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Fresh & Local Holiday Gift Challenge

by Anne Pyburn Craig November 08, 2021

The Hudson Valley’s a cornucopia of wonders when you’re looking for special ways to please the ones you love. Bespoke chocolates. Funky vintage clothes. Sumptuous finery. Heirloom artwork and furnishings. Whatever your loved ones love, we promise you they’ll love what you can find for them around here.

The Hudson Valley’s a cornucopia of wonders when you’re looking for special ways to please the ones you love. Bespoke chocolates. Funky vintage clothes. Sumptuous finery. Heirloom artwork and furnishings. Whatever your loved ones love, we promise you they’ll love what you can find for them around here. And the reason it’s so good here is you.

All of you, makers, partakers, and merchants alike. People who do business locally are quite literally helping save the world and keep it vibrant, and we are forever grateful for every bit of that. Browse through our pages and you’ll see some of the mouthwatering possibilities. Go out and meet the folks if you can, order from them online if you can’t, and aspire to make this an all-Hudson Valley holiday.

 

 

P.S. We’ll help! Tag #visitvortex on Instagram with an image of shopping at one of the listed businesses that support us to be entered in a drawing to win a $100 gift certificate to a local retailer.

 

clothing and footwear

From silks and woolens to airy cottons and tough-as-steel workwear, the Hudson Valley’s makers and curators bring together inspirations, aspirations, and concepts from the whole wide world for your pleasure and comfort. Try:

  • Bop to Tottom
  • Catskill Outfitters
  • Hamilton & Adams
  • Handmade & More
  • Himalayan Arts
  • Kenco
  • Maglyn’s Dream
  • Moose Crossing
  • The Nest Egg
  • Pegasus Shoes
  • Potter Brothers
  • Rustic Mountain
  • Salix Intimates
  • Tender Land Home
  • Tibet Tree of Life
  • Tibetan Arts
  • Top Shelf Too
  • Uptown Attic

 

jewelry

Whether you’re looking for classically classy or whimsically wild, whether you want to surprise a special soul with a custom creation, or you just have that one friend who’s a hoop earring fanatic, you’ll find what you need among our purveyors of the precious

  • Facets of Earth
  • Hudson Valley Goldsmith
  • Hummingbird Jewelers
  • Maglyn’s Dream
  • Schneider’s Jewelers
  • Top Shelf Too

beauty/wellness

Nothing says “I love you. Love yourself too!” better than satiny, fragrant lotions and potions, a custom aromatherapy blend, or a day at the spa.

  • Birch Body Care
  • Nourish Natural Soap
  • Rising Lotus
  • Wellness Rx
  • Whole Sky Yoga
  • Zephyr Float

the gift of yum

A selection of delicious goodies from any of our myriad local markets is always a perfect present. If you’re unsure what to get, a gift certificate is always a perfect fit.

  • Adams Fairacre Farms
  • Apple Bin Farm Market
  • Bistro To Go
  • Cheese Louise
  • EJ Bonbons and Confections
  • Hudson Valley Chocolates
  • High Falls Food Co-op
  • Hudson Valley Cheesecakes
  • Kelder’s Farm
  • Meredith’s Bread
  • Mill & Main
  • Monkey Joe Roasting Company
  • Mother Earth’s Storehouse
  • Olsen & Co
  • Peter’s Market & Trading Post
  • Seasoned Delicious Foods
  • Saunderskill Farms
  • Sunflower Market
  • Tetta’s Market
  • Wallkill View Farm
 

home goods and furnishings

Hand-carved woodworking, ceramic kitchenware as practical as it is inspiring, whisper-soft fabric art pieces for your wall or your bed…we do love our comfy-cozy in these parts, and you’ll find some to suit any style or budget.

  • Bare Furniture
  • Herzogs
  • Home Goods of Margaretville
  • Moose Crossing
  • The Culinary Warehouse
  • Tender Land Home
  • Victoria Gardens
  • Williams Lumber & Home Centers
 

home improvement

Give them a gift that keeps on giving every time they wake up in the morning or walk back in the door: a key tool, supply of materials, state-of-the-art appliance, or gift certificate that will help craft possible dreams.

