Guidebook to Rosendale Area

Alison
Guidebook to Rosendale Area

Food!

Some favorite local eateries...
Yummy, homemade middle eastern food, great flatbread pizzas, and nice garden.
16 locals recommend
Garden House
4 Hardenburgh Ln
16 locals recommend
Yummy, homemade middle eastern food, great flatbread pizzas, and nice garden.
Tasty home-style Japanese food (not sushi!), formerly of NYC's East Village. Gorgeous garden.
24 locals recommend
Soy
419 Main St
24 locals recommend
Tasty home-style Japanese food (not sushi!), formerly of NYC's East Village. Gorgeous garden.
Fun tavern with great outdoor seating.
24 locals recommend
The 1850 House Inn
435 Main St
24 locals recommend
Fun tavern with great outdoor seating.
Great food, fun place for lunch-- a hybrid cafe/vintage shop.
84 locals recommend
Outdated, Antique Cafe
314 Wall St
84 locals recommend
Great food, fun place for lunch-- a hybrid cafe/vintage shop.
Great tacos.
65 locals recommend
Diego's Taqueria
38 John St
65 locals recommend
Great tacos.
Great sandwich shop, bakery, and cheese store (also selling a selection of yummy homemade foods. Hummus is stellar.)
50 locals recommend
The Big Cheese
404 Main St
50 locals recommend
Great sandwich shop, bakery, and cheese store (also selling a selection of yummy homemade foods. Hummus is stellar.)
Unassuming spot, but claimed by many to be the best sushi in the Hudson Valley.
16 locals recommend
SushiMakio
1088 Morton Blvd
16 locals recommend
Unassuming spot, but claimed by many to be the best sushi in the Hudson Valley.
Beloved high-end Italian.
91 locals recommend
A Tavola Trattoria
46 Main St
91 locals recommend
Beloved high-end Italian.
Fresh, creative food. Great lunch spot.
118 locals recommend
Hash
3928 Main St
118 locals recommend
Fresh, creative food. Great lunch spot.
Great Japanese food, charming spot.
56 locals recommend
Hokkaido Japanese Restaurant
18 Church St
56 locals recommend
Great Japanese food, charming spot.
Cool spot with outdoor tables and great cider.
38 locals recommend
Brooklyn Cider House
155 N Ohioville Rd
38 locals recommend
Cool spot with outdoor tables and great cider.
Beautiful views, outdoor dining, casual food.
70 locals recommend
Gunk Haus
387 South St
70 locals recommend
Beautiful views, outdoor dining, casual food.
65 locals recommend
The Spy Social Eatery and Bar
155 Main St
65 locals recommend

