Garvan’s
215 Huguenot St
New Paltz, NY 12561
A satisfying dinner after the swim at Stony Kill.
It’s one of two restaurants on the New Paltz public golf course. A pretty major venue, given the fact that the town has only about 14,000 population. The main house has a bar, with multiple floors and many small rooms. They’ve screened in out door dinning as well as outdoor in the woods, which is what we’ve, in the company of bees/wasps and mosquitoes 
, ha ha ha. There is an additional building in the back, that is hosting a wedding as we dined.
Fresh flowers and the bathroom has hand lotion. The service is very slow and they forgot our salad. Three tables in our area are piled high with payment folders, glasses and napkins. My wine glass is pretty dirty. In the belief that the alcohol kills everything, I kept my mouth shut and drank from it.
Foods are great:
~ bread: super – Irish biscuit sort of thing, made by the owner’s wife (reallY?) … and I asked for a second slice–nope, you can’t take me anywhere
~ house salad: good, except the honey glazed walnuts which are pretty naked.
~ Appetizer scallops: super, succulent and tasteful
~ Appetizer shrimp scampi: good but looks a little deflected
~ Lamb stew: good for the soul
