EASTER AT GINO'S POST INN

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GINO'S POST INN--click on the images.

A reader has many fond memories of family "dress-ups" and "holiday outings" at local village restaurants (but not so fond memories of the Easter clip-on bow tie and dress shoes that pinched).  A delicious meal and dessert at Gino's Post Inn, however, more than made up for the suffering--"and having to sit still all through mass, while sinfully thinking of their cream puffs")....And so TJ, this is for you:

Long before there was a Samurai Sushi, there was a Gino’s Post Inn. Located at 352 S. Riverside, the late Croton historian Joyce Finnerty interviewed Eleanor Cristello, the daughter of Gino and “Mama Gino” Filippi, owners of the Post Inn, a long standing village establishment that is still remembered fondly today. Here’s some highlights:

circa 40's/50's

--Gino bought the Post Inn in 1939 from Tony Phillips and held a grand re-opening. The renovations took almost a month and were eagerly anticipated in the area. Residents were given free calendars and a glass of chianti and the reservations book was packed that first night.

Peter Cavossi would become head chef and later, Gino’s partner until his death. Mrs. Filippi or “Mama Gino” however, made the lasagna, spaghetti and her locally famous meatballs. According to her daughter, she loved doing it.

--The Post Inn hosted many local organizations. The Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus and Lions Club held their monthly meetings and parties there. Many fundraisers were held at the Post inn and one especially dear to the family’s heart was the Keon School in Montrose.

--Gino also did private catering and loved cooking. He especially loved Croton and the people who came into his restaurant. Indeed, he thought Croton was a paradise. In later years, his son Ronald Filippi worked at the restaurant until it was sold in 1977. Residents tell us that Mama Gino made cream puffs that were so light, they almost floated off the plate and that there was no place in town that served a better Manhattan.

It's a tribute to a business when, so many years later, it is still remembered fondly......