Glenwood+Hotel

**The Glenwood Hotel was restored in December of 1998 as Aldente, an Italian American restaurant. Later on, Aldente soon became Synatra’s Restaurant & Lounge. Then, Synatra’s Restaurant & Lounge became the Glenwood Hotel again. After it was the Glenwood Hotel again it became known as Southstreet. Right now the Glenwood**** Hotel is Character’s.**   
 * The Glenwood Hotel is located on Orange Turnpike next to the Municipal Building. The Glenwood Hotel started as a rooming house in Sloatsburg. It was important to Sloatsburg because when people came to Sloatsburg, from Route 17, there was no other hotel they could stay at besides the Glenwood Hotel. It was also important because the Glenwood Hotel’s elegant dining rooms were a favorite dinner stop to many travelers. In 1903 the owners of the Glenwood Hotel were Mr. & Mrs. Tobin. While Mr. and Mrs. Tobin were the owners of the Glenwood Hotel Mr. Tobin made sure no one without a jacket or tie entered the dining room. In 1928 after the death of Mr. Tobin, Mrs. Williams (Kathleen Tobin’s sister) came with her two children Kerwin and Claire Williams to live with Mrs. Tobin. In 1948 when Mrs. Kathleen Tobin died Claire and Kerwin Williams took over the restaurant and lived in the upstairs part of the building. In 1998 the new owners of the Glenwood Hotel became Mr. & Mrs. DeMatteis. Mr. and Mrs. DeMatteis restored the Glenwood Hotel and preserved its original self. Right now the owner of the Glenwood Hotel, now called Character’s, is owned by Jenny Kirby, whom is going to put up a second floor for weddings and other big parties.**
 * There is a historical marker in from of Characters Restaurant. It says: This building existed in the late 1890’s as a rooming house for workers in the mills of Sloatsburg until around 1950. The ground floor of the building was converted into a restaurant, circa 1904 by Henry & Kathleen Tobin, offering open- air dining on the large veranda style porch in addition to an elegant main dining room. The Glenwood flourished as a restaurant for nearly 50 years – until the opening of the N.Y. Thruway diverted travelers away from Orange Turnpike. This was exactly what the historical marker about the Glenwood Hotel says. **