Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill
91 Main St., Cold Spring. (845) 265-5582. www.tuscangrill.com .Seats: dining room, 65; patio, 24.Cuisine: Northern Italian.Specialties: sautéed calamari with arugula and smoked cherry tomatoes; fresh pappardelle pasta with pulled rabbit and seedless-grape grappa sauce; grilled Hereford beef hanger steak with an espresso-hazelnut liqueur demiglace.Main courses: $14-$28.Chef-owner: Cathryn Fadde.
Le Chambord
2737 Route 52, Hopewell Junction. (845) 221-1941. www.lechambord.com .Seats: 75.Cuisine: French-continental.Specialties: pan-seared shrimp and scallops, roasted garlic and tomato fettuccine in saffron-mussel sauce; herb-rubbed roast beef tenderloin with fluted mushrooms and sauce Bordelaise; roast loin of Millbrook farm-raised venison and Grand Veneur sauce.Main courses: $22-$72.Chef: Leonard Mott.Owner: Roy Benich.
Main Course
232 Main St., New Paltz. (845) 255-2650. www.maincoursecatering.com .Seats: 26.Cuisine: modern American.Specialties: pan-seared sea scallops with a potato and green bean composition and blood orange emulsion; chicken or tofu pad thai with rice noodles and wok-cooked vegetables; rock shrimp and clams with fusilli, broccoli and garlic sauce.Main courses: $8-$21.Chef-owner: Bruce Kazan.
Santa Fe
52 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-4100. www.santafetivoli.com .Seats: dining room, 168; patio, 30.Cuisine: Mexican.Specialties: guacamole with avocado, cilantro, lime and red onion; Puerto Angel burrito with Baja shrimp sautéed with Spanish onions, spinach and tomatoes; shrimp sautéed in a Mexican-Thai, ginger-peanut curry over baby spinach.Main courses: $8-$22.Chef: Billy Hamilton.Owner: David Weiss.
Terrapin
6426 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-3330. www.terrapinrestaurant.com .Seats: dining room, 105; bistro, 35; patio, 46.Cuisine: new American.Specialties: macadamia-tempura calamari; pork tenderloin with Thai orange-coconut curry; Guinness-braised lamb shanks topped with garlic chips.Main courses: $18-$30.Chef-owner: Josh Kroner.
