Make IT a weekend
THINGS TO DO IN HUDSON VALLEY
In town for the holiday weekend?
Check out our favorite activities and local spots below.
FOOD & DRINKS
BEACON, NY
BEACON BREAD COMPANY
Offers a variety of bread loaves and pastries made daily. Cafe includes quick-order seating and an espresso bar. Full-service restaurant and bar adjacent to the cafe serves breakfast, lunch, coffees, and libations all day.
The Bagel Shoppe
Serves a variety of bagels—including rainbow bagels—as well as deli sandwiches, wraps, paninis salads, homemade cheese spreads and soups.
HOMESPUN FOODS
Cafe with outdoor garden seating serving lunch, dinner, beer and wine. Some lunchtime favorites include the Broccoli Melt sandwich with caramelized onions, goat cheese and aged cheddar and the Turkey and Avocado with smoked turkey, dill havarti, lettuce, mayo and avocado.
KITCHEN & COFFEE
100% gluten-free, vegetarian cafe and bakery. Sweet and savory bowls, salads and soups are made with organic ingredients sourced locally. Also serves local micro-roast fair-trade coffees and a selection of fair-trade teas.
Café Amarcord
Fellini-inspired restaurant, hearty New American fare in an urbane, warm-toned interior.
Enoteca Ama
Wood-fired pizzas, simple Italian fare and, of course, wine (there is a full bar and craft beer selection).
Tito Santa Taqueria
Innovative Mexican tacos, quesadillas and vegan dishes served in a modern setting with vibrant artwork.
Melzingah Tap House
Brick and wood-lined locale serves modern American fare and craft beer on tap. Selection of “food for food fanatics” includes such culinary gems as the Harvest Panzanella Salad with baby kale and butternut squash, the Chicken and Dumplings and the Miso-brined Salmon.
Carter’s Restaurant & Lounge
Upscale sports bar serving artfully crafted cocktails and eclectic American fair with a twist.
The ROUNDHOUSE
Modern American cuisine inspired by the agricultural richness of the Hudson Valley. Menus highlight local farms, wineries, distilleries. Waterfall and creek views from floor-to-ceiling windows.
WONDERBAR
Go-to hot spot for beautifully crafted cocktails and small plates served in a casual-chic setting. Next door to The Beacon–perfect for dinner and a movie.
THE VAULT
Stylish, relaxed restaurant serving New American fare & cocktails in an amazing historical bank building.
NEW PALTZ, NY
BUTTERFIELD
New American cuisine featuring locally grown ingredients on a seasonal menu.
HUCKLEBERRY
A cozy cocktail bar with craft beer and a fresh twist on house made pub food. Large cobblestone patio and spacious sitting room upstairs.
OLLIE’S PIZZA
Destination pizza restaurant in a restored barn serving wood-fired and roman style pies, featuring locally sourced ingredients, natural wine, and a full bar. Outdoor seating available.
HOKKAIDO
Secluded spot serving Japanese standards such as sushi, soba & tempura in a spare, rustic setting.
MOUNTAIN BRAUHAUS
German restaurant dishing up classic eats like schnitzel & spaetzle, plus a variety of beers.
CAFE MIO
From eggs to burgers, this casual American cafe whips up breakfast & lunch using local ingredients.
A TAVOLA
Regional Italian fare made with seasonal local ingredients in a stylishly rustic setting.
LOLA’S CAFE
Fast casual dining owned and operated by CIA graduates. Food ordering at the counter and then the food is brought out to your table. Desserts, gourmet milkshakes, local craft beer, wine, outdoor dining available.
WINE, SPIRITS, BEER, & CIDER MAKERS
White Cliff Winery
Nostrano Vineyards
Robibero Family Vineyards
Rough Cut Brew Pub
Arrowood Brewery/Arrowood Outpost
Yard Owl Brewery
Suarez Family Brewery
Westwind Orchards
Angry Orchard
Bad Seed Cidery
Brooklyn Cider House
Tuthilltown Distillery
Orange County Distillery
MARKETS, FARMSTANDS, ORCHARDS, & GROCERS
Wallkill View Farm Market
Wright’s Farm Market
Tantillo’s Farm Market
Hudson Valley Wine Market
Kiernan Farm
Hops Petunia
Jenkins – Lueken Orchards
Twin-Star Orchards
Hannaford
Adam’s Fairacre Farms
Health & Nutrition Center
ARTS & CULTURE
DIA:BEACON
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation’s collection of art from the 1960s to the present. The museum, which opened in 2003, is situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, NY.
STORM KING ART CENTER
Storm King Art Center, commonly referred to as Storm King and named after its proximity to Storm King Mountain, is an open-air museum located in Mountainville, New York. It contains what is perhaps the largest collection of contemporary outdoor sculptures in the United States.
HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET
The seven stone houses and several accompanying structures in the 10-acre National Landmark Historic District on Hugeunot St. were likely built in the early 18th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in Europe. The Huguenots settled on a flat rise on the banks of the Wallkill River in 1678.
VANDERBILT MANSION
The Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York. It became a National Historic Landmark and started operation under the National Park Service in 1940.
GOMEZ MILL HOUSE
The Gomez Mill House is located in the Town of Newburgh, New York, on Mill House Road. Over 300 years old, it is the earliest known surviving Jewish dwelling in North America and the oldest home in Orange County listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
CLOVE & CREEK
Gifts and goods for the home, body and spirit. They also serve fresh roasted Parlor Coffee, cookies, tea and chai.
ANTIQUES BARN AT WATER STREET MARKET
True to its name, the antiques barn is a farm-style building housing two stories of yesteryear treasures ranging from figurines to furnishings and dating from the 1800s to the 1970s.Located within New Paltz’s bustling Water Street Market, the Antiques Barn is a place that invites serious antique collectors and the simply curious alike to walk through its aisles and discover items from the past.
NEWBURGH VINTAGE EMPORIUM
Multi Dealer Antiques, Vintage and Repurposed goods store located just off of I-87 in Newburgh, NY.
The Great Outdoors
MOHONK PRESERVE
With origins dating back to 1963, Mohonk Preserve has long been a place of recreation, reflection, and restoration. Today, Mohonk Preserve protects and manages over 8,000 acres of mountain ridges, forests, fields, streams, ponds, and other unique environments.
Enjoy scenic beauty, outdoor activities, and peace and quiet at the Mohonk Preserve, where carriage roads and trails are perfectly maintained for hiking, running, mountain biking, horseback riding, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. Mohonk Preserve is also one of the most visited climbing and bouldering destinations in North America.
MINNEWASKA STATE PARK
The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a 21,106-acre preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge. The park features numerous waterfalls, three crystalline sky lakes, dense hardwood forests, incising sheer cliffs and ledges opening to beautiful views, clear streams cut into valleys, 35 miles of carriage roads and 50 miles of footpaths to enjoy. Visitors can enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, picnicking, scuba-diving, rock-climbing, bouldering, boating and marveling at the scenery. Horseback riding and cross-country ski trails are available as well. Technical Rock Climbing is permitted.
WALLKILL VALLEY RAIL TRAIL
A multi-use, natural surface trail, welcoming hikers, joggers, bicycle and horseback riders, dog walkers, and, in the winter, snowshoers and cross-country skiers. One of America’s ten most iconic rail trails, its 22 miles offers unsurpassed vistas, quiet arbors, ever-chilly caverns and a variety of bridges spanning rivers and gorges.
Passing through orchards, organic farms, lakes, rivers and streams, it also links villages and towns including the Historic Huguenot District in New Paltz, the towns of Gardiner and Rosendale and ending near the historic Stockade District in the City of Kingston. Trail users will discover a wide variety of birds, wildlife, unique 19th century industrial historic sites as well as stunning views of the Shawangunk Ridge, Wallkill River and the Rondout Creek.
SAM’S POINT
Sam’s Point is located on the highest section of the Shawangunk Mountains, in the most southerly section of Minnewaska State Park Preserve. It is home to Lake Maratanza, one of the five Shawangunk sky lakes; Verkeerder Kill Falls, a spectacular 187 foot high waterfall; Ellenville Fault Ice Caves, the largest known open fault in the United States with corresponding ice caves to explore; cliffs and numerous scenic vistas. All of these features are accessible to hikers via an approximately 14-mile network of old roads and footpaths. Visitors can enjoy hiking, picnicking, deer hunting, nature observation, dog walking and a direct immersive experience within an incredible natural environment.
POET’S WALK
Poets’ Walk Park features two miles of trails through woods and rolling meadows with rustic cedar pavilions, footbridges, and benches. The park is buffered on all sides by 780 acres of private lands under conservation easements that ensure the landscape’s protection from development. In the mid-19th Century, German-born landscape architect Hans Jacob Ehlers fashioned a series of “outdoor rooms” on the property using stands of foliage and stone walls to break up the landscape, which includes rolling meadows, forests, and a ravine. Ehlers also created a shaded, streamside path, dubbed Poets’ Walk in honor of Washington Irving and other literary figures who reputedly strolled here.
WALKWAY OVER THE HUDSON
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail are located in Highland, NY. The Walkway is a pedestrian pathway spanning the Hudson River. At 212 feet tall and 1.28 miles long, it is the longest, elevated pedestrian bridge in the world. Walkway State Park is open year-round, weather conditions permitting (closed in the event of lightning or ice).The Hudson Valley Rail Trail is a paved 4-mile east–west rail trail stretching from the Hudson River through the hamlet of Highland. The trail was originally part of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Route, a rail corridor that crossed the Hudson via the Poughkeepsie Bridge—the bridge that later became the Walkway Over the Hudson.