Chappaqua foodies can now rejoice thanks to Basso by PXK, an Italian restaurant formerly known as Basso 56 on Lower King Street. The restaurant now features a new Culinary Director celebrated chef Peter X. Kelly, a James Beard Foundation nominee behind some of the county’s hottest restaurants including the much beloved but now shuttered X20 in Yonkers.

Inside Chappaqua had the chance to speak with Kelly and see what plans he has in store for local diners as he trades the down county restaurant scene for the more bucolic environs of northern Westchester. Chappaqua was a natural fit for Kelly who over the years has amassed a great following of local clientele at his other now defunct restaurants including X20 in Westchester and Restaurant X and Freelance Café over the bridge in Rockland County.