About Us

About the owner: Scott Holtzhouser

Scott's love for the restaurant industry brought him to the Culinary Institute of America and the beautiful Hudson Valley. Upon graduation from the CIA in 2000, Scott opened his first restaurant, The Haymaker. With its continued success, Scott sought to open another. In 2003, CREW opened its doors to the public. In June of 2004, Scott’s next project was opening Ms. Nesbitt’s Café in the new visitors’ center of the Franklin D. Roosevelt home and presidential library in Hyde Park, NY. Never tiring, Scott has recently opened his fourth restaurant at the Net Sports Complex and Gold’s Gym in Lagrange, NY. The Net Café will offer a wide variety of enticing salads, sandwiches, wraps and pizzas along with much, much more.

The Bar

There is a flare and pulse at CREW that exists throughout and past the hours of food service in our outstanding bar. With ten draughts of some of the finest microbreweries in the country, a bottled beer list that is as long as it is delicious, and a charming wine list with over twenty-five high-quality bottles offered by the glass, we try to meet and exceed our guests dining expectations. Add our twelve custom martinis to our roster and your palette will be more than enticed.

About the kitchen

One of CREW’s main highlights is its full exhibition kitchen, where guests can sit at the food bar and watch the chef’s create their masterpieces. Our eclectic American Regional menu is updated and altered every few months to keep our guests guessing. Items such as pan seared red snapper and the filet mignon are always big hits. Our soups, of which there are three daily, were voted best in the Hudson Valley in 2004 and 2005 and our daily specials are always as tantalizing as they are innovative

CREW receives a great deal of its savvy flavor from the young CIA graduates and students who make up the majority of the staff. The crew at CREW, both energetic and cohesive, seeks not only to better our guests experience but to further their education in the culinary field.