Since late September, four addresses on the West Village stretch of Hudson Street have changed. Two long-running evening spots closed in October. Two new places opened, and both are built around specific farms in upstate New York. Daniel Humm's new restaurant names one farm on its menu. Austin Johnson's new market lists four on its shelves.
The two arrivals share a supply line that runs from Hoosick Falls and the Hudson Valley to a few blocks of Hudson Street. One sells that food at dinner, and the other sells it starting at breakfast.
Four Addresses, North to South
Walking down Hudson from Bank Street toward Leroy, here is how the street stands this week:
- 581 Hudson, at Bank Street. Mémé, the Mediterranean restaurant on the corner, closed on Saturday, October 24, after 16 years. Its Hell's Kitchen location stays open.
- 569 Hudson. H. Valley, a chef-run neighborhood market, opened on Wednesday, September 23.
- 518 Hudson, near West 10th Street. Justine's on Hudson, the wine bar, closed on Saturday, October 17.
- 435 Hudson, between Leroy and Morton streets. Humm opened on Saturday, October 10, in the space that housed En Japanese Brasserie for two decades.
The two closings were evening rooms built around wine and cocktails. The two openings are built around produce, and that difference shapes how the street works from morning to night.
The Farm Behind Humm's Menu
Eater NY reported that Humm's menu follows the seasons, the market and the harvest from Magic Farms. Maciek Kobielski grows there exclusively for Humm's restaurants, in Hoosick Falls, New York. That relationship is the core of the restaurant, and Humm's Resy page describes the place in the same terms: a neighborhood restaurant where modern American cooking is shaped by the Magic Farms harvest.
The prices show how it differs from its famous sibling. At Eleven Madison Park, the full tasting menu costs $385 per person. Humm is entirely à la carte, and its larger proteins run from $48 to $125, with the top price meant for two. The opening menu included crispy feta with sesame and shallot agrodolce, tuna crudo, a chicory and tangerine salad, fried eggplant with pickled green tomatoes, grilled fish, roasted chicken for two, and milk and honey for dessert.
The room is worth seeing for its own sake. Pierre Yovanovitch designed it, and the art includes work by Francesco Clemente and Rashid Johnson, with pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Roni Horn. There are three places to sit: the dining room for the full menu, and the bar or lounge for smaller menus.
Eater noted that reservations went fast. The booking rules matter if you live nearby. Reservations open at noon three weeks before the date you want, so a table booked on Thursday, November 12, lands on December 3. The restaurant also takes walk-ins in the dining room, bar and lounge, and it is open seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. If you live within a few blocks, walking in at the bar at five is the easiest way to try the menu.
The Same Idea, Sold for Dinner at Home
Up the street at 569 Hudson, H. Valley applies the same idea to daily shopping. Chef Austin Johnson worked at the Michelin-starred One White Street and at Rigor Hill Market, and Patch reported that he built the concept on his experience working with Hudson Valley farms. He opened it with restaurateur Eytan Sugarman's Hudson Street Hospitality.
Where Humm names one farm, H. Valley names four: Campo Rosso Farm, Norwich Meadows Farm, Eckerton Hill Farm and Migliorelli Farm. The shelves are stocked for cooking at home: ribeye, salmon, sesame tuna steaks and crispy duck leg to cook yourself, plus pasta sauces, soups, fresh and frozen pasta, lasagna and pizza in the refrigerated and frozen cases. There's also coffee, matcha, breads, pastries and breakfast sandwiches, with omelettes on weekends. The market even sells a line of dog food made with Hudson Valley brook trout, Bell & Evans chicken and Long Island duck breast.
Johnson's wife, Amanda, designed the 24-seat space with antiques sourced across the Northeast and a children's area called "Lucky's Corner." Patch reported that the plans include a Friday farmers market from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., along with chef collaborations and pop-ups. H. Valley's own site calls the market "a neighborhood meeting ground rooted in quality cooking, thoughtful hospitality, and the pleasure of gathering around good food." It is open Wednesday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Here are the two arrivals side by side:
| Humm | H. Valley | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 435 Hudson, at Leroy | 569 Hudson |
| Opened | October 10 | September 23 |
| Named farms | Magic Farms, Hoosick Falls | Campo Rosso, Norwich Meadows, Eckerton Hill, Migliorelli |
| Hours | Daily, 5 to 10:30 p.m. | Wed to Sun, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| How to get in | Resy, noon, three weeks out; walk-ins welcome | Walk in |
Taken together, the two places cover the whole day. H. Valley handles breakfast and a cooked dinner at home on the farm supply. Humm takes over at 5 p.m. with a different farm and a dining room.
What Closed on the Street
The two closings show what the street gave up. Justine Rosenthal opened Justine's on Hudson in 2023. She is the daughter of the wine importer Neal Rosenthal, and the bar was built around wine. Her Instagram announcement said something new is coming to 518 Hudson.
Mémé's corner at Bank Street was known for dirty martinis, spicy margaritas, spritzes and lobster pasta. In its farewell, the restaurant described its 16 years as time spent "in the most beautiful neighborhood."
Both were places for a drink and a long evening. The two openings shift Hudson Street toward food tied to a source, sold from 7 a.m. at one end of the walk and until 10:30 p.m. at the other.
East of Hudson, the Fall Went Smaller
A few blocks east, the West Village's other fall openings went in a different direction. Most are small rooms run by a chef or a small team, and they focus on a single cuisine more than on where the ingredients come from:
- Calabash, 183 Christopher Street, near Weehawken Street. Camari Mick's Afro-Caribbean bakery and brasserie serves daytime hours Thursday through Sunday. Dinner is a single 6:30 p.m. seating on Friday and Saturday nights, booked and paid in advance.
- Bar à Part, 72 Bedford Street, at Commerce Street. The Zimmi's team opened a 15-seat wine bar and café next door on October 7, with pastries from Clodagh Manning.
- Cafe Charmant, 340 Bleecker Street, from Catch Hospitality Group, opened September 15.
- Legion, 140 Charles Street, from Truman Parsons, opened September 12.
- Galo, 142 West 10th Street, chef Nuno Sousa's Portuguese restaurant, opened September 15.
- El Camarón Peludo, 20 Cornelia Street, from the Taqueria Ramirez and Carnitas Ramirez team, opened September 16.
- Santo Taco, 232 Bleecker Street, owned by Santiago Perez, opened September 25.
Calabash's dinner seats 30 people at once, a few nights a week, and Bar à Part holds 15. Hudson Street went the other way, with two operations open long hours on regular schedules, each built around named farms.
A Weekend Route Along the New Hudson
On a Saturday, start at H. Valley when it opens at 7 a.m. for coffee and a weekend omelette, and buy a ribeye or duck leg for later in the week. Then walk east to Christopher Street. NYC DOT's Open Streets program closes Christopher between Waverly Place and Seventh Avenue South to cars from noon to 11 p.m. on weekends, and from 5 to 11 p.m. on Fridays, through November 29. Calabash is at the river end of Christopher for pastries during its daytime hours. To finish, head back down Hudson to Leroy Street, where Humm's bar opens at five and takes walk-ins.
Whatever opens at 518 and 581 Hudson will decide whether the street keeps this farm-sourced character. If you own on Hudson Street or the blocks around it, Filippa Edberg-Manuel and the Luxury Advisory Team would be glad to walk you through what this fall's changes mean for your address. Schedule a private consultation.
