Why Brandon Walker’s Poughkeepsie eatery has largely flown under the radar since it opened in 2016 is a mystery to us. Essie’s Restaurant, in the Queen City’s Little Italy neighborhood, is squarely in the farm-to-table, New American tradition, but with a nod to Walker’s Caribbean and Southern heritage.
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