- 800 County Rd 23B, Leeds, New York 12451
When considering Hudson Valley Gem, it is also important to remember the roadside motels and time-tested campsites that provide visitors with a place to rest on the glorious days around the hike. Casa Susanna is the 2024 and 2025 James Beard Award semifinal, showing off an excellent dining at a good old-fashioned campground. Located in Camptown, Casa Susanna was once Carl’s Rip Van Winkle Motor Lodge, a culinary tour by chef Efrén Hernández, which takes diners back in time as if they stopped in the natural world for a night. The road-facing restaurant and bar is located in a 90-year-old original building with log walls, low ceilings and camper-like windows that overlook 22 acres of attractions scattered with renovated stone slabs, red and yellow cabins. During the warmer seasons, diners can enjoy customary architecture and landscapes in a small outdoor area and enjoy fresh ingredients from the apartment gardens in Camptown.
The menu includes Hernández’s family recipes, each layered in the flavors and textures of multiple generations of cooking, seasonings and seasonings. Masa tortillas imported from Jalisco, Mexico, made inside in Volcano Stone Press all day, is worth traveling from New York City, or from anywhere, in fact, except Mexico or Southern California.
You can’t go wrong with anything at brunch, including the breakfast tacos, but the chilaquiles con cochinita and smoked queso fresco enmoladas are not to be missed (the peanut-chipotle mole in the chilaquiles warranted a side order of just the sauce and tortillas), in addition to the morning-friendly Cel-Raicilla, a celery margarita served in a pirate glass. Tamal, scallops and citrus of fennel Aguachile, Serrano and Serrano, wooden roast beef tongue and cafe and coffee jus and Chintextle marinated honey wine and marinated kahohllrrabi and cickled kikohlrabi and scalled scallop saouuse. Casa Susanna masters the intersection of authentic Mexican cooking with the cute, Hudson Valley region of New York.
