excerpt from The 10 Best New Restaurants

In Tarrytown, the very French Chiboust, opened by Jill Rose (former pastry chef at La Caravelle and Lespinasse), is a sophisticated, cozy bakery café, just like the darling cafés you see all over Paris. But Chiboust, thank Dieu, is conveniently located in Tarrytown, across from the refurbished Tarrytown Music Hall. (It's wise to make dinner reservations way ahead of time if you plan to see one of the offerings there.)

To make your way to the dining room sporting exposed brick walls and wood floors, you first pass a tempting display case of mouthwatering pastries including luscious pear frangipane tarts, extraordinary chaussons aux pommes, and the restaurant's namesake luxurious, melon-colored pastry, a column of intense passion fruit and papaya jam on a cashew-nut crust with frills of cream and white chocolate on top. All must-tries!

Chiboust has a demure Ladies-Who-Lunch atmosphere during the day and a Ladies-Who-Brunch feel on Sundays. It's worth venturing out on a late Sunday morning for the creamy, extra-deep-dish quiche of the day (hope it's spinach), classic quiche Lorraine, or poached eggs on a croissant with gravlax. For a more substantial dinner that takes you right to the South of France, dip into the sublime bouillabaisse to chase away the winter chills or slice into braised lanb shank. Luscious mussels, duck confit salad, or a goat-cheese tarte with figs might start you off. And, of course, don't leave without a taste of that chiboust.