On Bedford Road in Katonah, the building that spent years as Katonah Woods now has a different name over the door. Meanwhile, Katonah Classic Stage, the professional company devoted to classic plays, is preparing its fall production, and the performances are staged in neighboring Armonk. Both details are handy to have before you plan a night out.
Here is what is new around Katonah this fall, with the dates and venue details worth having on hand.
Farmhouse Tavern Kept the Room, Changed the Rest
The space at 128 Bedford Road spent years as Katonah Woods. It now operates as Farmhouse Tavern, run by restaurateur Arber Muriqi, who also owns The Barn Door in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The rustic bones of the room stayed largely intact, but the kitchen did not. Muriqi brought in a menu built around classic American fare, craft beer, wine, and cocktails, and leaned on local sourcing, drawing from Amato Farm in Somers and Holbrook Farm in Bethel, Connecticut, to keep the ingredients close to home.
For a resident who used to walk in and order the same thing at Katonah Woods, this is the kind of change that matters on a Tuesday night. The room looks familiar. The plate in front of you will not be the one you remember.
Katonah Classic Stage Brings Stoppard to Armonk
Katonah Classic Stage bills itself as Westchester's premier professional theater dedicated to classic plays, and this fall it stages Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, running October 22 through November 1. The production has earned a New York Times description of the play as "densely and entertainingly packed with wit, ideas and feelings."
The company takes its name from Katonah, and the performances are staged in Armonk. That is a short drive for Katonah residents, and a useful thing to know when you plan parking and arrival time. Confirm the venue address when you buy tickets.
What's Actually on the Calendar Between Now and Halloween
Caramoor opened the season early with its 75th Annual Herb Fair & Market on September 19, a milestone for an event the New York Unit of the Herb Society of America has run for three-quarters of a century. That one has already come and gone, but it set the pace for a fall that keeps moving without much of a pause.
The rest of the calendar between now and the end of October looks like this:
- October 18: The Katonah Museum of Art opens Intermittent Islands: Four Caribbean Women Artists, featuring work by Belkis Ayón, Yanira Collado, and other artists working across the Caribbean diaspora. The show runs through January 24, 2027.
- October 22 to November 1: Katonah Classic Stage presents The Real Thing, staged in Armonk, not Katonah.
- October 25: The Fall Run The Farm race brings a five-mile trail run and kids' races to Route 100, a course that draws neighbors out for a morning that has nothing to do with a real estate transaction and everything to do with the calendar filling in around the Bedford-Katonah area this time of year.
None of these events depend on each other, but stacked together they show a town where the fall lineup rarely lets a weekend go quiet.
Why the Address Matters More Than the Sign
Farmhouse Tavern didn't move an inch, but its name and menu are different from what long-time regulars remember. Katonah Classic Stage keeps its Katonah name while staging this fall's production in Armonk. Both cases point to a practical habit for the season: check the address along with the name before you commit to a plan.
That habit matters for a dinner reservation. It matters just as much for a museum member deciding whether to make the ten-minute drive to Armonk for a Saturday matinee, or a runner mapping out the actual start line on Route 100 before assuming it sits inside the village center.
Katonah Classic Stage's production of The Real Thing runs October 22 through November 1 in Armonk, so confirm the venue address before you head out.
For more of what's actually happening around Bedford Road and the rest of Katonah this season, McGrath Realty keeps a local eye on the calendar too.
