White Plains Restaurants Reopen on Day after Blizzard Passes

The 14 inches of snow that fell on White Plains on Saturday, January 23, 2016, didn’t faze the area’s restaurants. While many restaurants in other parts of Westchester County didn’t open until dinner time, most White Plains restaurants were back in business for brunch or lunch service.

Emma’s Ale House opened at 11:45 a.m. and served its regular brunch menu including vanilla-bean French toast, Eggs Benedict, steak and eggs, and Huevos Rancheros (fire-roasted tomatoes, peppers, jalapeño, two fried eggs, feta cheese over corn tortilla, garnished with cilantro and served with home fries).

Sam’s of Gedney Way opened for brunch at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday and provided its regular menu including a complimentary Bloody Mary, mimosa or Bellini to go with any entrée on the menu including Banana Foster pancakes, breakfast burrito, and shrimp and asparagus omelet.

Bao’s Chinese Cuisine, at noon, began offering its delivery service and serving its regular menu — which was recently expanded to include spicy Peppercorn Felight, Bao Bao Bun, and a cook-it-yourself dish with a vast array of ingredients called Shabu Shabu (customers cook this dish at their tables on a portable gas stove with a dual cooking pot).

Sapori began service at 2 p.m. (its usual time for opening on Sunday) with its fireplace roaring and the kitchen cooking its popular squid-ink pasta, chicken scarpariello, and veal chop and the staff performing deboning duties for branzino, Dover sole and orata at the customer’s tables.

Photo: Sapori in White Plains