Purple Fall: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2017

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — There will be more than 200 participating restaurants for the fall 2017 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, which will run from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12. And there's a new creative element:
restaurants have the choice to showcase menus dedicated to purple produce.

Chefs can experiment with purple vegetables such as cauliflower, Japanese eggplant, potatoes, beets, kale, carrots, peppers and Brussels sprouts in appetizers, entrees and desserts, said Publisher of The Valley Table and Founder of Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, Janet Crawshaw.

Covering 115 miles, Hudson Valley Restaurant Week provides diners with three-course, prix-fixe dinners for $32.95 and lunches for $22.95, from restaurants across Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Sullivan, Dutchess and Ulster counties. Featuring a global selection of cuisines and farm-to- table dishes the list of participating restaurants is now available here: hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com.

“We are excited to once again welcome the start of Restaurant Week in the Hudson Valley as we continue to promote the farmers, purveyors, chefs and restaurants that we are all so passionate about,” Crawshaw said. “We set out to challenge the chefs this year with the introduction of our new purple ingredient-theme menus and can’t wait for fall 2017 HVRW begins to hear what diners have to say about the change!”

More than 80 percent of Hudson Valley Restaurant Week’s participating chefs and restaurateurs use locally-sourced ingredients in support of area farms, winemakers, artisanal producers and purveyors.

Of the many restaurants that are new to Hudson Valley Restaurant Week this fall are The Amsterdam in Rhinebeck, a modern-American restaurant serving farm-to-table fare; Juniper in Hastings-on-Hudson, a cozy cafe offering New American cuisine; Heritage Food + Drink in Wappinger Falls, with a menu of Southern-inspired farm to table dishes; Stagecoach Inn in Goshen, offering an elegant, Continental menu and more.

No passes, tickets or coupons are required but reservations are highly recommended.

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is produced by The Valley Table magazine and made possible with the support of community sponsors, including: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Dutchess County Tourism, Orange County Tourism, Rockland County Tourism, Ulster County Tourism, Westchester County Tourism, Manhattan Beer, Hudson Whiskey, The Culinary Institute of America, Irving Farm and Pamal Broadcasting.

PHOTO: flatbread from Cosmios via Hudson Valley Restaurant Week