Mahopac
The Blue Hen

The Blue Hen

271 US 6, Mahopac, 10541, United States Of America

Cheese • Chicken • Barbecue • Vegetarian


"I 'm letting you know up front that this is one of those reviews that 's strongly based on personal preference. But aren 't most reviews based on personal preference? you might ask.Yes, but I think it 's especially true for things like wings and barbecue because the *style* of the food affects how much you like or don 't like the restaurant.Barbecue, for example, has a TON of distinctly different styles: Memphis, Tennessee, Kansas City, West/North/South Carolina, Central/East/South Texas, and much more. If you 're a die hard KC BBQ person, you probably prefer that over Texas style. You get it.When it comes to Buffalo wings, I like the fry sauce bake (FSB) kind. The wings are satisfyingly crispy, the sauce is baked on, adding a deeper level of flavor, and because they 're baked they 're drier, so blue cheese dressing sticks if you like to dip the wings like I do. FSB wings are just better all around. Unfortunately for me, The Blue Hen cooks their wings (not sure how), serving them immediately after saucing them, resulting in soft skinned wings drenched and dripping wet with sauce. You might love this style; it 's not for me.The wings themselves are basic, average, straight up wings. I 'm not saying that 's a bad thing, and this is not a bad review. There 's just nothing special, unique, or distinctive about them, which might be exactly what you want. No judgment, here.The Blue Hen isn 't my go to wings place because they don 't make wings the way I like them made. If you like their style, then this could be your place."

Putnam House

Putnam House

983 US-6, 10541, Mahopac, US, United States

Pizza • Steak • Pasta • American


"I went here for my birthday dinner. We have been seeing the restaurant passing it by while going here and there. We decided to try it out. First of all the decor was really nice, The waiters, the hostess, the bartenders and really all the servers areabsolutely wonderful. I would give service a five star. There are great TVs including a really big one by the stage so I?massuming they have live entertainment from time to time which is pretty awesome and nice for the area. The appetizers are great.We tried the giant pretzel and the chicken wings. I would rate the two appetizers that we?ve tried as five-star. However myentrée which was the ribeye which was $58 and the chicken marsala which my mom had and the burger which my husband had were sosubpar I would equate it with worse than diner fare. If you?re going to charge Manhattan style prices then I would expect thetaste and the quality to be equal or at least close to Manhattan style steak houses. I took a few bites of my steak and I justdid not finish it. My baked potato was basically something I could?ve cooked in my microwave. In a steakhouse you don?t expectto get butter in little packets that you have to unwrap either but that?s what we got when we asked for butter for my bakedpotato and the bread. For dessert I had the chocolate lava cake. It?s funny that it?s chocolate lava cake and there was no lavawhatsoever because the cake was cooked completely through. The bathrooms were beautiful. Very modern and very clean. I don?tknow if the entrées are cooked by a different chef than the appetizers were but you would think you were eating in twodifferent restaurants with the difference in the food quality between the appetizers the entrees. I don?t think I?ll be backto this restaurant unless whoever manages or owns this restaurant gets a better chef. I truly think if that happens thisrestaurant has a real chance not only of surviving but thriving and becoming a great part if not the best part of the"