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We had the pleasure of dining out at The Cabin over the weekend, a smallish lodge-style place on Rte. 100 on the border of Valhalla and Greenburgh–not far from Westchester Community College and about three miles south of Hawthorne train station.

The Cabin reopened over the summer after sitting dormant for two years; LoHud foodie wiz Liz Johnson was quite chuffed when she learned it was reopening. To be honest, it still isn’t much to look at from the outside–a fairly forlorn little joint sitting at a busy intersection. But some festive holiday lights perk the exterior up a bit, and the inside is lively and nice to look at.

And the grub–call it upscale comfort food–was very good. I got the cedar planked salmon ($15.95), which was a terrific piece of fish, though I could’ve done without the pool of butter. The Missus had the pan-seared scallops ($17.95), which were big as snowballs; she couldn’t finish one of the three, so Little G was more than happy to take it off her hands. I had a pint of some private label dark ale whose name I don’t remember, which tasted OK and was way too cold–something I seem to see a lot of in Westchester. (For a free beer-guy Sam Adams at Grand Central–which Mount Pleasant pub brags about “the coldest beer in all of Westchester?”)

The Cabin was expansive and the service pretty attentive. As dinky as it looks on the outside, you have plenty of elbow room once you’re seated, even with a giant coal pizza oven jutting into the middle of the dining room. The motif is Adirondack lodge-y, with an actual bearskin rug over by the bar (not sure if they were trying to be ironic or not).

I like the way the bar is set up, a sizeable offshoot to the dining room, where one could presumably make lots of boozy noise and not really bother the diners.

We went the day after Valentine’s Day, which is certainly an odd night for restaurants. Most everyone in the place was between 60 and 70, and Little G and Little Miss C were just about the only kids in the place, which is peculiar for the ‘burbs.

We definitely recommend The Cabin, and definitely remind getting The Missus’s folks to pay, as I did Sunday night.

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