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For nearly 3 decades Peter X. Kelly has set the standard for dining in New York State. Operating the most critically acclaimed restaurants in the Hudson Valley. Peter is an experienced, talented and successful entrepreneur. His Contemporary American Cuisine brings dining to a new level by providing his guests with exquisite food and superb service.

Born in Yonkers, New York, tenth in a line of 12 children, Peter began working in local restaurants at the age of 14. While studying Business Administration at Marist College, Peter held a number of kitchen and front-of-house positions in some of New York States’ finest restaurants. In 1983, Peter’s culinary interests led him on a pilgrimage to France, and to the pursuit of perfection in the culinary world.

At 23, this self-taught chef opened Xaviar’s in Garrison and began his journey to success. To date, Peter owns some of the most renowned & acclaimed restaurants in New York State, all located in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City.

His Xaviars Restaurant Group which have included Xaviars at Garrison, Xaviar’s at Piermont, The Freelance Cafe and Wine Bar, Restaurant X & The Bully Boy Bar, and X2O Xaviars on the Hudson have all received popular praise and the industry’s most coveted awards and accolades which include The New York Times highest rating (Extraordinary), The Mobil Travel Guide Four Star Award, The Dirona Award, Restaurant News Dining Hall of Fame, Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence”, Zagat’s Survey (29 out of 30), New York State Restaurateur of The Year 1998.

Peter Kelly has been featured in numerous national publications including: New York Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Crain’s, USA Today, W Magazine, Food Arts, Gourmet Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit.

Peter has been invited to cook at The James Beard House, appeared on the Food Channel TV Network, as well as numerous appearances on CBS & NBC. Peter has also been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast

In 2007 Peter appeared on the Food Networks Iron Chef America and beat Bobby Flay in Battle “Cowboy Rib Eye”, he also played host to Anthony Bourdain on his “No Reservations” program, introducing Tony to the beauty of the Hudson Valley.

Since the early 90’s Peter has also been a vintner. His wines at Xaviar’s Cellars in Napa Valley were known as “Silenus” (the Teacher of Bacchus in Greek Mythology) and were applauded by the NY Times and Wine Enthusiast Magazine at their introduction in 1991. Peter continues to work with wine growers and makers and has consulted on several bottling’s from the emerging Hudson Valley region.

“In Southern New York, chef-owner Peter Kelly’s Xaviar’s and Xaviar’s at Piermont garnered the top food ratings for the fifth year in a row. He also appears to have the top New American category all sewn up, with his four remarkable restaurants (add the Freelance Cafe and Restaurant X, ranked Nos. 1-4.)”
–Zagat Survey

“The hottest culinary hand north of the city”
–WCBS News Radio 88

“…X also stands for Xaviar’s, as in Peter X. Kelly, the brilliant chef now embarking on this, his fourth venture…. Add beautifully appointed comfortable dining rooms, some with fireplaces, some with long views – gorgeous bouquets, soft lighting, young but seamless service, and the combination is dynamite.”
–M.H. Reed
New York Times

“A meal at Restaurant X, makes one wish for the day when Kelly’s empire is such that he has a restaurant in every town in the valley”
Victoria Spencer
Hudson Valley Magazine

“Peter X. Kelly, the rookie without conventional training, at the pinnacle of a brilliant career, has hit a Grand Slam.”
Geri Gourley
“Eating Out”

“One of the most acclaimed chefs in New York State.”
Milford Pruitt
Nations Restaurant News
peter-baldwin

“Judging from recent dining experiences at Restaurant X, I suspect dining around here will never be quite the same……If a packed restaurant on a recent week night is any indicator, this restaurant’s professionalism and culinary standards should prove to be the standard bearer for other area restaurants.”
Gerry Dawes
Gannet News

“The restaurant has the Kelly hallmarks of personable, intelligent service, savory surprises, plenty of eye candy and luxurious taste enhancers.”
Bob Lape
Crains New York Business Magazine

“What sets a Kelly Restaurant apart is the undivided attention applied to every aspect of the meal.”
At Your Leisure Magazine

With over 25 years of experience in all aspects of the restaurant industry, Mr. Kelly’s impressive culinary résumé and business acumen make a truly fitting choice for Restaurateur of the Year. As the owner of four of New York State’s most renowned restaurants, including Xaviar’s, Mr. Kelly provides his guests with a wide variety of exquisite cuisine and his masterful approach makes local dining an exciting, new experience.
George E. Pataki
Governor of New York State

Peter Xavier Kelly has carved out a very enviable reputation in the suburbs above Manhattan….Kelly is cooking with a belief in his own good taste – a taste as American as Cedar Planked Salmon with smoked bacon and shallot crust or a Loin of Colorado Lamb cooked to pink perfection beneath a coating of wild mushrooms. It’s a food that seems at home in the Hudson Valley.
John Mariani
Esquire Magazine

