The Cookery

About the Business

Specialties

We are a neighborhood restaurant dedicated to capturing the warmth of Italian comfort food while using sustainable products and keeping our prices modest. We cook for people who care deeply about what they eat but aren't inclined to make a big fuss about it. Our Family is the source of our inspiration along with a passion for food, wine and fun. Comfortably located in Dobbs Ferry, one of Westchester's quaintest and beautiful river towns The Cookery has embraced the positive energy exchanged from it's local patrons and uses it to fuel the quest for great food and ceaseless creativity. The neo-nostalgic Italian menu proves evident of Chef DiBari's style of cooking which is to progressively approach simplicity.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

David Dibari D.

Business Owner

David Dibari is the chef/owner of The Cookery restaurant in Dobbs Ferry New York. David has been cooking since the age of fifteen. His training began in his grandmother's basement kitchen and has advanced to some of the most prestigious kitchens in Manhattan. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, David began his ascendancy at Windows on the World. Shortly thereafter, he found himself working in rapid succession, behind the stoves at Mario Batali's flagship Babbo, David Bouley's Danube and Midtown's Patroon. In 2002 DiBari Accepted his first executive chef position at Eastchester Fish Gourmet. This upper Westchester restaurant had been driven by presentations of fresh fish and a gourmet market until Dibari's arrival, wherein he unleashed his creativity and passion for both cooking and aesthetics, becoming the youngest chef in Westchester to receive a rating of excellent from the New York Times.In January of 2004 David took control of the new kitchen at Zuppa. Zup