The Genesis is a convenient distance to the motel but New Paltz offers a lot of great food choices that are walking distance to the motel or a short cab ride.You could also go to the end of main street and walk back to hotel pub crawling on the way,theres about 10 of em"Some of my favs,..
Guilded Otter-Brews made on site , good gastro pub,outside seating with heaters and eye candy aint bad either ,..
Harvest Cafe-High deck facing the Gunks ,great food,service and wine list.
Gadeletos-Great fish/seafood and I grew up in New England FWIW
Pizza place in Gadeltos plaza-Cant remember the name,back off the road a couple doors down from Gadaletos(Not Pasquale's) I lived in Italy for a while and grew up with mostly homemade pizza and this is pretty damm close,...
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