Latest Updates This Week In The Things To Do In Beacon Guides

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Happy Sunday! Here's a quick list of what we added to ALBB this week so you can plan ahead this Spring.  As the weather gets warmer, there will be more and more fun things to do!

  • Scenic Hudson Kayak Storage: Lottery for storage is open until April 22nd 
  • The Loom Record Release Party: Saturday April 23rd at The Howland Cultural Center
  • K104's 5th Annual Cupcake Festival: Sunday May 8th at Main Street in Fishkill

All of these dates are in the Events Guide, organized by Month. Take a look for a big picture view of your month ahead!
  • All Sport Health & Fitness:  Camp Fit program dates, School's Out Daycare Program
Check our Kids Glasses Guide regularly for more updates.
  • The Beacon Pantry: more classes added such as Beginning Butchery, Cooking For The Week, and A Taste Of The Beacon Pantry
  • All Sport Health & Fitness: April is "Buddy Month", plus Comedy Night, Health & Nutrition workshops and more April events.
Check our Adult Classes Guide for more updates.



  • COLORANT Re-Opening: Hours are 11 am to 6 pm, Friday through Sunday. 
You can always check our Shopping Guide for the latest openings and promotions!



  • Barb's Butchery: Beginner class at The Beacon Pantry, "Beginner Butchery With Barb - Chicken" on April 26th. 
  • Royal Crepes:  Now open at 303 Main Street in Beacon


You can always check our Restaurant Guide for the latest openings and promotions!


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Do you have a class or workshop you would like us to consider adding? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at editorial@alittlebeacon.com. 

Driving Away In A New Car Is So Easy At Poughkeepsie Nissan (Sponsor)

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Or walk the lot of their "Big Store" of pre-owned cars of many makes and models, that Beacon-native and Executive Manager Fran Pomarico talks about in this video.

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The Coffee Pantry in Cold Spring: Slow Down and Pull Over!

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At the base of mountains around Cold Spring, nestled along Route 9, attached to the vegetable and flower market Vera's, is the unassuming yet very amazing Cold Spring Coffee Pantry, which I've never seen before in all the times that I've driven by on my way to visit friends in Sleepy Hollow or White Plains. The Coffee Pantry is quite perfectly, one of the best looking coffee shops I've ever been into. Not only that, but its ambitious drink and bakery menu is unstoppable. This coming week, starting Tuesday March 18th 2014, they are pouring for the first time wine and craft beers, by the bottle or by the glass for those lounging in the Coffee Pantry (drinks must be consumed on premises and not taken away).

Let's start with the coffee. Our friends told us about this spot one play date when we were discussing coffee and my current obsession with my Aero Press from Bank Square here in Beacon. Our friends loved Bank Square and our local coffee shops of course, but they also shared their favorite weekend spot, the Cold Spring Coffee Pantry as their "splurge" coffee, which it may be at $2.50 a cup. Each cup is manually brewed in a flat bottom drip, French press, or espresso style. But for the right brew of a bean, this is quite worth it. So let's talk about the coffee brands for a minute.The Coffee Pantry carries a wide variety of brands, including Irving Farm Rosters, Handsome Coffee Roasters (my fave name of a blend: "Handmade & Damn Handsome...just makes me giggle!), Counter Culture, and many others! 


Then there is the juice bar, with a selection of extremely healthy juice drinks on the menu, the produce of which comes from Vera's next door, which isn't sprayed with anything and some is organic. Talk about local farm to your cup! 

And now let's delight in Ella's Bella's Bakery, having their own walk of deliciousness along the side wall and across from what looked like the craft beer kegs. Gluten free and vegan for those of you who need it, and plenty if butter based pastries for those if us who butter is a staple in our diets. Croissant sandwiches, chocolate, quiche, blackberry chia oat bars, whoopie pies...?

I can't even type this anymore because I'm getting so hungry and need to get in the car to start my Route 9 errands, hitting the Coffee Pantry first, even though it's in the opposite direction of where I need to go, as I'm headed to Poughkeepsie to fix a sewing machine, hit up a party store, and grocery shop at Hannafords.

Yum!

Weekend Drive: Woody's Farm to Table in Cornwall, NY

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Deep in the hundred acre woods of Cornwall, NY, is Woody's Farm to Table restaurant. Don't let this sign fool you: "Woody's All Natural Burger and Fries". They have an expansive menu inside of chicken sandwiches, grilled cheeses, soups, a lobster roll??

Yes. A lobster roll from the fresh catches of the icy waters of Maine. In fact, most of their fresh meat is from Maine. Which is fascinating about a little restaurant in the Hudson Valley because who would have thought they'd know the secrets of Maine's locally produced food? I know I do because I'm a wanna-be Mainer in the summer when we drive up for vacation.

Speaking of driving, we took a family drive to Woody's to sample their burger, fries and a milkshake. The first hint that it would be good was the vintage looking soda fountain in the front, offering cream sodas of many flavors from Boylan Bottling.

And the burger? So good. So good that I forgot to take a picture of it before gobbling it down. Served on a brioche bun (which I normally fear in a burger because I don't like my burgers too "bunny"), the bun was soft and buttery. The lettus and sliced tomato were crisp, yet complimented the cooked burger. So happy was I, that I couldn't share it with my daughter, which was fine because she was too distracted by the chocolate fudge swirl milkshake.

The grilled cheese was...ok...nothing memorable but certainly worth eating the leftovers on. Why were there leftovers? Because my kids also devoured the fries, which might have been hand cut, and cooked perfectly. Sometimes an order of fries at a burger joint is bountiful and you can split them. At Woody's you'll want to order your own side of fries.

Overall: Worth the drive, and even better in snowy weather on a full belly!