TRR photo by Mary Greene Chef Tom Sellars with his wife, Nancy Saccone-Alaire, and their daughter, Tomi Sellars, outside the newly opened Fandrews Restaurant on Route 97. (Click for larger image)

Fandrews: not just a racehorse

By MARY GREENE

NARROWSBURG — “People coming off the river don’t want to dine,” said Tom Sellars. “They want to eat.”

Sellars and his wife, Nancy Saccone-Alaire, run the newly re-opened Fandrews Restaurant adjoining Landers Motel on Route 97. It’s a family affair: their son, Jacques, tends bar and their daughter, Tomi, 11, helps with bussing tables.

The restaurant features casual lunch and dinner fare such as hamburgers, a veggie burger, chicken, salads, soups, daily specials and a “fabulous NY strip steak for $12.99,” said Sellars. The dining room is light and airy. The restaurant serves beer and wine. Desserts are homemade by Saccone-Alaire.

The restaurant received its unusual name after a racehorse owned by Saccone-Alaire. The horse is stabled in Monticello and frequently races at Monticello Raceway.

“I spend all my mornings in the barn,” said Saccone-Alaire. “Otherwise, I’d be hard to live with.”

How does Fandrews do at the raceway?

“He’s my pet,” said Saccone-Alaire. “It doesn’t matter how he does.”

Fandrews is currently open Thursday through Sunday for lunch and dinner, from 11:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. In July, the restaurant will be open seven days a week. Beginning June 28, every Thursday night will be Mexican night, serving chimichingas, fajitas and burritos along with the regular menu.

“We are hoping more people from the area will come in and try us,” said Sellars. “We welcome local business. And we are very family friendly.”

For more information call 845/252-3566.