482 Piermont Avenue

Piermont     NY 10968

Tel 1-845-680-6460

Though Sidewalk Bistro shares part of its name with its Piermont predecessor, Sidewalk Café, the similarities stop there. Whereas Café was a casual, chili-and-burger kind of place, the new Bistro is chic chèvre chaud and beef tartare.

Yes, the new incarnation still makes burgers, only now they're the Kobe beef variety, topped with bleu cheese.

Beyond the upscale menu, plenty of other things bode well for Bistro. Chef and co-owner Alain Eigenmann has cooked at Gascogne and Provence in Manhattan, while co-owner Daout Celestin spent 18 years as maître D' for Peter Kelly's Xaviars, down the street. And, of course, there's the location. Right in the heart of Piermont, the restaurant has been gutted and rebuilt with a new kitchen, mahogany bar, and decorative champagne riddling racks on the wall.

Apropos of its name, it offers ample sidewalk seating-ideal for people-watching-and the pretty backyard patio even has its own bar. In short, it has all the ingredients to become one of Rockland's premier dining destinations...

Ted Mann

Rockland Magazine