During my last trip to the finger lakes I was confronted with several important decisions. What lake are we gonna do today? East or west side? Start north, head back south towards the cottage? Bring lunch? Stop for lunch? Where to eat dinner? Are reservations needed? When choosing a wine country dinner they are a few musts. The restaurant must have an ecletic menu. A heavy Italian cuisine focused place will not cut it after a long day of drinking. It must have farm fresh ingredients since after all we are in the country. Lastly, the wine menu must have extensive local wine options at fair prices. After considering a few winery restaurants for our first night's dinner, I ended up taking some advice from the owner of Catherine Cottages, the place we stayed at in Montour Falls, just south of Seneca lake.
He emailed us a list of restaurants and luckily I read it in time to get reservations at the Stonecat Cafe in Hector, NY. What sold me on this place was its use of organic ingredients across the board. It's located on the east side of Seneca Lake and the view is spectacular. I had some short ribs and a triple cream on crostini appetizer. My fiance and our friends loved it and it was somewhat of a relief as we are used it to gourmet eats from our new york city days. This restaurant was spot on in everyway and satisfied all the must-haves I previously mentioned. I highly recommend this place to anyone that wants a delicious thought provoking meal when they are winding down from a days worth of wine tasting in the Finger Lakes.
finger lakes...what a romantic spot. we went there for our honeymoon. i just found this blog today. what a treat to read about wine. i lift my glass to you.
Posted by: cheila | June 22, 2007 at 01:12 PM