dinner at nessa..

The birthday celebrations continue and met up with my friend Jacob for dinner at Nessa’s in Portchester, NY

I found this place by accident, got my hair colored at Salon O in Byram (Greenwich) where you can get $40 color and $20 cuts after hours as a “model”..basically the salon trains the incoming hairdressers for months before they can be considered a “stylist”…so you save money and still get great cut/color..anyway..

The hairstylist was telling me all about the restaurants in the area, Tarrytown Lodge with Mario Batali and the son of Lidia Bastianich, I only know him as Joe from her TV shows (my mom is a huge lover of Lidia)

BUT she also told me about this small little place called Nessa and said I had to try it and I’ve been a fan ever since…

I haven’t strayed from my original order though - Chicken “cooked under a brick” (spinach, potato puree, diavolo sauce)..and the nessa salad..(arugula, vine ripened tomato, fennel, shaved parmesan, lemon dressing)

The look is just as nice, this dark, woodsy feel with candles and flowers at each table. The biegy paint on the walls..I still haven’t been to Italy but it reminds me of something I would imagine a restaurant in Italy would be like..

www.nessarestaurant.com