Morton’s - Bloomingdale Road, White Plains - Corkage is $35, usually they only charge $25, and sometimes they waive it. Tell Jimmy the manager that I sent you and he will probably charge $50. Standard Morton’s Steaks. Good glasses.
F.I.S.H. - 102 Fox Island Road, Portchester - CLOSED - Ugh
Vox - 721 Titicus Road, North Salem. $25 a bottle. The site of the former Auberge Maxim. That was a great restaurant with the best duck on the east coast. Do not know the new restaurant but I have heard it is good. http://www.voxnorthsalem.com
X20 - 71 Water Grant Street, Yonkers. $25 corkage. Great restaurant! Owned by Peter X. Kelly of Xavier’s fame. Walking distance from the Yonkers train station. http://www.xaviars.com/yonkers/index.html We had dinner there again (June 5). Great restaurant, great wine service. Brought 2 bottles. Bought one off the list (a Scholium white!). The braised beef rib ravioli with a 2007 Outpost True Vineyard Cab decanted for 8 hours was a GREAT pairing.
Caffe Regatta 133 Wolf’s Lane, Pelham. Nice seafood centric restaurant. $20 corkage, $0 on Tuesdays. One block from the Pelham train station. http://www.cafferegatta.com
The Cookery 29 Chestnut Street, Dobbs Ferry, $10. http://www.thecookeryrestaurant.com
Bedford Post (Farmhouse Restaurant), 954 Old Post Road in Bedford, NY - $50/btl., 2 bottle limit per table
BLT Steak, Main Street, White Plains - $35/btl. as long as same wine and vintage not on the list (but phone in advance - they have been known to refuse)
Zuppa, 59 Main St., Yonkers, NY 10701 - $25/btl. 2 blocks from train station.
Meritage, 1505 Weaver Street, Scarsdale, NY 10583-7034, $25/btl. We have had OLs there.
Juniper 575 Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706, 914.478.2542, JuniperHastings@gmail.com
No license, no corkage fee, but actually have nice stems (Schott Zweisel). Excellent food, but only open for dinner Th-Sat. http://juniperhastings.com/
Elia Taverna 502 New Rochelle Rd., Bronxville, NY 10708. Classic Greek. No liquor license and no corkage - but call in case they have gotten their license. http://www.eliataverna.com/