I am reluctant to tell anyone about this place because my wife and I have made it an annual tradition and the first place we take anyone visiting the Adirondacks the first time. Reservations have been getting tougher to get, but it is well worth the hour and a half drive from our camp.
It's not everyday fare for us, but we look at it as a special treat.
It's the evening dinner cruise on the WW Durant at The Raquette Lake Navigation Company (with a web site under the same name). There is a three hour, 25 mile tour, Great Camps, a lot of history from Captain Pohl. The boat is always immaculate. The first time we went I told my wife that for $50 per person and a beautiful tour, I would have been happy with rubber chicken, but their best kept secret of this best kept secret in the Adirondacks is that their son is a grad of the Culinary Institute of America. They have offered four selections, prime rib, salmon, duck and chicken. Tell them what you want when you make reservations. Each time the soup was different and really excellent, salads fresh and beautifully presented, I have had the prime rib for the last three years and they have been, without a doubt, the best three prime ribs I have ever had. They have a bar on board, but I'd have to let my wife talk about that because I only get to be the designated driver.
It's a great way to top off a visit to the Sagamore, across the road, or a day at the Adirondack Museum, a bit north,
No, I don't own stock in the place, this ain't a paid endorsement and I will pay for my own prime rib again next summer.
It's not everyday fare for us, but we look at it as a special treat.
It's the evening dinner cruise on the WW Durant at The Raquette Lake Navigation Company (with a web site under the same name). There is a three hour, 25 mile tour, Great Camps, a lot of history from Captain Pohl. The boat is always immaculate. The first time we went I told my wife that for $50 per person and a beautiful tour, I would have been happy with rubber chicken, but their best kept secret of this best kept secret in the Adirondacks is that their son is a grad of the Culinary Institute of America. They have offered four selections, prime rib, salmon, duck and chicken. Tell them what you want when you make reservations. Each time the soup was different and really excellent, salads fresh and beautifully presented, I have had the prime rib for the last three years and they have been, without a doubt, the best three prime ribs I have ever had. They have a bar on board, but I'd have to let my wife talk about that because I only get to be the designated driver.
It's a great way to top off a visit to the Sagamore, across the road, or a day at the Adirondack Museum, a bit north,
No, I don't own stock in the place, this ain't a paid endorsement and I will pay for my own prime rib again next summer.
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