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. . . or rather Eye on Facebook. The building at 749-751 Columbia Street, where Melino's used to be, now a fashionable charcoal gray, will, come September, be "an authentic Mexican bodega, with fresh food made onsite daily."
With Casa Latina just a few blocks away on Green Street and La Mision down Columbia and across the park, the new business will increase to three the sources of Mexican food in Hudson.
You forgot the taco place that opened where HFS used to be (or maybe they are closed). Does Hudson NEED one more Mexican restaurant? Just like do we need another pizza place, wine bar or (soon to come) brewery? Doesn't anyone have an original thought? With the THOUSANDS of cuisines out there why is everyone picking the same ones? If Governor's Tavern doesn't re-open what Hudson really needs is a decent Pub with good pub grub that is affordable and fun for families. Jeez. This isn't that difficult!
ReplyDeleteYou gotta keep up, Funky. The taco place is no more, and a wine bar called Sonder opened in that space a few weeks ago: https://www.trixieslist.com/2020/07/31/sonder/. And Governor's Tavern is open.
DeleteFunky Hudson. Read some history of Hudson. The real Hudson. That had jobs. Factory jobs. 3 shifts.
DeleteWith working people who earned money. Money they made.
Hudson had 26 bars. Probably. 40 restaurants.
And was open 24 / 7 because it was a factory town with so many jobs. People worked. They lived. They paid their way.
And Hudson and the Hudson Valley were tourist destinations for people from all over the world.
Catskill had hotels like the 1000 room Catskill Mountain House. One Thousand rooms. Thousands of jobs.
It was a healthy beautiful self sustaining world full of jobs and plain old business activity with working people - Without drug dealers and welfare.
CO - clearly I need to get out more, LOL! JKay - Ah, yes; the good old days seen through rose colored glasses. You left out the crime, corruption, drugs and deteriorating state of the City. All those manufacturing jobs are long gone. Want to see the result? just take a drive up 90 and pass town after town mostly boarded up with a factory nearby. They weren't able to adapt, but fortunately Hudson was. "...a healthy (with 26 bars!) beautiful (did anyone go below 3rd Street?) self sustaining (no gov't assistance? Interesting!) full of jobs and plain old business activity (as opposed to what we have now, I guess) with working people (unlike our all volunteer population today). Without drug dealers and welfare (ok, now I know you're joking). Seriously.
DeleteHudson ended up like allthose towns --abandoned.
DeleteHowever, some people saw the bones of a great mini City and revived it.
Seems unbelievable now that it has come this far since the early 90s. i was here when the drugs and crime were rampant. I got surrounded on Warren St in the 200 block by a drug deal gone bad at one point.
Fortunately, that seems like the distant past, but lets protect the new Hudson and keep it moving in the right direction.
To clarify, this is going to primarily be a bodega where you can buy healthy groceries, produce, etc., as well as daily Mexican specials made onsite that are available on takeout basis only.
ReplyDeleteDoes Hudson really need another motel? 620 Union?
ReplyDeleteIs this comment a joke? I’m confused.
DeleteHudson needs jobs and hotels and restaurants and bars and stores.
DeleteAnd NYS sales taxes that support the City first and the county second. Look at the stats. Columbia County sales taxes grew 8% in 2019. An Incredible result. And had grown for the previous years.
The money supports the City. And you. And everyone else. And hotel and restaurant workers make it happen for us. The elite may come here and spend the money, but the local economy reaps the rewards.
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DeleteEh i agree do we really need another hotel?
ReplyDeleteJust ignore the troll, people.
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