
Barry Lewis
"My family used to go there."
"I worked up there."
"We spent every summer there."
I hear that all the time. Right after I tell someone I live in Sullivan County.
It doesn’t matter - big-time politicians, hot-shot developers or the person I just happened to bump into while touring another state. Read more
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:: Part 3: Hotel Row
:: Part 4: Borscht and the Dead Body
:: Part 5: Kutsher' s Country Club
:: Part 6: Laurels Country Club
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Serving the stars in Hudson Valley

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Catskills catered to the top celebrities of the era? Lena Horn frequented the area and the grandfather of Wallkill's Stuart
Berg knew her - and other stars like Jayne Mansfield, Buddy Hackett and
baseball's Jackie Robinson. Walter Berg was a waiter at Grossinger's
during its heydays in the '40s and '50s. He served those stars. Read
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Archives
:: Eat something, you'll feel better - 8.6.00
:: My laptop for a cream puff - 4.25.00
:: All you can eat in the Catskills - 4.25.00
:: A cherry cheese or pizza knish? - 7.19.01
:: Servin' up summer - in servitude style - 5.2.03
:: Jennie G. still means quality - 8.8.02
:: Hooray for rugelach; summer's no bummer when Izzy's in town - 6.13.02
:: Perfect rolls, topped off with some traffic jam - 7.13.02
:: Summer molasses in Sullivan - 7.24.03
:: Mannie's hotel was a tight ship - 6.3.04
:: The great Passover strike of '77 - 2.26.06