Where Do Gunks Climbers Like to Eat?

We asked the Gunks climbing community on our GCC Facebook page, what their favorite post-climbing restaurant in the Gunks was and which were their favorite dishes?  Here’s what they said:

• Agnieszka Gać-Chlebosz: Burger and spaetzle at the Brauhaus!
  • Terrie Marcoe: That’s my first choice usually too – what a bargain at the price.
• Betsy Gelvin: Can’t beat the $10 bottle of red at Bacchus!
• Chip Nippert: Brauhaus, klops and spaetzle.
• Marco Fedrizzi: I think we all know the answer to that hands down . Your answer is right at the base of the Trapps on Rt. 44 .
• Gustav P. Rech: Can only be the Brauhaus the sight of my first post-climb gunkburger!
• Spurgeon Thompson: Spring Chicken Salad at The Brauhaus.
  • Terrie Marcoe: That is SO delicious – one of my faves too.
• Christine Foltzer: Brauhaus!
• Kyle Gilstrap: Pot roast at the Brauhaus. Beer
• Charles Pechousek: Brauhaus or Main Course
• Ka Tie: Gilded Otter !!!
• Keith Perry: The Otter. We used to go to the Brauhaus but if there’s more than ten people in there I takes a life time to get your food. Main Course is yummy also.
• Luc Monod: NOT THE GILDED OTTER. They never change their menu. Why advertise WiFi when it doesn’t work?
• Amy Colburn: A salmon burger on the back deck of the Otter!
• Rick Pascucci: Guilded Otter, the beeeeer
• Peter Collins: Anything freshly brewed from the Gilded Otter!
• Terrie Marcoe: Brauhaus first, as an overall great place. Ka Tie: Gilded Otter !!! for a steak quesadilla, if I have the patience to deal with the crowded wait, and Main Street Bistro for their bargain breakfast special and the pasta with salmon in Asiago cheese sauce – Overcliff or Undercliff, I forget which it is named.
• Evan Picard: The shwineshank (sp?) From the Brauhaus. Wings from McGillicuddy’s.
• Phil Powers: Brauhaus then Bacchus
• Ryan Conklin: Bacchus, taco special and beers!!!
• Paul Garasimowicz: Bacchus! Beer!
• Lindsey Haynos Walkoe: Mountain Brauhaus is great….. If u have a few hours….. Mexicali on the way out…… Some of the best mex food….. Staff and service……. Not so much!
• Paul Bracey: Oh my! So many good options, but I love the Shrimp and Goat Cheese Quesadillas at Bacchus!
• Nick James: Bacchus, chicken wrap, killer
• Jacki Santiago: Bacchus!!!! For literally all of their amazing food especially the tilapia sammich!!
• Victoria Rowitt: Bacchus shrimp and goat cheese quesadillas!
• Jack Straw: Bacchus!!!
• Simon Kozin: The Otter is ok but doesn’t excite.
• Margot Melisa Ferencz: All the food at New Paltz Indian restaurant is delicious!
• Isabel Rodriguez: Veggie burger at Brauhaus is amazing.
• Luc Monod: Main Course, great eats, good price, bring your own, big tables for groups
• Eric Lutz: Tokyo Sushi!
• Greg Rafalski: Pasquale’s
• Dan Africk: Karma Road is also great, but I think they close early, so I mainly use it for breakfast. Great burritos, sandwiches, and smoothies

(Edited 5/10/2023 to remove restaurants no longer in business.)