Haverstraw eatery planned for The Harbors
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A New York City restaurateur is eyeing The Harbors at Haverstraw as the destination for his next eatery, according to the company that is developing the 850-unit housing site, Ginsburg Development Cos. in Valhalla.
Michael “Buzzy� O’Keeffe, owner of Manhattan’s Pershing Square and The Water Club and The River Cafe in Brooklyn, is planning a yet-to-named restaurant on a peninsula overlooking the Hudson River at the northern end of The Harbors at Haverstraw community.
“We want to be open in time for the celebrations during the summer of 2009 marking the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river,â€? said architect Ed Weinstein, principal of Edward M. Weinstein Architecture & Planning PC.
The new restaurant will feature the “New American� cuisine for which O’Keeffe’s other restaurants are known. The Haverstraw restaurant also plans to offer seasonal Hudson Valley produce, meat and fish, GDC said.
Some of the produce will be grown on a small farm and in greenhouses that are planned as part of the facility. Herbs will also be grown on the site’s gardens.
O’Keeffe’s plans call for a “relatively small� restaurant on one side of the building with room to seat about 80 diners, Weinstein said. A planned bridge across a stream will lead to an outside dining area, while the other side will host a banquet facility capable of seating up to 300 people.
Plans call for the building to feature large expanses of glass in a contemporary design with an undulating roof and bold colors. The banquet facility will have a curved glass curtain wall with views of the water and gardens, Weinstein said.
The building will use “green� building materials whenever possible, he said. Solar panels will provide some of the building’s electricity and part of the rooftop will be used as garden space.
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