Mount Kisco and Chappaqua Restaurants Reopen on Day after Blizzard Passes

The 13 or 14 inches of snow that fell on Mount Kisco/Chappaqua didn’t faze the area’s restaurants. While many restaurants in other parts of Westchester County didn’t open until dinner time, most Mount Kisco/Chappaqua restaurants were back in business for brunch or lunch service on Sunday, January 24, 2016.,

Executive chef/owner Leslie Lampert opened Cafe of Love at 11 a.m.

The restaurant offered its regular à la carte brunch service which includes a variety of items priced at $13 each such as frittata panini, scrambled egg and sausage wrap, Nutella-banana crepes, buttermilk pancakes, and Mr. or Mrs. Croques. Also offered: French toast ($14), steak and eggs ($16) and bagel, cream cheese and lox ($16).

Via Vanti! opened on time at 10 a.m. and served its regular $19.95 prix-fixe brunch including a complimentary Bloody Mary, mimosa or bellini to accompany a choice of four starters and ten main courses including lemon ricotta pancakes, waffles, three-egg omelets, and a half-pound burger with mozzarella and chips. Coffee, tea or soft drinks are included in the price. Brunch was offered until 3 p.m. when dinner service started.

251 LEX opened at noon and its kitchen remained open until 9 p.m. The menu at this restaurant changes daily and is dependent on what is available at the new Fulton Fish Market Cooperative at Hunts Point in The Bronx and at local suppliers including farms. Its sister restaurants, 273 Kitchen in Harrison and 8 North Broadway in Nyack, were also open from noon to 9 p.m.

Crabtree’s Kittle House in Chappaqua opened at 11:30 a.m. and stayed open to 9 p.m. serving its $37.50 prix-fixe Sunday meal which includes baked breakfast items, salads, a seafood station including Pennsylvania Rainbow trout, pasta, desserts, and a carving station with Wester Ross Island Scottish salmon, New York steak, Berkshire ham, John Boy’s pork and chicken, and Hudson Valley Heritage turkey.

Photo: Executive chef/owner Leslie Lampert at Cafe of Love