frites.
Enjoy professional and friendly service, an open kitchen
featuring daily specials, a full custom-made zinc bar and
extensive wine list in our beautiful, casually elegant French
setting. Award-winning wine list. Serving lunch 11-3 Mon-Sat,
dinner nightly 5 PM-close. Reservations accepted. AE, D,
DC, MC, V. $$$
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Red Dot
321
Warren St., Hudson, 828-3657. A casual, friendly, European-style
bistro in the heart of Hudson’s art and antiques district.
The Belgian-inspired menu features authentic Belgian frites,
mussels, fish and chips, burgers and daily specials. Full
bar. Serving 5-10 Wed-Sat, Sun brunch 11-3, dinner 5-9.
Closed Mon-Tue. MC, V. $$
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The Red Lion Inn
30
Main St., Stockbridge, Mass., (413) 298-5545. Three dining
rooms—which can seat 275—give you plenty of seating choices
in an establishment that dates from 1773. The menu features
regional cuisine with a contemporary twist, including carved
turkey and skillet-roasted trout. And don’t forget a post-prandial
rock on the porch. Full bar, banquet facilities, on/off-premises
catering. Serving breakfast 7-10:30 daily (Continental buffet
in the tavern); lunch noon-2:30 Mon-Sat (until 4 in the
tavern), noon-4 Sun; dinner 5:30-9 daily. AE, D, DC, MC,
V. $$$$
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Rene’s Restaurant
215
White Schoolhouse Road, Chestertown, 494-2904. Chef Rene
Plattner oversees the excellent dinners and extraordinary
desserts in an elegant but still somewhat rustic setting
overlooking Loon Lake. Catering service. Serving dinner
Wed-Sun 5-9. Closed Mon-Tue. AE, D, MC, V. $$$
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The Restaurant at Mill Road
30
Mill Road, Latham, 783-7244, fax 783-7255. From light fare
to full dinners. Steaks, seafood, homemade soups, children’s
menu, daily lunch and dinner specials. Situated on an “executive”
18-hole golf course. Full bar, banquet facilities and large
enclosed deck. Serving 11:30 AM-close daily. Reservations
suggested. D, MC, V. $$
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River Street Café
429
River St., Troy, 273-2740. The chef and chef-owner give
personal attention to each item on the seasonally changing
menu of fresh, New American fare. Beer and wine. Serving
5:30 PM-close Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon. Reservations suggested.
MC, V, personal checks. $$$
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Smith’s
171
Remsen St., Cohoes, 237-9809. Built in 1873, this historic
restaurant boasts one of the longest fully stocked bars
north of New York City. The menu offers fresh seafood, veal,
calf’s liver, pastas, chicken, various prime beef dishes
and daily specials. All desserts made on premises. Homemade
soups. Full bar, banquet facilities. Serving lunch 11:30-2:30
Tue-Fri; dinner 5-9 Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon (open for private
parties). Reservations suggested. AE, MC, V. $$
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Sperry’s
30
1/2 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs, 584-9618. Casual upscale
dining on a side street, with an all-season patio area.
Noted for soft-shell crab (in season), seafood, Maryland
crab cakes, sirloin and fresh fish specials, handmade desserts.
Full bar. Takeout available. Serving lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat;
dinner 5:30-10 Mon-Sat, 5-9 Sun. AE, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Stephanie’s on the Park
462
Madison Ave., Albany, 449-2492. Chef-owner Stephanie Martin
has developed a “melting pot” menu that ranges from veal
to pasta, with preparations taken from all over the globe.
Full bar. Serving dinner 5:30-10 Tue-Thu, 5:30-11 Fri-Sat,
5-9 Sun, brunch 10-2 Sun. Bar open till 2 AM Thu-Sat. Closed
Mon. Reservations recommended. AE, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Webster’s Corner
Crowne
Plaza Hotel, State and Lodge streets, Albany, 462-6611.
An upscale American menu featuring steaks, pork chops, lamb
and a variety of fresh fish. Full bar with an upscale martini
lounge. On-premises catering and banquet facilities. Light
dinner menu, too. Serving breakfast 6:30-11 Mon-Fri, 7-noon
on Sat, (buffet 7-10 Mon-Fri); lunch 11:30-2 Mon-Fri; brunch
11:00-2 Sun; dinner 5-10 Mon-Sat. AE, D, DC, MC, V. $$$
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Wishing Well
Route
9, Wilton, 584-7640. Triple-thick loin lamb chops are featured,
along with fresh seafood and prime rib. Live Maine lobsters
available nightly. Full bar and banquet facilities. Fri-Sun
piano bar. Serving 5-10 Tue-Fri, 5-11 Sat, noon-9 Sun. Closed
Mon. Reservations suggested. AE, DC, MC, V. $$$
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