“Extraordinary”
M.H. Reed
The New York Times

Impeccable, knowledgeable service reveals a reverence for the cuisine and refreshing respect for the customer. You feel a sense of enrichment here, a belief that you are going to leave Restaurant X with more culinary knowledge than when you entered.
Rene Allan Mack
The Bergen Record

“29”
Zagat Survey

Not surprisingly, Restaurant X is the brainchild of Peter X. Kelly, the wunderkind who opened Xaviar’s at Garrison, N.Y., when he was 23, followed by Xaviar’s and Freelance in Piermont, N.Y. The good news for Xaviar’s fans is that Restaurant X combines the high level of cooking at Mr. Kelly’s more formal restaurants with the fun and whimsy of Freelance, his less formal cafe.
Fran Schumer
The New York Times

Peter Xavier Kelly’s dishes first inspire silence, then infantile coos of bliss, and finally the hunt for adjectives of the high praise.
Richard Lourie
Gourmet Magazine

Accolades

• The Peter X. Kelly Teaching Kitchen at HVHC

• Nyack Hospital Pediatric Center

• Founder Dine Out For Kids Rockland

• Board Member Putnam County Historical Society

• Advisory Board Monroe College Culinary Arts Program

• Commencement speaker Culinary Institute of America

• Cluster

• Hudson Valley Health Care (2008 Honoree)

• Westchester Coalition for Homeless & Hungry (2007 Honoree)

• Hudson River Museum

• Red Cross Hudson Valley

• Dominican College Advisory Board

• Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Hospital

• St. Johns Hospital

• Yonkers Partners in Education

• Share our Strength

• Make a Wish Foundation

• March of Dimes

• Rockland ARC

• Rockland Center for Arts

• Hospice of Cincinnati

• Bethesda Foundation

• City Meals on Wheels

• Table to Table (2004 Honoree)

• Westchester Food Patch

• Sponsor of numerous youth sports programs

• Windows of Hope

• Nofa New York

• United Way

• Westchester Arts Council

• One To One Learning Center

• Greyston Foundation

• Lifting up Westchester

• Center for Safety and Change

• Westchester Medical Center

• NY Presbetarian Hospital

• Good Samaritan Hospital

• Yonkers Public Schools

For nearly 3 decades Peter X. Kelly has set the standard for dining in New York State. Operating the most critically acclaimed restaurants in the Hudson Valley. Peter is an experienced, talented and successful entrepreneur. His Contemporary American Cuisine brings dining to a new level by providing his guests with exquisite food and superb service.

Born in Yonkers, New York, tenth in a line of 12 children, Peter began working in local restaurants at the age of 14. While studying Business Administration at Marist College, Peter held a number of kitchen and front-of-house positions in some of New York States’ finest restaurants. In 1983, Peter’s culinary interests led him on a pilgrimage to France, and to the pursuit of perfection in the culinary world.

At 23, this self-taught chef opened Xaviar’s in Garrison and began his journey to success. To date, Peter owns some of the most renowned & acclaimed restaurants in New York State, all located in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City.

His Xaviars Restaurant Group which have included Xaviars at Garrison, Xaviar’s at Piermont, The Freelance Cafe and Wine Bar, Restaurant X & The Bully Boy Bar, and X2O Xaviars on the Hudson have all received popular praise and the industry’s most coveted awards and accolades which include The New York Times highest rating (Extraordinary), The Mobil Travel Guide Four Star Award, The Dirona Award, Restaurant News Dining Hall of Fame, Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence”, Zagat’s Survey (29 out of 30), New York State Restaurateur of The Year 1998.

Peter Kelly has been featured in numerous national publications including: New York Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Crain’s, USA Today, W Magazine, Food Arts, Gourmet Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit.

Peter has been invited to cook at The James Beard House, appeared on the Food Channel TV Network, as well as numerous appearances on CBS & NBC. Peter has also been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast

In 2007 Peter appeared on the Food Networks Iron Chef America and beat Bobby Flay in Battle “Cowboy Rib Eye”, he also played host to Anthony Bourdain on his “No Reservations” program, introducing Tony to the beauty of the Hudson Valley.

Since the early 90’s Peter has also been a vintner. His wines at Xaviar’s Cellars in Napa Valley were known as “Silenus” (the Teacher of Bacchus in Greek Mythology) and were applauded by the NY Times and Wine Enthusiast Magazine at their introduction in 1991. Peter continues to work with wine growers and makers and has consulted on several bottling’s from the emerging Hudson Valley region.

