Red
Hook, New York
Eat well and shop smart
From the April 22, 2002 Issue of New York
 Red
Hook lives in the shadow of its flashier neighbor, Rhinebeck, but
the quiet farming community two hours from the city and 25 minutes
from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) deserves your attention.
Stay at the Red Hook Inn, a Federal-style B&B with a cozy fireside
bar, and request room No. 5 -- outfitted with a fireplace and a Jacuzzi.
Start the new day with breakfast at Billie's, then walk through the
Annex Antique, browse Hoffman's Barn Sale (a junk shop next to the
movie theater), and hit the local farm stands, Montgomery Place and
the Greig Farm. Have dinner across the street at Mina, or at Gigi
Trattoria in Rhinebeck -- both are owned by CIA grads. Later, stop
in at the Black Swan Pub in nearby Tivoli, popular with Bard College
students and weekenders alike.
-- ANN MARIE GARDNER
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