{"id":45268,"date":"2013-12-18T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T22:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=45268"},"modified":"2017-05-17T21:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T01:30:32","slug":"dobbs-ferry-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/45268\/dobbs-ferry-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Off Here: Dobbs Ferry, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mere 40-minute commute from Grand Central on Metro North, this quaint town\u2014named for Jeremiah Dobbs, a Swedish fisherman who started the Hudson\u2019s first river ferry in 1698\u2014makes for a sweet, low-key day trip from NYC. Once home to the seafood-faring Weckquaesgeek Indians, Dobbs Ferry\u2019s more recent residents include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Alvin Dark, former NY Giants shortstop and San Francisco Giants manager.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of room to stretch your legs in this Westchester village, plus delicious ways to fuel your exercise.<\/p>\n

Here are five things to do in Dobbs Ferry.<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Grab lunch at Dobbs Dawg House<\/b>, <\/b>a favorite local joint where Boar\u2019s Head dogs get the royal\u2014and unconventional\u2014treatment. If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of topping your dawg like an Everything Bagel, a S\u2019more, an IHOP pancake (yes, there\u2019s Nutella involved), or Miami Vice style (for the unacquainted, that means ketchup, mayo, mozzarella, bacon, pineapple, and crushed potato chips), make a beeline for the dog house. (25 Cedar Street, dobbsdawghouse.com<\/a>, Closed Sunday)<\/p>\n

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3. Shop around the village. Check out the European flair at Fiaor and the homemade, vegan soap at Kalliste<\/a><\/strong>. (Fiamor: 25 Cedar Street and 50 Cedar Street, www.fiamor.us<\/a>; Kalliste: 10 Cedar Street, kallisteshop.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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5. It\u2019s hard to go wrong dining in town with so many great choices. For \u201cneo-nostalgic Italian\u201d pasta or an ambitious group Pig Dinner, pick The Cookery<\/a><\/strong>; Harper\u2019s Bar and Restaurant<\/a><\/strong> for contemporary twists on classic farm-to-table fare; or Half Moon<\/a><\/strong> for seafood and sunset drinks on the waterfront.\u00a0The Cookery<\/a>: 39 Chestnut Street; Harper\u2019s: 92 Main Street, hapersonmain.com; Half Moon: 1 High Street<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/b> Ride Metro North to Dobbs Ferry via the Hudson Line.<\/p>\n

Photos: michael baumann<\/a>, The Cookery, Half Moon, Dobb’s Dawg, *Bitch Cakes*<\/a>, JMS2<\/a><\/em>, fotostalker (MFer)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mere 40-minute commute from Grand Central on Metro North, this quaint town\u2014named for Jeremiah Dobbs, a Swedish fisherman who started the Hudson\u2019s first river ferry in 1698\u2014makes for a sweet, low-key day trip from NYC. Once home to the seafood-faring Weckquaesgeek Indians, Dobbs Ferry\u2019s more recent residents include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Alvin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":45283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[759,761,817,758,315,974,777,790,769,325,781,778,774,780,748,339,782],"tags":[238,108,381,293,120,125,254,1607,212,110,299,36,133,65,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-45268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bar-activity-2","8":"category-beer-activity-2","9":"category-biking-adventure-activity-2","10":"category-cafe-activity-2","11":"category-day-trips","12":"category-featured-slider","13":"category-fine-dining","14":"category-hiking-adventure-activity-2","15":"category-historic-sites-culture","16":"category-new-york","17":"category-outdoor-dining","18":"category-picnic-food-drink","19":"category-restaurants-food-drink","20":"category-seafood-food-drink","21":"category-train-2","22":"category-westchester-new-york-destination","23":"category-wine-food-drink","24":"tag-adventure","25":"tag-beer","26":"tag-biking","27":"tag-budget-friendly","28":"tag-family-fun","29":"tag-food","30":"tag-free","31":"tag-get-off-here","32":"tag-hiking","33":"tag-historical-sites","34":"tag-locally-sourced","35":"tag-metro-north","36":"tag-outdoors","37":"tag-park","38":"tag-romantic"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":45283,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3750196608_a4b6e28379_b-e1408563639431-300x156.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}