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We Have Questions Gary Shteyngart
Ciao, Guido’s!
Owners this is us Chris and Matt Masiero at Guido’s.
It might have been ve years in the making, but the totally revamped Guido’s in
Fresh Marketplace
Great Barrington was well worth the wait. As co-owner Matt Masiero showed me around the store I’ve been shopping at since I was a kid, I couldn’t believe the sheer size of it. In addition to its traditional o erings— meats and seafood, gourmet cheeses, prepared foods, baked goods, fresh owers— the new and genuinely vastly improved Guido’s now boasts a barbecue station, a burrito bar, a café and a smoothie bar—plus a gorgeous outdoor patio and replace, giving it even more of a community feel. Other upgrades, Masiero tells me, include more in-person demos and cool features such as fresh mozzarella made in-house daily. “If it wasn’t a destination before,” he says, “it’s certainly going to be one now.” Like Gwen Stefani might say: No doubt. –Isabel Hochman
What the heck is “Detroit pizza” was my rst question, when I heard about Poughkeepsie’s
Hudson & Packard
pizza shop taking second place for “Best Pan Pizza” in the world(!) at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas last fall for one of their creations, “Holé Molé.” Detroit pizza, I learned, is thicker than regular New York pies and square. This I had to try. Second-best pan pizza in the world? We’ll see about that. In a word, “Wow!” From the rst bite of this just-this-side-of-burned crust to the multiple layers of cheese, tomato sauce and sausage, this may have very well been the best pizza I’ve ever had (and I’ve had of pizza, friends). a lot Owner Charlie Webb is, no great shock here, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. C’mon now and plan your next Poughkeepsie pizza adventure. You, too, –RPF
will be amazed.
stay tunedThrough The Mill(brook)
Proposed luxury resort Second Mountain still on life support. | By Richard Pérez-Feria
A er exiting from New York City’s NoMad and Eleven Madison Park—annually ranked among the top restaurants on the planet—restaurateur Will Guidara moved to Kingston (pre-pandemic) and purchased the Migdale Castle estate in the billionaire-laden, bucolic village of Millbrook. The sprawling 350-acre compound, built in 1927 for Andrew Carnegie’s only daughter and most recently occupied by billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein and his colorful family, had been renovated by the Wildensteins to the tune of $50 million in 2000. Guidara’s intention has always been to develop , as the property is now called,
Second Mountain
as a luxury resort with 77 rooms, suites, cabins, cottages, rental pool units, glamping tents and unparalleled dining experiences from Brian Lockwood, a former chef de cuisine of NoMad. The notoriously private Millbrook residents (including the Divine Miss M, Bette Midler) have staged a ferocious battle on multiple fronts—Tra c! Environment! Noise!—all but killing any hopes of Second Mountain ever becoming a reality, and angering most business owners who covet the additional revenues sure to follow those hotel guests. Though not likely to be exactly what Will Guidara rst envisioned for his Millbrook dream project, he remains hopeful the town board will support a scaled down version of his proposal. For now, his vision is best seen from a distance. (Couldn’t resist. Sorry, Bette).
Opening film crew night; Matt Dillon and Jonathan Gray; Bill Pullman
of Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Connelly and Lucy Liu. “The event is really open and speaks to the culture of Woodstock,” says Blaustein. “There’s an accessibility to interact with everyone. We’ve got high-quality lms, but with a casual and intimate vibe.”
What could be a better place to experience indie lm (and live music) than the art- centric community of Woodstock? Open to the public, the annual
, Woodstock Film Festival this year being held from September 28 to October 2, “feels like you’re walking into a warm embrace,” says co-founder and executive director Meira Blaustein. The four-day festival— which features movie screenings, music performances and expert panels—has been historically well- attended by a diverse bevy of actors, directors, screenwriters and other industry folks, has attracted the likes
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Kenver goes way beyond the slopes.
activities and products.” Beyond the standard non-winter fare, you’d expect—mountain bikes, canoes, outdoor wear, camping equipment— Kenver’s got its nger on the pulse of evolving customer interests. “We found that pickleball was a growing sport in the area, so we’ve brought in Baddle paddles and apparel,” he says.
Since its recent change in ownership, longstanding Egremont, MA ski shop Kenver , Ltd. is lling its shelves with all manner of warm weather gear. “It’s been more than six years since we’ve been open for spring and summer,” says the store’s General Manager JC Duryee. “So, we’re excited to be adding a large assortment of new
