Hudson: Warren Street. Warren Street is
the “Main Street” of Hudson. And the shopping in Hudson is synonymous with
antiques, art galleries, restaurants, house ware and more. The promenade up and down Warren Street is
the weekend mecca and due to its proximity to New York City it is not unusual
to see antique dealers and celebrities shopping for antiques and other
desirable objects. Here are a just a few of the shops and attractions a small
guide, hopefully to be completed in the near future.
Above. 554 Warren Street, an occasional
workspace for yard sales. During Memorial Day weekend the space hosted an Art
Yard Sale.
327 Warren Street – Hudson Opera
House. Though the ground floor of the
Hudson Opera House has been restructured and now hosts multi-cultural events
the upper floor is still in need of extensive restoration. Support the Hudson Opera House to restore it
to its former glory.
photograph and copyright manfredi bellati
250 Warren Street – The Secret Gardener. It is easy to miss the entrance to this beautiful
nursery and landscape design center, The Secret Gardener is tucked away behind
stonewalls. Inside the garden, where the plants are beautifully displayed in
and around greenhouses.
photograph and copyright manfredi bellati
The Secret Gardener. Inside a Greek Revival style farmhouse, with doors from the
1850s, houses a flower shop which also sells garden gift related items.
316 Warren Street - Earl Swanigan Studio. Local character
Earl Swanigan is a prolific painter. He
shows his artwork on the sidewalk of the 300 block, as well as in most of the
boutiques, bookstores and coffee shops along Warren Street. Though he style is
naïf, often in his art he alludes to subtle political events, which often
portray President Obama. The subjects of
his wry, bold and ironic paintings are often flora, fauna and lots of dogs on
solid backgrounds. He is the most collected artist of Hudson and his affordable
art is the souvenir for visitors to take home with them.
444 Warren Street – The Chai Shop. The Chai Shop
restaurant is located inside Lillie K. Traders store which sells contemporary
Anglo-Indian style furniture, as well as Indian textiles and hand picked
Italian clothing. Sitting on the
furniture displayed in the store you can enjoy The Chai Shop’s authentic Indian
treats like Chota Hazari (Indian High Tea) or a Bukhara Chicken and Salad, Aloo
Tikki Chaat (spiced veggie cutlets with assorted chutneys) or less exotic Mediterranean
Salad with Bombay toast. All ingredients used are local and organic and the finest teas are imported from India. Two tables are set outside on the sidewalk on
pretty iron tables, which are also for sale, great spot for people watching
over the weekend.
photographs and copyright by manfredi bellati
437 Warren Street – Otto. Otto sells handmade Turkish things for the
home. The store features traditionally designed and
hand-painted ceramics, woven throws, and kilim pillows as well as jewelry,
novelty items, and hand blown and painted glass objects that reflect a more
contemporary style.
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
401 Warren Street – Hedstrom and Judd. “Light and
lovely interior decorating inspired by antiques with Sweden in mind” is
Hedstrom and Judd’s slogan, they sell furniture, beds and bedding, linens,
ceramics, lighting, botanicals old and new, luxurious bath oils, beautiful
gifts, and wall fountains.
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
Two paintings by Earl Swanigan on sale at Hedstrom and
Judd.
415 Warren Street – Chris Lehrecke Hudson. One of the stops
for design interested shoppers is the Chris Lehrecke’s store, not only a
showcase for the talented furniture designer and craftsman but also for his
wife Gabriella Kiss's jewelry designs as well as other famous designers such as Ted Muehling,
Maureen Fullam and others.
Above. Totem by Chris Lehrecke.
Chris Lehrecke’s long standard table and chair.
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
529 Warren Street – Relics Antiques. Kathy Pakay shares the Relics Antiques store
with Benjamin Wilson Antiques. The store
has been in Hudson since 1994 and they stock a large selection of continental
and eclectic furniture specializing in decorative antiques.
316 Warren Street – Rural Residence. One of my favorite stores carrying some of my
favorite designers like Ozone Socks and John Derian is Rural Residence. Timothy
Dunleavy founded the store “on the pursuit of beauty derived from a
refined perception of the sentiment of nature.”
Above. The
table in the entrance is laden with Wedgwood cream-colored plates, Pearlware scallop edge plates and some John Derian
Marble plates designed for Astier de Villatte.
John Derian at Rural Residence.
Ozone Socks at Rural Residence.
The Bellocq Signature Tea Collection at Rural
Residence.
A selection from the
stationary and books table at Rural Residence.
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
347 Warren Street – Truck Pizza. Truck Pizza has been
on Warren Street since the end of March. It makes wood-fired Neapolitan style
pizzas. Truck Pizza began as a scheme hatched by
friends sitting around a wood-fired oven hearth eating pizza, thinking about
how great it would be to share their marvelous creations with others. That
night's inspiration launched a six-month adventure that involved building a
40" beehive oven. In a truck.
Truck Pizza. Sam Starr founder of Truck Pizza with Sam
Merrett who together with Chase, Sara and Sasha, run Truck Pizza.
Truck Pizza. The pizza is prepared in the back of a
converted box van creating a virtual pizza on wheels operation. “Our stove
reaches a temperature of 1000 degrees and it only takes minutes to prepare
each pie," Sam explained.
photograph courtesy Pizza Truck
The classical Neapolitan Pizza Margherita with basil.