Mémé closed its corner at Hudson and Bank on Saturday, October 24, after 16 years of dirty martinis, spritzes and lobster pasta, as reported in Eater NY's October closings roundup. A block and a half south, at West 11th Street, a new market has been shelving Hudson Valley produce and turning rotisserie chickens since late September.
Between Leroy Street and Bank Street, three Hudson Street addresses changed hands or menus this fall, and each new kitchen names the upstate farm or region it cooks from. Humm uses a farm that grows only for its restaurants. Rosette uses the owner's family farm in Pine Plains. H. Valley takes its name from the region it buys from. Those sources run from the most exclusive to the most public, and so does the walk north. At Leroy you book three weeks ahead. By West 11th you can buy the farm's food over the counter at 7 a.m.
Three new rooms and the farms behind them
| Address | What it is | Where the kitchen buys | How a neighbor gets in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 435 Hudson, between Leroy and Morton | Humm, opened October 10 | Magic Farms in Hoosick Falls, NY, growing only for the restaurants | Resy, released three weeks ahead at noon; walk-ins at the bar and lounge |
| 518 Hudson, at West 10th | Rosette, from the owner of Justine's on Hudson | Mad Rose Ranch, the Rosenthal family farm in Pine Plains, NY | A wine-led dining room with a large by-the-glass list |
| 569 Hudson, at West 11th | H. Valley, opened September 23 | Hudson Valley produce and ready-to-cook meats | Walk in; Time Out reported Wednesday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
Sources for the table: Eater NY, Resy, Village Reader and Time Out.
The rest of this walk goes from south to north and covers what each address offers someone who lives a few blocks away.
At 435 Hudson, the farm grows for one kitchen
Daniel Humm's restaurant opened on Saturday, October 10, in the room that held En Japanese Brasserie for two decades, until it closed in December 2024. Its supply line is the narrowest on the street. According to Eater NY's report on the opening, the menu follows the season and the harvest from Magic Farms, which Maciek Kobielski runs in Hoosick Falls, New York, growing only for these restaurants.
The price makes more sense next to the chef's other restaurant. At Eleven Madison Park the full tasting menu costs $385 per person. At Humm everything is à la carte, and larger proteins run from $48 to $125, with the top price meant for two, per Eater NY's October openings roundup. 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, roast chicken for two, and milk and honey for dessert. Pierre Yovanovitch designed the room, which shows art by Francesco Clemente and Rashid Johnson alongside pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Roni Horn.
Reservations went fast, as Eater NY expected. A neighbor still has two ways in. Resy's guide to Humm says tables are released three weeks ahead at noon, that walk-ins are welcome in the dining room, bar and lounge, and that walk-in seats should be easiest to find at the bar. The bar and lounge serve a smaller menu than the dining room. Service starts at 5 p.m. every night. Resy has published two slightly different closing times, so check the listing before planning a late visit.
At West 10th, a family farm and a family cellar
Four blocks north, the corner of Hudson and West 10th changed restaurants but kept its owner. Justine Rosenthal opened Justine's on Hudson at 518 Hudson in 2023 and closed it on Saturday, October 17. Her new restaurant in the same space is Rosette, which the Village Reader reported was set to open November 3.
Rosette's supply line is a family one. Rosenthal's father is the wine importer Neal I. Rosenthal of Rosenthal Wine Merchant. The kitchen uses produce from Mad Rose Ranch, the family farm in Pine Plains, New York, and the wine list includes mature bottles from the family cellar. The list leans on France and Italy, with a few rare Swiss bottles, Côte-Rôtie from Levet and Umbrian wines from Paolo Bea. A large by-the-glass selection lets guests try an older bottle without buying the whole thing. That glass list is what makes Rosette easier to visit than Humm.
Rosenthal is not involved in day-to-day operations. Wine director and general manager Lauren Goldfarb was a sommelier and beverage captain at Jean-Georges. Chef Cali Faulkner owns Little Falcon in Brooklyn and has cooked at Eleven Madison Park, The Modern and Oxalis, as well as Verjus in Paris. That puts two kitchens with Eleven Madison Park experience a few blocks apart on Hudson Street. Faulkner's menu includes potato rosettes filled with egg custard and caramelized leek and topped with Osetra caviar, and grilled mackerel with three sauces that recreate potato leek soup. A half golden chicken for sharing is glazed with Mad Rose Ranch honey and miso and finished over charcoal, and the bread service includes brioche from Little Falcon.
At West 11th, the region is on the sign and on the shelves
At 569 Hudson, upstate food is sold over the counter. H. Valley is a market, bakery and cafe from restaurateur Eytan Sugarman and Hudson Street Hospitality, the group behind White Horse Tavern and Keepers. Chef Austin Johnson previously cooked at One White Street and Rigor Hill Market. It opened on Wednesday, September 23, according to Eater NY.
The other two places use the region as an ingredient. H. Valley names itself after the Hudson Valley and sells what it buys there. Time Out lists bakery breads, sandwiches, rotisserie chicken and fish ready to take home, regional produce, and ready-to-cook meats, with hours of Wednesday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The counter also serves coffee, pastries and a biscuit BEC, and it sells Dion's Diet, its own dog food. On weekends Johnson rolls omelets to order, as he did at Rigor Hill.
Of the three new places, H. Valley is the one built for an ordinary weekday. It opens at 7 a.m., you walk in, and you can take dinner home, including a chicken and a bag of food for the dog.
At Bank Street, the corner where the walk ends
One more block north is 581 Hudson, where Mémé spent 16 years at the corner of Bank Street serving a Mediterranean menu that drew on none of these upstate sources. Its other location, in Hell's Kitchen, remains open.
With Mémé gone, every new menu on this stretch from Leroy to Bank is tied to Hoosick Falls, Pine Plains or the wider Hudson Valley. In late summer, the same walk ended at a Mediterranean corner and passed Justine's wine bar at West 10th.
One Saturday on the stretch
- Start at 569 Hudson in the morning for an omelet rolled to order, which H. Valley serves only on weekends, and pick up bread and a rotisserie chicken for later.
- Pass 518 Hudson at West 10th, where Rosette's by-the-glass list includes older bottles from the Rosenthal family cellar.
- Be at 435 Hudson around 5 p.m., when service begins, and ask about a walk-in seat at the bar, where Resy says walk-in tables are most likely.
- If you want a dining room table on a later date, check Resy at noon three weeks before that date.
All four addresses on this walk opened or closed between September 23 and October 24. If you own a townhouse between Leroy and Bank, whether you plan to stay or are an executor deciding when to bring a family house to market, and you'd like a clear read on how this fall's changes on Hudson Street fit your own building's value, Ronit Abraham offers a complimentary market or probate consultation.
