Stissing House
{{Short description|Restaurant in Pine Plains, New York}}
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Stissing House is a restaurant in Pine Plains, currently characterized as a "country tavern".{{cite news |last1=Krishna |first1=Priya |title=A Manhattan Chef Heads Upstate. A Country Tavern Follows. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/dining/stissing-house-pine-plains.html |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925123929/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/dining/stissing-house-pine-plains.html |url-status=live }} Clare de Boer owns and operates Stissing House. Previously, a French restaurant, also called Stissing House, operated in the space occupied by de Boer's restaurant.
History
The building in which Stissing House is located was completed in 1782, or 1783.{{cite news |last1=Detjen |first1=Jim |title=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/114718435/?terms=%22Stissing%20House%22&match=1 |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |date=24 June 1973 |language=en}} From 1995 until 2021, the building was occupied by a French restaurant, also called Stissing House. The French restaurant was operated by Michel and Patricia Jean.{{cite news |last1=Doyon |first1=Marie |title=Champetre: A Pedrigreed French Chef's Boite in Pine Plains |url=https://www.chronogram.com/food-drink/champetre-a-pedrigreed-french-chefs-boite-in-pine-plains-16595290 |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=Chronogram Magazine |date=14 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325112427/https://www.chronogram.com/food-drink/champetre-a-pedrigreed-french-chefs-boite-in-pine-plains-16595290 |url-status=live }}
Clare de Boer became interested in purchasing and restoring the restaurant when she learned Michel and Patricia Jean intended to close it in 2021. The new restaurant's design draws inspiration from the Shakers.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Hannah |title=Designers Are Revisiting Shaker Style—And We're Here for It |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/designers-are-revisiting-shaker-style-and-were-here-for-it |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=Architectural Digest |date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408191823/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/designers-are-revisiting-shaker-style-and-were-here-for-it |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Erika |title=We Asked an Actual Shaker What He Thinks of New York’s ‘Shaker Food’ Scene. He Said: ‘Nay.’ |url=https://ny.eater.com/2022/4/21/23035623/shaker-restaurants-food-brother-arnold-hadd-interview |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Eater NY |date=21 April 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Nikita |title=Five New Restaurants to Try Near the Catskills |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/dining/five-new-restaurants-to-try-near-the-catskills.html |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 2022}} de Boer has compared the challenges of operating Stissing House to the challenges associated with operating her Manhattan restaurant King, saying that King has "no room" but a large number of potential diners, while Stissing House has "loads of room" and a much smaller pool of potential diners.
Reception
=French restaurant: 1995-2021=
Daniel Mochon, in a review published by the Poughkeepsie Journal, wrote a positive review of Stissing House in 2006, praising its decor and drinks.{{cite news |last1=Mochon |first1=Daniel |title=Stissing House is home to superb fare |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/115032116/?match=1 |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |date=23 June 2006}}
=New restaurant: 2021-present=
==Reviews==
Writing for the Times Union, Susie Davidson Powell positively reviewed the restaurant's service and highlighted its buttermilk sherbet.{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Susie Davidson |title=Rustic Stissing House remote but worth the trip |url=https://www.timesunion.com/food/article/Rustic-Stissing-House-remote-but-worth-the-trip-17100690.php |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Times Union |date=26 April 2022}}
The New York Times included the restaurant on its third annual "New York Times Restaurant List" which tracks the 50 restaurants that "excite" critics and reporters associated with the newspaper the most in a given year.{{cite news |title=The Restaurant List 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/dining/best-restaurants-america.html |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920053102/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/dining/best-restaurants-america.html |url-status=live }}
New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov included the restaurant on a September 2023 list of restaurants and drinking establishments titled "Where to Drink Wine in the Hudson Valley".{{cite news |last1=Asimov |first1=Eric |title=Where to Drink Wine in the Hudson Valley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/dining/drinks/best-wine-hudson-valley.html |access-date=25 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 September 2023 |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925022435/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/dining/drinks/best-wine-hudson-valley.html |url-status=live }} Asimov praised the restaurant for featuring "opportunities to splurge on slightly older vintages" and "less expensive options".
The Infatuation included the restaurant on its 2023 list of the best restaurants in the Hudson Valley.{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=Chanize |last2=Cruz |first2=Anne |last3=Lagomarsino |first3=Clare |title=The 25 Best Restaurants In The Hudson Valley 2023 – Hudson Valley |url=https://www.theinfatuation.com/hudson-valley/guides/hudson-valley-restaurants |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=The Infatuation |date=30 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324082846/https://www.theinfatuation.com/hudson-valley/guides/hudson-valley-restaurants |url-status=live }} Kat Odell, writing for Bloomberg, included the restaurant on a 2023 list of "Restaurants in Upstate New York Worth the Drive".{{cite news |last1=Odell |first1=Kat |title=Here Are 14 Restaurants in Upstate New York Worth the Drive |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-11/forget-hamptons-14-restaurants-in-upstate-new-york-worth-the-drive?sref=CIpmV6x8 |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=Bloomberg.com |date=11 April 2023 |language=en}}
==Awards==
The restaurant was nominated for the 2023 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant.{{cite news |last1=Doyon |first1=Marie |title=4 Upstate Restaurants Named 2023 James Beard Award Semifinalists |url=https://www.chronogram.com/food-drink/2023-james-beard-award-semifinalists-hudson-valley-catskills-17409403 |access-date=19 September 2023 |work=Chronogram Magazine |date=3 February 2023 |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620052439/https://www.chronogram.com/food-drink/2023-james-beard-award-semifinalists-hudson-valley-catskills-17409403 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.stissinghouse.com/}}
Category:2022 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Restaurants in New York (state)
Category:Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area