A recent article in Westchester Magazine (15 Food and Drink Spots We’re Looking Forward to Opening in 2018 by Samantha Garbarini) featured the following upcoming restaurants in our area:
Taco Shack
When: March
Where: 25 N Main Street, Port Chester
Taco Shack will be the Taqueria’s first sit-down location, complete with full bar serving margaritas and a series of cocktails built ever-trendy mezcal.
Sweet Charlie’s
When: March
Where: 362 Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck
This East Coast chain will bring Thai-rolled ice cream to Westchester. Bases include frozen-yogurt and vegan options, and topping combos feature flavors like chocolate-peanut-butter pretzel, s’mores, mint Oreo, and the SoCal, made with açai, honey, coconut, and banana.
Decadent Ales Taproom at Half Time
When: Spring
Where: 139 Hoyt Avenue, Mamaroneck
It’s already the county’s best beer store, but starting this spring, Half Time will also be home to Decadent Ales’ brewing operations. The store will convert space into a brewery and taproom for the Mamaroneck-based brewery, where they’ll pour Decadent on draft and lines curated by Half Time. Plans include a full restaurant menu.
Colony Grill
When: May
Where: 35 Abendroth Avenue, Port Chester
For the Connecticut institution known for its hot oil pie, this will be the first New York location. The 170-seat pub space will front the Byram River (with outdoor seating in warm weather) and will serve its bar-style pies until 1 am on weekends.
Rafele Rye
When: TBD
Where: 26 Purchase Street, Rye
Chopped champion Raffaele Ronca’s Rye restaurant (he’s also the chef at Ristorante Rafele in NYC) is expected to open in the first half of 2018. Expect classics from his Neapolitan upbringing plus his mother’s cheesecake, named one of the best in America by Food & Wine.
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