Our famous Japanese Salad Dressing Bring home a bottle or two of this popular feature of the Cafe. They make great gifts! Click here for more information. The Rosendale Cafe offers some of the best vegetarian food and performing artists in the Hudson Valley, serving weekly entrees, assorted salads, exciting homemade desserts, organic coffees, three tap micro brews, and wine. Weekend concerts feature both local and international musicians: singer-songwriters, jazz, blues, world, and experimental; and every other Tuesday we host Singer-Songwriter Tuesdays, a showcase of local musicians. Enjoy delicious, whole vegetarian cooking and hear great music in an intimate, smoke free restaurant environment. Recognized by Chronogram Magazine as Best Vegetarian Restaurant and Best Performance Space, we also received a four star rating for food and value in the Poughkeepsie Journal. After a concert by The Hunger Mountain Boys, enthusiastic audience member Ammuse wrote "... The Rosendale Cafe holds a special place in my heart, being among one of my favorite intimate music venues in not only my surrounding area, but in NY State itself."  Click here to see the full review, including some great photos.

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Next Event at the Cafe: Salsa Dance Friday, March 12 at 9:30pm  Cost: $5.00

Salsa dancing to the best recorded Latin Music. While no food will be served after 10:00pm, the bar will be open all evening. Jorge will be offering a basic step warm-up from 9:30pm to 10:00pm.

... and then... Honeyboy Edwards Saturday, March 13 at 8:00pm  Cost: $20.00

David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi. Honeyboy is one of the last living links to Robert Johnson, and one of the last original acoustic Delta blues players. He is a living legend, and his story is truly part of history. He is the real deal. Honeyboy was a part of many of the seminal moments of the blues. As he writes in his 1997 book The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, "...it was in '29 when Tommy Johnson come down from Crystal Springs, Mississippi. He was just a little guy, tan colored, easy-going; but he drank a whole lot. At nighttime, we'd go there and listen to Tommy Johnson play." Honeyboy continues, "Listening to Tommy, that's when I really learned something about how to play guitar." Honeyboy's life has been intertwined with almost every major blues legend, including Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Big Joe Williams, Rice "Sonny Boy Williamson" Miller, Howlin' Wolf, Peetie Wheatstraw, Sunnyland Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Walter, Little Walter, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, and ... well, let's just say the list goes on darn near forever! In 1942, Alan Lomax recorded Honeyboy in Clarksdale, Mississippi for the Library of Congress. He recorded a total of fifteen sides of Honeyboy's music.

... and then... The Lucky Charms Wednesday, March 17 at 8:00pm  Cost: $5.00 Donation

St. Patricks Day sees three of the area's finest singer / songwriter musicians joining forces to bring you an Irish extravaganza. Sarah Underhill is known throughout the Hudson Valley for her Celtic / Appalachian powerhouse vocals, and she is currently working on a new CD funded by her performances with Pete Seeger. Jude Roberts is a singer / songwriter / guitarist just returned from a tour of the West Coast; his blend of Celtic / Americana and tightly knit original songs have the ladies swooning in the aisles. Ian Worpole is himself sometimes found swooning in the aisles, but when he sits up straight, he performs a heady mix of English-Irish songs and tunes on guitar and mandolin, honed by years of abuse in English Folk clubs. The trio tonight will realize Mark's long time dream of naming a band, so for one night only come and join in the songs, sample the fine range of food, beers green or otherwise and cheer along... The Lucky Charms. "Couldn't think of three more cheery folks to spend St. Paddy's Day with." --Cafe Guide

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