Accolades
Always unsolicited, The Bear Cafe has received local, regional and national press from publications as diverse as High Times and the New York Times (not that they have mutually exclusive readerships--Dude!).
- Wine Spectator Award of Excellence annually since 1999
- Featured in the New York Times "Where the Powerful and Famous Nosh", November 17, 2002
- Featured in Saveur Magazine November 2002
- Chronogram "Best overall", November 2002
- The Daily Freeman "The Bear Cafe, one of the area's top dinning destinations", October 18, 2002
- Featured in High Life Magazine British Airways, August 2002
- Featured in The New Yorker New York Times, July 22, 2002
- Gourmet Magazine "Arguably the best restaurant in the region"
- Wine Spectator "The Best Resturants for Wine Lovers", September 30, 1999
- N.Y. Magazine "fresh, imaginative, new-American Fare, as well as a lively,,, glamorous?... bar scene"
- The New York Times Travel "The Bear Cafe is definitely the big game in town", April 16, 1995
- The Poughkeepsie Journal, May 15 1992 "Include it in your plans for a memorable dinning experience. Very likely you'll give their performance rave reviews."
- The Daily Freeman "The Bear Cafe answers call of the wild" January 5, 1990