Greene County
Haymarket Catskills
363 NY-296, Hensonville
Housed in an 1875 church in the Catskills, Haymarket (pictured at top), which opened in September, is a café and market serving seasonal breakfast and lunch, a carefully curated menu of coffee and tea, and thoughtfully selected pantry items like cheese, honey, and peanut butter to enjoy at home. Haymarket’s owners make as much of their food in-house as they can and support local producers whenever possible.
Albany County
x Ready to Wear
664 Loudon Road, Latham
With online shopping becoming the new norm, the element of discovery once present in shopping for clothes has been slowly disappearing—but not if Mara Kane has anything to do with it. In November, the entrepreneur opened x Ready to Wear, a women’s clothing boutique she compares to raiding your best friend’s closet, located within Grit + Grace Salon, making for a one-stop shop for hair, skincare, massage, beauty, and fashion.
Columbia County
Pocketbook Hudson
549 Washington Street, Hudson
This past November, Hudson got a brand-new boutique hotel that’s not just for out-of-towners. In addition to 46 hotel rooms, the former textile factory is home to an open-to-the-public Argentine open-fire restaurant, a market uniting regional and global creators in one space, a design showroom, and an experiential event space, plus, coming soon, a bathhouse boasting thermal baths, saunas, and spa treatments.
Saratoga County
The Still at Speckled Pig
11-13 Washington Street, Ballston Spa
Beloved Ballston Spa brewery Speckled Pig just got a new neighbor. After expanding the brewery to include a downstairs event space and rooftop bar, the Speckled Pig owners have taken over the adjacent building—an old garage—and transformed it into a distillery that serves a drink menu consisting of the brand’s own whiskey, gin, and vodka plus small bites, burgers, mac and cheese, skirt steak, and desserts.
Schenectady County
Lily P’s
108 State Street, Schenectady
Inside Frog Alley Brewing, there’s a new pizza shop by a local restaurateur you wouldn’t expect. Lily P’s, which opened inside the Schenectady brewery on Halloween, is the brainchild of Bashir Chedrawee, owner of Simone’s Kitchen, the fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant with locations in Coxsackie, Stuyvesant Plaza, and Schenectady’s Jay Street. Instead of Mezze bowls, Lily P’s is cooking up pizza, burgers, sandwiches, and more.
Rensselaer County
The Trojan Station
135 4th Street, Troy
The location formerly home to The Shop is now operating under new ownership. This fall, Troy natives Bianca and Izael Dickerson opened The Trojan Station, named for its location in the Trojan Hardware building and serving up hearty American fare with a creative twist. On the menu? Breakfast classics, fried appetizers, burgers, sandwiches, quesadillas, and salads.
