→ BOVINA: Bovina Farm & Fermentory, which hosts weekly communal dinner-party style meals, is introducing guest rooms (above). There are two in the main house, including a larger suite with a kitchen and a clawfoot tub, as well as a small cottage down the hill. The rooms are simple — Shaker-inspired furnishings and hand-printed wall trimmings, all done by owners Elizabeth Stark and Jacob Sackett. It’s a natural addition for a restaurant that feels more like a home (and where the local wine and on-premises-brewed beer flows freely).
→ CATSKILL: An understated Phōs My Greek American Kitchen opens next Friday on Main Street in Catskill. The new spot from the former chef at Gaskins (RIP) has a farm-to-table vibe bringing Greece to the Hudson Valley, a welcomed addition to the Catskill dinner landscape.
→ HUDSON: The team behind The Meat Hook is collaborating with the folks at Mel The Bakery to bring a classic diner to Hudson proper. The aptly named Hudson Diner is teased to open sometime next month in the former Grazin’ Diner space on Warren St. Keep an eye out for another new diner at the end of the summer — West Taghkanic Diner will be reborn as Doves Diner from Kitty’s original head chef (that infamous sign has already been taken down).
→ TIVOLI: Club Sandwich, from Fortune’s Ice Cream owner and a former Kitty’s employee, serves twists on sandwich classics like a tuna reuben, an excellent chicken caesar wrap, and of course, their version of a club. Also in Tivoli: Bad Times is a new, sparkling, sophisticated bar in a nondescript home (except for the polished gold sign) on Main Street. It’s serving mixology-style drinks (and cheese balls with every order) alongside a limited menu of classic bar bites. And area-favorite florist Strega Flora opened a storefront selling bouquets and other small goods and accessories.
→ MILLBROOK: After a meticulous remodel, House of Stefas, from the brothers behind Four Brothers Pizza Inn and Four Brothers Drive-In, opens next week. It’s grand and kitschy — think velvet walls and animal statues — and goes over-the-top (in the best way) with platters of fresh seafood, mezzes galore, and all the Greek classics. Prix fixe option on Saturdays. –Sylvie Florman
→ ROSENDALE: A restored 1850s inn, The Six Bells is open for bookings from mid-June. The charming upstate boutique hotel is an extension of entrepreneur Audrey Gelman’s Cobble Hill homewares shop, with 11 rooms styled in Alpine and early American detail, like hand-stitched quilts and painted pine walls. There’s also a tavern overlooking Rondout Creek, The Feathers, which will offer traditional country fare from chef Molly Levine of Westerly Canteen. –Kat Odell