A two-hour Amtrak ride from New York City's Penn Station, the town has morphed into a hub of antique and vintage furniture stores, cocktail bars, and boutique hotels worthy of a long weekend (or for some New Yorkers, a second home).
The Wick, which opened last year inside a 19th-century candle factory, has cozy rooms with mountain views and clawfoot bathtubs. If you’d prefer to be in the heart of town, stay on Warren Street: either at the retro
Rivertown Lodge, complete with wood fire burners and bicycles to borrow, or the newly-opened Maker Hotel, filled with one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture befitting of its location (think: 1970s light fixtures from Paris and mid-century chairs bought back to life by a local furniture restorer). Spend a day hopping between stores along Warren—
Enkyu and
Nikki Chasin for vintage clothing and womenswear;
Finch,
Gestalt, and
Red Chair for furniture and home goods—and then take advantage of Hudson’s stellar food options. Much-loved
Grazin’ Diner sources its ingredients from its own farm and cooks up a mean burger, while
Lil’ Deb’s Oasis (currently operating out of the back of Rivertown Lodge) serves self-described “pescatarian hippie food” like tuna crudo, scallop and jalapeño skewers, and buckwheat flatbread slathered in tahini-miso spread. To walk it all off, hit one of the nearby hiking trails—although we won’t blame you for staying beside the hotel fireplace, either.
—Lale Arikoglu