  • Aqua Jet Pools Spa & Patio Furniture
  • A&M Hardware
  • Augustine Landscaping
  • Cabinet Designers
  • Different Strokes Painting
  • Fireside Warmth
  • Four Seasons/HV Sunrooms
  • Herzogs
  • Houst Hardware
  • Ingrained Woodworking
  • Rice Plumbing & Heating
  • SAP Exteriors
  • The Mad Hatter Chimney Sweep
  • Williams Lumber & Home Centers
 

stays

Ah, the refreshment of new surroundings! The fun thing here is, your giftee can be somewhere uniquely wonderful without having the hassle of long-distance travel. Pamper your loves with a Hudson Valley staycation.

  • 1850 House Inn
  • Best Western Plus
  • Country Inn Boutique B&B
  • Emerson Resort & Spa
  • Hotel Dylan
  • Hotel Woodstock Way
  • The Inn at Kettleboro
  • Jessie’s Harvest House
  • Melour Resort
  • Menla
  • Mohonk Mountain House
  • The Brigham Group
  • The Graham & Co.

 

experience

Gift certificate for an exotic experience? Mohonk Preserve passes? Museum membership? Hang-gliding lessons? Theatre tickets? It’s all right here.

  • Local Spas
  • Catskill Outfitters
  • Catskill Recreation Center
  • Historic Huguenot Street
  • Mohonk Preserve
  • Plattekill Mountain
  • The Art Effect
  • Your Car Driver
 

wine and spirits

You know, we’ve always had some mighty fine wine. These days we’ve got an exquisite selection of craft brews and distilled spirits too, whether you’d like something locally made or some expert guidance in picking the perfect imported quaff. Joy to the world, y’all.

  • Bluebird Wine & Spirits
  • Ester Wine & Spirits
  • Gardiner Brewing Company
  • Hudson Whiskey NY
  • Miron Wine & Spirits
  • Stone Ridge Orchard
  • Stone Ridge Wine & Spirits
  • Stoutridge Vineyard

restaurants

A warm, nourishing meal is a wonderful balm on a cold winter’s evening. Stoke the fires with a gift certificate to any one (hey, why not two or more?) of these eateries.

  • A Slice of Italy
  • Aba’s Falafel
  • Alamo Cantina
  • Arkville Bread & Breakfast
  • Asia Restaurant
  • Bacchus Restaurant
  • Bistro To Go
  • Brio’s Pizzeria
  • Cafe Mio
  • Diego’s Taqueria
  • Gardiner Brewing Company
  • Grainne
  • Hickory BBQ & Smokehouse
  • High Falls Cafe
  • Hoffman House
  • Hurricane Grill & Wings
  • Jar’d Wine Bar
  • Jessie’s Harvest House
  • Josie’s Coffee Shoppe
  • Main Course
  • Mill & Main
  • Monkey Joe Roasting Co.
  • Mother Earth’s Cafe
  • Ole Savannah Southern Table Ollie’s Pizza
  • Olsen & Company
  • Oriole 9
  • The Parish Restaurant
  • Peekamoose Restaurant
  • RUNA
  • Seasoned Delicious Foods
  • Stone Ridge Orchard Farm Bar & Wood Fired PIzza
  • Stone House Tavern
  • Terrapin Restaurant
  • Tetta’s Market & Pizzeria
  • The 1850 House Inn & Tavern
  • The Country Inn
  • The Phoenician Steakhouse
  • Tony’s Pizza Pit
  • Woodnotes Grille
  • Yum Yum Noodle Bar

specialty gifts

Got a real original on your gifting list—that person who can’t be typecast? You don’t quite know what to get them, but you’ll know it when you see it? Here are some places you’ll see it.

  • Barner Books
  • Binnewater Spring Water
  • Bop to Tottom
  • CHBO Drums
  • Dreaming Goddess
  • Handmade & More
  • Himalayan Arts
  • Hops Petunia
  • ImmuneSchein Tea Haus
  • Kingston Consignments
  • Maglyn’s Dream
  • The Nest Egg
  • Pink Water Gallery
  • Ritualist
  • Rustic Mountain
  • Salix Intimates
  • Stone Window Gallery
  • Tibet Tree of Life
  • Tibetan Arts
  • Vincitore’s Piano Center
  • Wellness Rx

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