By Karen Talbot

September 5, 2018:  We hope you all had a great summer and had some time to relax and recharge!  It's back to school time in Bronxville.  Lange's of Bronxville and Dobbs & Bishop have delicious lunch offerings for the kids and Value Plus Pharmacy has great deals on school supplies. Read below to learn more!

LANGE'S OF BRONXVILLE

94 Pondfield Road, Bronxville

914.337-3354

www.langesofbronxville.com

Lange's Delicatessen has been in Bronxville for over thirty years serving its customers the very best specialties, and noted for their creative names of a vast selection of sandwiches.  Tom Bass, the owner for the past four years indicated that "The Bronco Wrap," filled with chicken cutlet, bacon, American cheese and hot sauce is very popular with the school kids at lunch time. Also popular are the home-made mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and a wide assortment of panini's.

For a healthy lunch, a salad bar has been added where you can choose any number of ingredients to suit a variety of tastes.  Lange's also has vegan and gluten free salads: Quinoa, chick pea, fruit and tomato, to name a few.  You can choose from gluten free cookies and brownies for a sweet to top off lunch.  Children's choices in drinks are:  Arnold Palmer (ice tea and lemonade), ice coffee and tea and lemonade.

Catering is a large part of Lange's business of any size and they deliver within the Bronxville area.  For those who do not want to cook there are hot choices daily for dinner, such as:  Salisbury steak, Lasagna rolls, Chicken Scarpariello, Italian Meatballs and Beef Stew....served with yellow rice or some other carbohydrate.

Hours of operation:  Mon. to Sat.  5:30am to 7:00pm and Sun.  6:00am to 4:30pm.  There is something for everyone to enjoy eating at this very popular Bronxville institution.

DOBBS & BISHOP FINE CHEESE

107 Pondfield Road, Bronxville

914.361-1770

www.dobbsandbishop.com

Dobbs & Bishop Fine Cheese, Gourmet Foods, Party Platters and Gift Baskets, co-owned by Kevin McNeill and his wife, Ruth Walter, has been a go to destination for eight years in downtown Bronxville for the Back To School children.  The favorites to eat at lunch time are their mac and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches on white or multi-grain bread and yummy lemonade. There are about eight different kinds of grilled cheese with the most popular one being the Tapas Melt, featuring manchego cheese with a rosemary rind, fig jam and speck (smoked Prosciutto). They also have cold sandwiches on mini baguettes every day that are classic vegetarian (brie, fig jam and arugula) or with meat such as (prosciutto, cheddar cheese and mustard) being the most popular.  Another staple for lunch is their creative soups which are offered daily   

They purchase their bread, pastries, croissants and scones (plain, cranberry or oatmeal raisin) from Baltazar, the well-known purveyor of baked goods.  Some new items in the store are:  Healing Home Foods, locally from Pound Ridge, in the form of healthy crackers and granola, which are also gluten- free.  Pickled Pink is a new collection of food in jars such as "Smok'in Okra," "Sweet Heat Jalapenos, " and "Perfectly Pickled Peaches."

Some new cheeses are also featured:  Womanchego, more buttery than regular manchego and Myfanwy, a sharp-tasting hard cows’ milk, both from Cato Corner Farm in Colchester, Ct. Also available are their "Cheese of the Month Club" that ships nationwide. They are known for their platters of charcuterie and cheese which start at $40 and their Gift Baskets, which are custom designed by the customer and start at $25.

Hours of operation are:  Mon. through Sat. from 8:00am to 6:00pm and Sun. from 11:00am to 4:00pm.

CLOAKING

www.dobbsandbishop.com 

VALUE PLUS PHARMACY

485 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers

(near Staples)

914.961-1185

CLOAKING

"Large Enough To Serve You...Small Enough to Know You" 

ValuePlus Pharmacy is a local business part of the Yonkers community, located on Tuckahoe Road next to Grassy Sprain Diner. Independently owned, the pharmacy thrives upon its ability to connect with its customers while providing a high level of customer satisfaction. 

BACK TO SCHOOL SALE 

Summer's coming to an end but here's to another great year! Come get your school supplies at our "Back To School Sale," where you'll receive $5 off on purchases of $50 (or more) or $10 off on purchases of $100 + a pack of free pencils!  We carry a large selection of items at great prices and accept all competitor coupons! 

P.S. AS ALWAYS, GREETING CARDS, GIFT WRAPS, GIFT BAGS ARE 50% OFF 

                                          AND 

WE ALSO OFFER A SENIOR DISCOUNT OF 10 %, EVERYDAY (20% ON THURSDAYS) 

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By Pascale Le Draoulec, Director, Bronxville Farmers' Market

Jul. 18, 2018:  Apricots and sugar snap peas are turning up at the Bronxville Farmers' Market as we celebrate the Hudson Valley's mid-summer bounty.

For sixteen years now, market tents have been set up every Saturday from May through November at the intersection of Stone and Paxton. With each passing year, the market seems to become more and more fine-tuned.

This year, new vendors include Sweet Hearth Bakery, which has a super-talented baker whose creations, some laced with edible flowers, are as beautiful as they are delicious. The owner bakes without gluten, but you'd never know it. Her sweet cacao brownies, made with cauliflower puree, are some of her most popular items (even among kids), as are her gorgeous French macarons filled with raspberry beet or fennel and pistachio jam.

Our certified organic vendor, Sun Sprout Farm, keeps expanding. When it joined the market, the farm in Chester, NY, black dirt country, was an upstart. But now farmer Simon Ziegler, who sells at the market, said that the farm has come into its own. He has forged special bonds with many of his customers who come to him every week for advice on what to buy and how to cook it. 

Treadlight Farm is a no-till farm in the Catskills that grows some of the prettiest flowers you ever did see. 

Letterbox Farm and Gaia's Breath Farm continue to bring plump, fresh chicken and organic cuts of pork (and ridiculously good veal and pork meatballs), as well as organic farm eggs that redefine breakfast. 

We also have two new coffee vendors this year. Big Bang Coffee roasts its beans in Peekskill and is quickly gaining a following among shoppers for its robust hot coffee and cold brew. Dutch Coffee Co. makes Kyoto and Nitro cold brew concoctions. They are on an alternating-week schedule.

All this, plus live music every single week to serenade you while you shop. 

See you at the market. 

Photos by N. Bower

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