Enjoy a wood-fired pizza, a salad, a lemonade and 2 desserts at the Rail Trail Cafe!

The Rail Trail Cafe is an organic, vegetarian eatery where rail-trail users can relax and refuel sprouted in Rosendale.

The 96-square-foot café is nestled under a canopy of tall trees in a clearing about a mile south of the trestle bridge. There are tables decorated with candles and daisy-filled vases as well as strategically placed tree stumps. Citronella torches ward off the bugs, and a netted space is in the planning stages.

The menu features a variety of hyperfresh, delectable, and aesthetically pleasing dishes, such as salads, burritos, steamed dumplings, and, of course, pizza. Dishes will shift depending on the availability of local produce, with green-corn tamales debuting this month. In addition to prepared food, the couple sells produce and freshly baked bread and pastries on Saturday mornings.

The Rail Trail Café is located just off the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail on Stone Mountain Farm in Rosendale, about a mile south of the Rosendale trestle bridge. The Rail Trail Café is open weekends through mid-October: Friday from 5 to 8pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 8pm. If it's raining, the café will be closed. (845) 399-4800;

http://www.railtrailcaferosendale.com/