Restaurants in Elmsford Village, Westchester County include:

American Traditional
Café, Coffee Shops & Tea
Chinese Food
Deli & Bagel Shops
Diners and Sandwich Shops
Indian Cuisine
Italian Food
Japanese & Sushi
Mediterranean Food
Pizza
Pubs and Pub Food
Specialties

American Traditional
What is Traditional American food? It's difficult to classify Traditional American food. We all associate Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, French Fries, and of course Apple Pie with American food - and how about Turkey and sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving.

For American Traditional in Elmsford Village visit:

Antun's Of Westchester
Maxwell's Pub
Nat's Place
Pete's Saloon & Restaurant

For Café, Coffee Shops & Tea in Elmsford Village visit:

Dunkin Donuts - Elmsford

Chinese Food
The Chinese believe that the preparation of food is an art. The art of cooking Chinese food can include dishes and food preparation techniques which are difficult to develop and may require the expertise of a chef with lots of experience.

For Chinese Food in Elmsford Village visit:

Far East Kitchen
Peking Restaurant

For Deli & Bagel Shops in Elmsford Village visit:

Venutis Delicatessen

For Diners and Sandwich Shops in Elmsford Village visit:

Eldorado Diner "Open 24/7"
Franks Food Court

Indian Cuisine
The unforgettable aroma of India is the fragrance of spices important to Indian food. The Indian cook has some twenty-five spices with which to mix the recognized combinations or "masalas" (a paste used in Indian food) basic to Indian cuisine.

For Indian Cuisine in Elmsford Village visit:

Malabar Hill

Italian Food
Eating Italian food can offer a satisfying and healthy meal. Italian food is varied, abundant in selection, and unique to many of the 20 regions of Italy. Select a fine Italian restaurant from our list of Italian restaurants in Westchester.

For Italian Food in Elmsford Village visit:

A' Mangiare
Alaroma Restaurant
Casaletto Ristorante
Rini's Ristorante

Japanese & Sushi
Do you just have to eat Sushi for dinner? If you're looking for great Sushi or traditional Japanese food in Westchester County, select from The Westchester Restaurant Guide's list of Sushi and Japanese restaurants.

For Japanese & Sushi in Elmsford Village visit:

Ichi Riki "Japanese & Sushi"

For Mediterranean Food in Elmsford Village visit:

Shiraz Persian restaurant

Pizza
Almost all Americans can relate to the mouth-watering experience of biting into a crusty and piping-hot pizza dripping with melted mozzarella and juicy tomato sauce Select your favorite Pizza restaurant from our list of Pizzarias.

For Pizza in Elmsford Village visit:

Dom's Pizza & Pasta House
King Pizza

For Pubs and Pub Food in Elmsford Village visit:

Pete's Saloon & Restaurant

For Specialties in Elmsford Village visit:

Westchester Broadway Theater

About Elmsford Village

Elmsford is located to the southwest of the center "waist" of Westchester County, New York in the Hudson Valley.

History of Elmsford
Elmsford was known as Storm's Bridge in the early 1700's and as Hall's Corners during the middle of the nineteenth century. One-mile square, it is midway between White Plains and Tarrytown. Elmsford was named in 1870 for a large elm tree, nearly 30 feet in circumference which had been a landmark since the Revolutionary War.

In Elmsford's central square was a tavern, built in the early 1700's by Abraham Storm, and known later as O'Brien's Chateau. During the Revolutionary War, French and Colonial officers often gathered in this tavern and the barmaid, Betsy, frequently garnished their drinks with the tail feathers of chickens appropriated by the Colonials from Torie's hen-coops in the neighborhood. Thus Elmsford became the birthplace of that celebrated libation, "the cocktail." The tavern was also the scene of the escape of Harvey Birch, famous American spy, as related by James Fenimore Cooper in "The Spy". In his writings Cooper also mentioned another historical place in Elmsford, "Katy's Cave" where American soldiers were hidden during the Revolution.

Through the greater part of the 1800's Elmsford grew very slowly. It was just a little hamlet with a church, a school and a store, surrounded by outlying farms. Then in the last decades of the century the railroad followed the river northward and established a station there. This meant that people who worked in New York City could now live in Elmsford. The village experienced a population explosion which culminated in its incorporation in 1910.

The easy accessibility of the community has contributed greatly to the industrial and commercial position of the village. One of the first radio stations in the county and perhaps the state, WRW began operation in Tarrytown in 1920 by an Elmsford resident. Descendants of Alexander Hamilton and Isaac Van Wart have resided in Elmsford. Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John Andre, during the Revolution, is buried in the cemetery of the Elmsford Reformed Church.

Point of Interest: In 1955 the Empire City Racing Association offered the village a life-size statue of "Dollar", a famous racehorse and sire of a line of thoroughbreds. The statue had once stood at the gate of the Empire City Racetrack (later Yonkers Raceway), purchased by James Butler in 1908. "Dollar" had been moved to the Butler estate, which had since been sold to Union Carbide. Elmsford decided to accept the statue and to have it placed in front of Village Hall. So in May of 1956, a crane pulled up and workmen lowered the statue. It is told that the Village Clerk was dismayed that the tail end was facing her office. Up went the statue again and when it was finally put down the tail end was facing the Police Department. By the time the Chief of Police had arrived on the scene, the truck had pulled away. Since that day the statue has been a well-known and unique historical landmark in the Village of Elmsford.