Beautiful grounds to walk around and explore. Stop at the Blue Hill Café to enjoy light snacks, farm-fresh lattes, and other locally grown goodies. Fresh baked goods and vegetable salads prepared in Blue Hill's kitchen are available to eat in the courtyard or to take on a walk around the farm.
Enjoy a leisurely lunch in the beer garden with scenic views of the Hudson River. Pair any of the impressive craft beers on draft (Hill Farmstead, Equilibrium, Finback, Mikkeller & more) with wings, burgers, or disco fries, loaded with wild-boar-chorizo chili, cheese, and pickled jalapeños.
Among the tombstones and stone angels, you’ll find grand mausoleums belonging to titans of industry and the monied elite, including Walter Chrysler, William Avery Rockefeller, & Harry & Leona Helmsley. Also buried here, the cemetery’s famous interment, Washington Irving.
The fabled haunt of the Headless Horseman and the resting place of residents thought to have inspired the characters in Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” If open, peek inside the Old Dutch Church, a National Historic Landmark, to admire its 17th-century Dutch Colonial interior.
Nab a waterfront table where chef-owner Michael Kaphan sources the freshest seafood and harvests seasonal produce from his other restaurant-farm, Purdy’s Farmer & the Fish in North Salem. Order anything and everything from the raw bar, some salads, and a thin-crust white-clam pizza.
The opulent Rockefeller Estate’s 3-hr guided Grand Tour meanders through the century-old house & Coach Barn, spending extra time in the landscaped gardens & art galleries, which feature a museum-quality collection of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall, Alexander Calder, and more.
The Chilean shop - look for a sign reading simply Valley Bakery” - serves traditional pastries like flaky empanadas and sweet alfajores, buttery cookies held together by a layer of dulce de leche.