A little piece of Tuscany on Tivoli’s Broadway, GioBatta Alimentari brings generations of Italian food tradition to the Hudson Valley. Run by chef Francesco Buitoni, a descendant of the family behind the famous pasta name, this neighbourhood kitchen and market serves handmade bucatini with broccoli rabe and Maine cannellini, Roman-style arancini and a delicious sour cherry crostata, alongside shelves of ingredients and prepared dishes to take home. 

Tivoli’s answer to the neighbourhood café-deli, here breakfast sandwiches, creative lunch fillings and coffee share the stage with shelves of everyday pantry finds. The Club Club is the headliner: marinated chicken, bacon, tomato, coleslaw and peppadew aioli stacked between slices of toast. 

A classic roadside stop, Del’s serves up juicy burgers, golden fries and small-batch ice cream made with milk from its own dairy farm in nearby Red Hook. The menu also features boozy milkshakes, from coffee and Irish whiskey to lavender-honey blueberry with gin. 

Named after a line from Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, {pretty to think so} occupies Rhinebeck’s historic Starr Institute library, where books once lined the shelves and now set the scene for dinner. The farm-to-table menu follows the Hudson Valley seasons, with dishes ranging from caviar-topped frites and oysters to crispy duck confit and market vegetables