In mid-July, a Journal News photographer caught the LaMothe family in their remodeled brewery on Marbledale Road. Kathy and Lyle LaMothe stood with their daughters, Kristen Stone and brewer Kasey Schwartz, in a room that now has two bars, a private event space, an all-weather beer garden and, for the first time, a full-service kitchen. Broken Bow Brewery has been in Tuckahoe since 2012. It reopened on July 29.
That reopening sets the pattern for the rest of the season. Almost every food business opening or growing in Eastchester and Tuckahoe this fall has a track record somewhere already. Some are local places expanding where they stand. Others are businesses from Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx and elsewhere picking this town for their next location. Most are going into three short stretches of road.
Marbledale Road gets a kitchen
Broken Bow named its new kitchen The ForkLift, and the brewery's site now says it is back open and serving food from it. The menu leans toward food that goes with beer: personal pizzas, burgers, Nashville hot chicken, pulled-pork sandwiches, nachos, salads and desserts.
Food changes what a brewery is used for. A taproom with a full menu can work as dinner, while a taproom without one usually comes before or after dinner somewhere else. Broken Bow's fall calendar is built around that. Its Oktoberfest special, a $25 Spiced Oktoberfest pitcher with a large warm pretzel and mustard, ran from September 28 through October 4. Pitcher Thursdays come next, with $20 pitchers of select house beers starting October 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. and more Thursday dates listed after that. Happy hour runs Monday through Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m. The brewery's visiting page wasn't showing regular hours when we checked, so call or check the site before making a trip around a specific time.
More change is planned down the road. In August, Westfair reported that Tuckahoe's Planning Board had conditionally approved a four-story project at 83–95 Marbledale Road, on a 2.8-acre former quarry site. It's mostly self-storage, with 3,390 square feet of street-level retail. The approval depends on state environmental sign-off and confirmation of utility service, so there's no construction date yet.
A Dobbs Ferry favorite moves into the old Growlers space
Main Street in Tuckahoe lost Growlers Beer Bistro in December, as Westchester Magazine reported in March. The space at 25 Main St. is now going to brothers Chris and JB Gomez, who run Climbing Wolf Coffee + Beer in Dobbs Ferry.
The Tuckahoe shop goes further than the original. Climbing Wolf's own page calls it their "second home" and says it will have "everything you know from Climbing Wolf — rotating roasters, a tap list all its own — plus, for the first time, a kitchen." Courier's fall openings roundup describes the planned food as pub fare, with burgers, fish and chips and a fry bar. The brothers also plan their own versions of fast-food staples, like a cauliflower crunch wrap and a house Big Mac.
On timing, Courier reported on September 17 that the shop was aiming for late September. As of early October, Climbing Wolf's Tuckahoe page still says "We're building it out now," and there are no Tuckahoe hours posted. Expect it soon, but don't count on it being open until the brothers say so.
Farther up the street, Gather Paper & Clay is at 50 Main St. It's a bookshop, ceramics studio, local-maker market and maker's café in one. Its site says it's serving house tea and hosting pottery-painting sessions while a full coffee bar is still on the way. A beginner handbuilding class meets Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., from October 15 through December 17. The FAQ still says the store would open in spring 2026, and we couldn't confirm regular walk-in hours. Classes are the most reliable way in for now.
Mill Road and Sunnyside Terrace
The densest cluster is in Eastchester, around Mill Road and Sunnyside Terrace. Three businesses there show the same pattern.
Crema Caffè, 9 Sunnyside Terrace. This Italian café is already open and is now expanding into the space next door. The new room focuses on aperitivo instead of coffee, with a mid-October target. Co-owner Paul Russo described the new room to Courier this way:
"a little Ralph Lauren Americana and a lot of character."
He also told Courier it will be Westchester's first amaro bar. The café already serves aperitivo in its current space. Its current aperitivo service runs Friday and Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. and includes a charcuterie board with mortadella, prosciutto, coppa, spicy salami, cheeses and seasonal jam. Posted fall hours for the café are 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Kitchen hours are different.
Chocolate House, 14 Mill Road. In April, The Journal News included this crepe-and-sweets shop in a roundup of new candy and chocolate shops and projected an April or May opening. It's now listed for pickup and delivery on Grubhub, with pickup from 1 p.m. to midnight. The menu has crepes, waffles, shakes, chocolate dips, churros and sundaes, including a Pistachio Lovers crepe and a Brownie Fudge Waffle. We couldn't confirm its first day of walk-in service, but you can order from it now.
Conti's Pastry Shoppe, 23 Mill Road. This one is the longest wait and has the longest history. Augustino Conti, an Italian immigrant from Parma, founded the bakery in the Bronx in 1921. Today it's owned by three first-generation, Bronx-born owners: Christina DiRusso, Safet Paljevic and Senada Paljevic. Westchester Magazine reported on September 17 that the Eastchester shop is being remodeled and plans to open in early 2027. It will sell traditional bakery goods and custom milestone cakes and have a fully equipped coffee bar. Eastchester will be its second location in more than a century of business.
A short walk around Mill Road and Sunnyside Terrace already takes in an Italian café, a crepe shop and the storefront where a 105-year-old Bronx bakery will open. By next year it will also include an amaro bar.
Status check, as of October 4
Opening dates slip all the time. Here's where each business stood when this was written:
- Open now: Broken Bow Brewery and The ForkLift, 173 Marbledale Road. Crema Caffè's existing café, 9 Sunnyside Terrace, with weekend aperitivo.
- Available, details unconfirmed: Chocolate House, 14 Mill Road, which takes Grubhub orders but has no confirmed walk-in opening date. Gather Paper & Clay, 50 Main St., which is running classes and serving house tea, with the coffee bar still coming.
- Imminent: Climbing Wolf Kitchen, Coffee & Beer, 25 Main St., still building out after a late-September target. Crema Caffè's amaro bar, targeted for mid-October.
- 2027: Conti's Pastry Shoppe, 23 Mill Road, planned for early 2027.
- Longer horizon: The self-storage and retail project at 83–95 Marbledale Road, conditionally approved, with no construction date.
How the season lays out from here
Put in order, the openings spread across the next several months:
- October 8: Pitcher Thursdays begin at Broken Bow, 7 to 10 p.m.
- October 15: Gather Paper & Clay's beginner handbuilding class starts its run through December 17.
- Mid-October: Crema Caffè's target for the amaro bar next door.
- Any week now: Climbing Wolf's first kitchen, at 25 Main St.
- Early 2027: Conti's opens at 23 Mill Road.
All five come from operators with a record behind them. Broken Bow has been brewing in Tuckahoe for 14 years. Crema is building on an aperitivo hour it already runs. Climbing Wolf and Conti's are bringing names known in Dobbs Ferry and the Bronx to Main Street and Mill Road. The Growlers space is the only spot on this map that closed, and Climbing Wolf is taking it over.
If you're watching new storefronts on Mill Road or Main Street and wondering what they mean for your own home's value or timing, Cindy Schwall follows these blocks closely and is glad to talk it through. Let's Connect.
