BACKROADS • SEPTEMBER 2021
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Thisilldous Eatery presents
GREAT ALL AMERICAN DINER RUN THE FILLING STATION
243 ROUTE 9N, PALISADES, NY • 845-359-9000 45 SOUTH ROUTE 9W, WEST HAVERSTRAW, NY 10993 • 845-786-9000 www.tfsburgerworks.com • CHECK LOCATIONS FOR HOURS A juicy burger, some awesome French fries and a frosty drink. What could be better after a great day’s ride? If you think the same thing, have we got a place for you to point your bike. Actually, two places, as The Filling Station has a couple of spots for you to park and enjoy just that, or a number of other tasty beef and non-beef sandwiches.
Agata Ostrowska and her husband, Stavros, opened the original location in Palisades in 2011, expanding to West Haverstraw in 2014. Both locations reside in what used to be filling stations (thus the name), with the Palisades location in one of the oldest gas stations in the US. This 140-foot shack is in a beautiful spot, with outdoor picnic tables shaded with trees. You’ll find parking and most likely a number of other
tasty places to take your bike
motorcycles, as this has become somewhat of a ‘destination gathering’ for riders in the NY/NJ area. The first Sunday of the month, Bikes and Breakfast meet at the Market, right next to the Filling Station. Dale Prusinowski, an avid motorcyclist with a passion for the classic, vintage and antique, started this gathering in 2013 and now, 8 years later, has expanded it to several locations in NY, VA, MD and PA. You can find more about the Palisades, NY gathering, as well as the other locations, at BikesandBreakfast.com But back to TFS, as they are lovingly called. We chose the West Haverstraw location, which is in, possibly, an old Mobil station that went through a few food iterations. When the Ostrowskas took it over, they brought it back to the bones of a gas station but with a very funky, cool vibe featuring two garage doors and a recycled tin ceiling with reclaimed wood and corrugated metal from a barn. There are a few outdoor tables, but sitting at one of the 60 indoor seats can bring you back to 1950s Americana. The menu is creative and inviting, bringing you simple foods but done really, really well. The hot dogs are a custom blend with 100% Black Angus beef, which you can have simply on a bun or loaded up – the Junkyard Dog – with tomato, onion, pickles, hot peppers & yellow mustard. Their sauerkraut is homemade, as is their pickle relish. If you are more of a fowl person, they offer spicy fried or grilled on a bun with any number
