Guidebook for Leeds
Essentials
Grocery stores close early on holidays or may not open at all.
105 locals recommend
Hannaford Supermarket
223 Main StGrocery stores close early on holidays or may not open at all.
Food Scene
Delicious eclectic menu. Good for both meat eaters and vegetarians. And some evenings they have live music. Great scene on Friday and Saturday nights. They have excellent "Buffalo Cauliflower Wings" & "Garlic Shrimp". And a lot of Polish menu items as well.
106 locals recommend
New York Restaurant
353 Main StDelicious eclectic menu. Good for both meat eaters and vegetarians. And some evenings they have live music. Great scene on Friday and Saturday nights. They have excellent "Buffalo Cauliflower Wings" & "Garlic Shrimp". And a lot of Polish menu items as well.
Good Sunday Brunch. Open for dinner, too, only on Fridays and Saturdays. Small, lovely atmosphere. Good wine bar, and good baked goods at brunch.
11 locals recommend
394 Main
394 Main StGood Sunday Brunch. Open for dinner, too, only on Fridays and Saturdays. Small, lovely atmosphere. Good wine bar, and good baked goods at brunch.
Farm to table just 6 minutes up the road. You have to call because they're only open on some Fridays and Saturdays. Amazing food. Sort of expensive. Owned by a couple. The husband's an artist and the wife is a Culinary Arts Institute chef. They have exhibits upstairs and sometimes there's live music.
18 locals recommend
Ruby's Hotel
3689 Co Rd 67Farm to table just 6 minutes up the road. You have to call because they're only open on some Fridays and Saturdays. Amazing food. Sort of expensive. Owned by a couple. The husband's an artist and the wife is a Culinary Arts Institute chef. They have exhibits upstairs and sometimes there's live music.
The best brick oven pizza ever. Organic, sourdough. Huge salads. Reasonably priced.
115 locals recommend
Baba Louie's
517 Warren StThe best brick oven pizza ever. Organic, sourdough. Huge salads. Reasonably priced.
Drinks & Nightlife
An eclectic array of talent. Great local and touring musicians. The food is expensive, but good and it's good if you go on a night with a dance band.
175 locals recommend
Helsinki Hudson
405 Columbia StAn eclectic array of talent. Great local and touring musicians. The food is expensive, but good and it's good if you go on a night with a dance band.
Arts & Culture
TSL has independent films, interesting exhibits by local artists and is really low key and refreshing after all the ritzy upscale galleries in Hudson. They even simulcast shows from the National Theatre.
64 locals recommend
Time & Space Limited
434 Columbia StTSL has independent films, interesting exhibits by local artists and is really low key and refreshing after all the ritzy upscale galleries in Hudson. They even simulcast shows from the National Theatre.
Shopping
Hudson is a very cool, magical town. When we moved here a dozen years ago, it was nearly empty-- now it's bustling. Lots of interesting art galleries, shops and restaurants. Our favorite restaurants: It's really worth spending the day there.
442 locals recommend
Hudson
Hudson is a very cool, magical town. When we moved here a dozen years ago, it was nearly empty-- now it's bustling. Lots of interesting art galleries, shops and restaurants. Our favorite restaurants: It's really worth spending the day there.
Parks & Nature
It's a great, scenic place to picnic. And in the summer they host a variety of bands. There's also a food kiosk and a lovely playground for kids.
17 locals recommend
Dutchmen's Landing Park
It's a great, scenic place to picnic. And in the summer they host a variety of bands. There's also a food kiosk and a lovely playground for kids.
This very easy trail with options takes you along a marshy sanctuary that also goes through woods and has a high tower for bird-watching. It's very nearby.
31 locals recommend
Ramshorn-livingston Sanctuary
109 Dubois RdThis very easy trail with options takes you along a marshy sanctuary that also goes through woods and has a high tower for bird-watching. It's very nearby.
Olana combines culture-- it's the home of Frederick Church, one of the founders of the "Hudson River School" of painting, so you can tour the home that is now a museum, but also has quiet walking trails, gardens and several acres of outdoor paths.
350 locals recommend
Olana State Historic Site
Olana State Historic SiteOlana combines culture-- it's the home of Frederick Church, one of the founders of the "Hudson River School" of painting, so you can tour the home that is now a museum, but also has quiet walking trails, gardens and several acres of outdoor paths.