Outdoor Activities

Lots of great trails, rock climbing, and access to the area's beauty.
264 locals recommend
Mohonk Preserve
3197 Route 44 55
264 locals recommend
Lots of great trails, rock climbing, and access to the area's beauty.
Swimming, hiking, cross country skiing.
504 locals recommend
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
5281 Route 44-55
504 locals recommend
Swimming, hiking, cross country skiing.
Iconic vista point, and along the rail trail.
106 locals recommend
Rosendale Trestle
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
106 locals recommend
Iconic vista point, and along the rail trail.
Trail access just down the road from the house. Trail goes from Kingston to New Paltz.
74 locals recommend
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
74 locals recommend
Trail access just down the road from the house. Trail goes from Kingston to New Paltz.
Trails follow a historic carriage road that passes ruins of a 19th-century estate, while an overlook affords superb views of the Mid-Hudson Bridge and Walkway Over the Hudson.
25 locals recommend
Franny Reese State Park
Macks Lane
25 locals recommend
Trails follow a historic carriage road that passes ruins of a 19th-century estate, while an overlook affords superb views of the Mid-Hudson Bridge and Walkway Over the Hudson.
A beautiful trail.
37 locals recommend
Black Creek Preserve
Winding Brook Road
37 locals recommend
A beautiful trail.
Another great hike.
22 locals recommend
Shaupeneak Ridge
143 Popletown Rd
22 locals recommend
Another great hike.
Beautiful hike, great views, bit of a scramble at points.
30 locals recommend
Bonticou Crag
30 locals recommend
Beautiful hike, great views, bit of a scramble at points.
Rent kayaks and motor boats.
20 locals recommend
Saugerties Marina
24 Ferry St
20 locals recommend
Rent kayaks and motor boats.
Great Catskills mountain for skiing or snowboarding.
604 locals recommend
Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
181 Galli Curci Rd
604 locals recommend
Great Catskills mountain for skiing or snowboarding.
Nice spot for kayak rentals on the Walkill.
41 locals recommend
New Paltz Biking
41 Springtown Rd
41 locals recommend
Nice spot for kayak rentals on the Walkill.
Pick-your-own berries, veggies, plus a big bouncy thing and mini golf. Yet somehow not too cloying.
169 locals recommend
Kelder's Farm
5755 United States Rte 209
169 locals recommend
Pick-your-own berries, veggies, plus a big bouncy thing and mini golf. Yet somehow not too cloying.
Pick-your-own apples, other fruit trees, and veg plus pumpkin patch, and cider donuts. Plus a fun area for little kids with play structures to run off some steam.
45 locals recommend
DuBois Farms
209 Perkinsville Rd
45 locals recommend
Pick-your-own apples, other fruit trees, and veg plus pumpkin patch, and cider donuts. Plus a fun area for little kids with play structures to run off some steam.
Incredible. Sculpture park created by one man over 40 years. the Stonehenge of North America.
351 locals recommend
Opus 40
356 George Sickle Rd
351 locals recommend
Incredible. Sculpture park created by one man over 40 years. the Stonehenge of North America.
Good skiing option.
892 locals recommend
Hunter Mountain
892 locals recommend
Good skiing option.
Horse rides in a beautiful wooded setting.
Horses for a Change at Frog Hollow Farm
572 Old Post Rd
Horse rides in a beautiful wooded setting.
Nice spot for fishing.
Perrine's Bridge Park
New York 213
Nice spot for fishing.

Entertainment

Great cooperatively owned movie theater. One movie per night.
75 locals recommend
Rosendale Theatre
408 Main St
75 locals recommend
Great cooperatively owned movie theater. One movie per night.

Sightseeing

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
29 locals recommend
Widow Jane Mine
668 NY-213
29 locals recommend
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Trails and a small museum.
7 locals recommend
Century House Historical Society
668 NY-213
7 locals recommend
Trails and a small museum.

Rainy Days

On the grungy side, like most bowling alleys, but for a rainy day with kids, it does the trick.
6 locals recommend
Patel's Kingston Lanes
644 E Chester St
6 locals recommend
On the grungy side, like most bowling alleys, but for a rainy day with kids, it does the trick.
Roller skating rink w arcade. Nothing fancy, but if you're needing a rainy day activity...
29 locals recommend
Skate Time 209
5164 United States Rte 209
29 locals recommend
Roller skating rink w arcade. Nothing fancy, but if you're needing a rainy day activity...
Day passes for the indoor swimming pool make for a pretty good rainy day afternoon.
YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County
507 Broadway
Day passes for the indoor swimming pool make for a pretty good rainy day afternoon.
Great way to spend a rainy afternoon.
10 locals recommend
BC's New Paltz Climbing Gym
234 Main St
10 locals recommend
Great way to spend a rainy afternoon.
Has a decent used book sale area in the basement. Good for an hour on a rainy day.
Rosendale Public Library
264 Main St
Has a decent used book sale area in the basement. Good for an hour on a rainy day.

Art

Fantastic sculpture park. Great place to stop on your way to or from the city.
471 locals recommend
Storm King Art Center
471 locals recommend
Fantastic sculpture park. Great place to stop on your way to or from the city.
Cool sculpture garden and outdoor spaces.
10 locals recommend
Unison Arts & Learning Center
9 Mountain Rest Rd
10 locals recommend
Cool sculpture garden and outdoor spaces.

Cool Spots

Great book shop with beer bar.
144 locals recommend
Rough Draft Bar & Books
82 John St
144 locals recommend
Great book shop with beer bar.
Great little book shop. Also sells fresh flowers.
12 locals recommend
Postmark Books
449 Main St
12 locals recommend
Great little book shop. Also sells fresh flowers.
Cafe in the woods, along the rail trail. Such a fun spot, often has live music. Wood oven pizzas, popsicles, and more.
36 locals recommend
Rail Trail Cafe
310 River Road Ext
36 locals recommend
Cafe in the woods, along the rail trail. Such a fun spot, often has live music. Wood oven pizzas, popsicles, and more.