“In Southern New York, chef-owner Peter Kelly’s Xaviar’s and Xaviar’s at Piermont garnered the top food ratings for the fifth year in a row. He also appears to have the top New American category all sewn up, with his four remarkable restaurants (add the Freelance Cafe and Restaurant X, ranked Nos. 1-4.)”
–Zagat Survey

“The hottest culinary hand north of the city”
–WCBS News Radio 88

“…X also stands for Xaviar’s, as in Peter X. Kelly, the brilliant chef now embarking on this, his fourth venture…. Add beautifully appointed comfortable dining rooms, some with fireplaces, some with long views – gorgeous bouquets, soft lighting, young but seamless service, and the combination is dynamite.”
–M.H. Reed
New York Times

“A meal at Restaurant X, makes one wish for the day when Kelly’s empire is such that he has a restaurant in every town in the valley”
Victoria Spencer
Hudson Valley Magazine

“Peter X. Kelly, the rookie without conventional training, at the pinnacle of a brilliant career, has hit a Grand Slam.”
Geri Gourley
“Eating Out”

“One of the most acclaimed chefs in New York State.”
Milford Pruitt
Nations Restaurant News
peter-baldwin

“Judging from recent dining experiences at Restaurant X, I suspect dining around here will never be quite the same……If a packed restaurant on a recent week night is any indicator, this restaurant’s professionalism and culinary standards should prove to be the standard bearer for other area restaurants.”
Gerry Dawes
Gannet News

“The restaurant has the Kelly hallmarks of personable, intelligent service, savory surprises, plenty of eye candy and luxurious taste enhancers.”
Bob Lape
Crains New York Business Magazine

“What sets a Kelly Restaurant apart is the undivided attention applied to every aspect of the meal.”
At Your Leisure Magazine

With over 25 years of experience in all aspects of the restaurant industry, Mr. Kelly’s impressive culinary résumé and business acumen make a truly fitting choice for Restaurateur of the Year. As the owner of four of New York State’s most renowned restaurants, including Xaviar’s, Mr. Kelly provides his guests with a wide variety of exquisite cuisine and his masterful approach makes local dining an exciting, new experience.
George E. Pataki
Governor of New York State

Peter Xavier Kelly has carved out a very enviable reputation in the suburbs above Manhattan….Kelly is cooking with a belief in his own good taste – a taste as American as Cedar Planked Salmon with smoked bacon and shallot crust or a Loin of Colorado Lamb cooked to pink perfection beneath a coating of wild mushrooms. It’s a food that seems at home in the Hudson Valley.
John Mariani
Esquire Magazine

“Extraordinary”
M.H. Reed
The New York Times

Impeccable, knowledgeable service reveals a reverence for the cuisine and refreshing respect for the customer. You feel a sense of enrichment here, a belief that you are going to leave Restaurant X with more culinary knowledge than when you entered.
Rene Allan Mack
The Bergen Record

“29”
Zagat Survey

Not surprisingly, Restaurant X is the brainchild of Peter X. Kelly, the wunderkind who opened Xaviar’s at Garrison, N.Y., when he was 23, followed by Xaviar’s and Freelance in Piermont, N.Y. The good news for Xaviar’s fans is that Restaurant X combines the high level of cooking at Mr. Kelly’s more formal restaurants with the fun and whimsy of Freelance, his less formal cafe.
Fran Schumer
The New York Times

Peter Xavier Kelly’s dishes first inspire silence, then infantile coos of bliss, and finally the hunt for adjectives of the high praise.
Richard Lourie
Gourmet Magazine

Accolades

• The Peter X. Kelly Teaching Kitchen at HVHC

• Nyack Hospital Pediatric Center

• Founder Dine Out For Kids Rockland

• Board Member Putnam County Historical Society

• Advisory Board Monroe College Culinary Arts Program

• Commencement speaker Culinary Institute of America

• Cluster

• Hudson Valley Health Care (2008 Honoree)

• Westchester Coalition for Homeless & Hungry (2007 Honoree)

• Hudson River Museum

• Red Cross Hudson Valley

• Dominican College Advisory Board

• Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Hospital

• St. Johns Hospital

• Yonkers Partners in Education

• Share our Strength

• Make a Wish Foundation

• March of Dimes

• Rockland ARC

• Rockland Center for Arts

• Hospice of Cincinnati

• Bethesda Foundation

• City Meals on Wheels

• Table to Table (2004 Honoree)

• Westchester Food Patch

• Sponsor of numerous youth sports programs

• Windows of Hope

• Nofa New York

• United Way

• Westchester Arts Council

• One To One Learning Center

• Greyston Foundation

• Lifting up Westchester

• Center for Safety and Change

• Westchester Medical Center

• NY Presbetarian Hospital

• Good Samaritan Hospital

• Yonkers Public Schools