Cocktail Kits, which serve two, come with medicinal bottles of spirits and all the garnishes you need to make a Painkiller, coffee-spiked Black Manhattan, or “Filthy A.F. The cocktail menu is wildly creative: The prickly pear margarita, served in a 16-ounce zip-top freezer pouch, is reminiscent of an adult Capri Sun. A double-double, with quarter-pound beef patties and American cheese, this beast is served on a toasted brioche bun with extra-thick slabs of candied bacon, beer cheese, crispy fried shallots, and Sriracha aioli, alongside house-cut salt-and-pepper fries or broccoli salad.īehind the bar, Lurie puts her award-winning bartending skills to good use. The Up the River Burger is a contender for Westchester’s best. Empanadas, with fillings like spicy pepperoni, mozzarella, and Mike’s Hot Honey, change weekly. Seared ahi tacos come with tropical salsa and spicy mayo. Wings are brined, baked, and then fried, before being tossed in truffle-Buffalo, garlic-Parmesan, blueberry BBQ, or Asian sticky sauce. There are, of course, a few house specialties. A mezze platter, veal bratwurst, and a smoked, pulled chicken sandwich with chimichurri might be on the menu one week, followed by spicy Asian chicken soup and pork bao buns the next. “People think this is our COVID menu,” says bartender and chef Ashley Lurie, who was previously chef-owner at Harrison’s now-closed Sauce Box. The menu is purposefully small, and dishes change frequently. This is the first restaurant for Del Rosario, who also owns an advertising agency, and her husband, Pat Neville, a retired member of the military and FDNY, but you’d never know it from Whiskey River’s quick pivot to carry-out. “ three solid days before the governor closed all the restaurants,” says co-owner Cynthia Del Rosario. Located in the former McDonald & Peacock Cider House space, the restaurant had its soft opening on March 12. The double-stacked Up the River Burger is fully decked with thick-cut candied bacon, beer cheese, and crispy shallots.ĭespite opening just days before the COVID-19 shutdown, Peekskill’s Whiskey River is already garnering loyal regulars.
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