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w
hile there
are plenty
of places to
eat in Fishkill, including Chef
Scott Rosenberg’s award-
winning trattoria, Il Figlio
Enoteca, what the town was
lacking was a place to get
a “really good cappuccino
and a pastry with a friend, or
grab your laptop and work
away from home while you
eat lunch,” says Rosenberg.
His solution: opening a café
that caters to lighter, highly
curated fare in an aesthetically
appealing space. He named
his new venture La Sorella
(sister in Italian), a fitting
moniker since it’s located
next door to Il Figlio, which
translates to son.
The menu is a reflection of
everything the CIA-trained
Rosenberg likes to prepare
and eat: paninis stuffed
with roasted mushrooms
and chicken Milanese, or
mortadella with pistachio
pesto and burrata; salads
with chickpeas and spicy
red onions, or poached tuna
and haricots verts; quiches,
egg sandwiches, and smoked
salmon toasts; and a plethora
of pastries (the Nutella stuffed
croissant and everything
cookies are well worth the
extra calories).
And the space makes
guests feel as though they’ve
been transported to the
Italian Riviera. Comfortable
banquettes, trendy lighting,
and pops of textured
wallpaper clamor for a
leisurely afternoon spent
sipping an Aperol spritz or
a Negroni. (In addition to
coffee and tea drinks, the café
menu also includes cocktails.)
“We wanted to take the
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complication out of things
and make it effortless,” says
Rosenberg. “Come in, have
a salad, have a glass of rosé.
Take an hour for yourself,
disconnect, and do you. And
people are doing it.”
La Sorella—which can be
rented out for private events
at night—also features a
mercato aspect: If you like
the candles burning in the
bathrooms, you can buy one
to take home. If the coaster
your cocktail arrived on
is pleasing to you, you can
purchase a set. They also sell
high-end pasta, their own
private label olive oil, coffee,
and even flowers, sourced
from The Parcel in nearby
Cold Spring. There’s also a
grab-and-go bakery counter
(see the aforementioned
everything cookies) if you’d
like to savor a sweeter offering
later in the day. “The biggest
reward for me has been seeing
people popping in on a daily
basis or at least three times a
week which really validated
that there was a need for this
in Fishkill,” says Rosenberg.
“People are ready to go back
out to lunch.” And La Sorella is
there to serve them.
La Sorella
992 Main St, Ste 22, Fishkill
845.871.2010 \
lasorellafishkill.com
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LA SORELLA