In driving to some of our other destinations, we had seen signs for Pleasantville, and then we saw that it was on a list of New York’s Most Charming Small Towns. So we drove the 10 miles or so there on Friday to check it out.
Pleasantville is also in Westchester County but is not situated along the Hudson River. Wikipedia says that Pleasantville is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant and is located 30 miles north of Manhattan and northwest of Tarrytown. It has a population of about 7,500. We walked around the smallish (but larger than Tarrytown or Sleepy Hollow) downtown and found a number of cute shops, lots of restaurants, and a film center.
that they serve Southern Cuisine.
of the Jacob Burns Film Center building on Jackson Alley
a nonprofit cinema started by the community only 25 years ago
We really enjoyed the walkabout and also found a great bookstore which sadly had 2 tip jars near the checkout. While they were labeled “Fiction” and “Nonfiction” in keeping with the theme of the store, I just am not sure what this means for the state of physical retail shopping if you are to tip people now for just handing you back the item you just purchased. Having said that, I’m pretty sure Pleasantville hasn’t seen the last of us.
Last night, was a rare night out for the Pecks. We had purchased tickets to a show at Tarrytown Music Hall, as we wanted to see the inside of the theater and they don’t do tours. Last night was our event, but before the show we ate at a local restaurant near the theater called Sweet Grass Grill.
The restaurant gets good reviews and was also recommended by our homeowners. Much of its menu is either vegan, vegetarian, or gluten free, or some combination. We had a great meal, and the place was hopping. The group that sat to the left of us (from where I was) ending up sitting to the right of us in the same row at the theater.
The nonprofit Tarrytown Music Hall was built by William L. Wallace, a wealthy candy manufacturer, and designed by Theodore de Lemos and August Cordes. It opened on December 12, 1885, with the new Gilbert and Sullivan opera, “The Mikado.” This was the same year that Grover Cleveland became president, Karl Benz engineered the first automobile, and the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. It is the oldest theater in Westchester County, the 5th oldest in New York, and one of the oldest in the nation.
We had tickets to see an Eagles cover band called EagleMania.
The show was fun, but then you can’t really go wrong with Eagles’ songs, as there are so many good ones to choose from.
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