Humm, Daniel Humm's new restaurant at 435 Hudson Street, opened on October 10, and its reservations went fast. Its own Resy page also says it welcomes walk-ins "for both dinner and drinks in our dining room, bar, and lounge areas," seven nights a week. A few blocks away, the small rooms that opened this fall set much stricter terms. One takes no reservations at all. Another serves dinner at a single prepaid seating two nights a week.
Up the avenue, two familiar Hudson Street rooms closed in October. That leaves a West Village dining map where each door has its own rules. This fall, eating well on these blocks depends on knowing those rules.
The Corner at Hudson and Leroy
For two decades, 435 Hudson Street, between Leroy and Morton streets, was En Japanese Brasserie, which closed in December 2024. Humm now fills the room. It is the casual sibling of Eleven Madison Park and Clemente Bar. Eater NY reported that Pierre Yovanovitch designed the space, with art by Francesco Clemente and Rashid Johnson alongside pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Roni Horn.
The cooking follows what is in season and in the market, plus the harvest from Magic Farms, which Maciek Kobielski runs in Hoosick Falls, New York, and which grows only for Humm's restaurants. The opening menu, according to a spokesperson quoted by Eater, included crispy feta with sesame and shallot agrodolce, tuna crudo, a chicory and tangerine salad, fried eggplant with pickled green tomatoes, grilled fish, a roasted chicken for two, and milk and honey for dessert.
The prices show how different this room is from Madison Avenue. At Eleven Madison Park, the full tasting menu runs $385 per person. Humm is entirely à la carte, and its larger proteins cost $48 to $125, with the top price meant for two, according to Eater's October openings roundup.
Three Seats, Three Menus, One Door
Humm has three places to sit. The dining room serves the full menu. The bar and the lounge each serve a smaller menu of snacks and lighter plates alongside seasonal and classic cocktails. The Resy listing spells out the rest:
All reservations open at noon three weeks prior to your desired dining date.
The doors open at 5:00 p.m. and close at 10:30 p.m., every day of the week. The reservation window moves forward one day at a time, so a dinner three weeks from today becomes bookable at noon today. Under that policy, tables for Thanksgiving night, November 26, were released at noon on November 5. Bookings for the first week of December open over the coming days.
For someone who lives within walking distance, the walk-in policy changes how the place works. A booked-out dining room does not close off the bar or the lounge, and the restaurant says walk-ins are welcome in all three. If your party is running late on a booked table, Humm holds it for 15 minutes past the reservation time.
Up Hudson, Two Familiar Rooms Close
The same month Humm opened, the northern stretch of Hudson Street lost two of its established rooms.
Justine's on Hudson, the wine bar at 518 Hudson Street near West 10th Street, announced Saturday, October 17 as its closing date. Justine Rosenthal, daughter of the wine importer Neal Rosenthal, opened it in 2023. The closing announcement, as reported by Village Reader, said something new is coming to the corner "very soon."
Mémé, the Mediterranean restaurant at 581 Hudson Street at Bank Street, closed its doors on October 24 after 16 years, WhatNow reported. In its farewell, as quoted by Eater NY, the restaurant thanked "the most beautiful neighborhood," and Eater remembered it for dirty martinis, spicy margaritas, spritzes and lobster diavolo pasta. Mémé's Hell's Kitchen location remains open.
The southern end of Hudson Street gained a destination restaurant with a set booking calendar. The northern end lost two rooms where an evening did not usually start three weeks ahead at noon. That puts more weight on the side streets, where this fall's other openings all write their own rules.
Off Hudson, Each Room Sets Its Own Terms
Bar à Part, 72 Bedford Street at Commerce Street. The team behind Zimmi's opened this 15-seat wine bar and cafe next door to their restaurant. Owners Maxime Pradié and Jenni Guizio run it with wine director Cory Holt. The menu has small plates, a long wine list, and savory and sweet pastries from Clodagh Manning, an Irish pastry chef who worked at London's Lyle's. The Infatuation describes it as walk-in only, with six two-tops and a narrow counter. There is no booking at all, and seating is limited.
Calabash, 183 Christopher Street near Weehawken Street. Camari Mick's Afro-Caribbean bakery and brasserie began daytime service on October 2 and dinner on October 9. According to its OpenTable listing, daytime service runs Thursday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Daytime brings Mick's sticky buns, coconut canelés, beef patty croissants, and cornbread pancakes with salted maple sabayon. Dinner is a single 6:30 p.m. seating on Friday and Saturday, booked and paid in advance, with dishes like suya steak frites with plantain fries and asun pasta with goat ragu. The room serves no alcohol and offers fermented drinks and nonalcoholic cocktails instead. Daytime service holds four days a week, and dinner comes down to two prepaid seatings a week.
Legion, 140 Charles Street at Greenwich Street. This restaurant from chef Truman Parsons draws on the cooking of Charleston and New Orleans, where he spent much of his childhood. It takes reservations on Resy, with both à la carte and seven-course tasting options. Resy included it among its new West Village openings in an October 21 roundup.
Fillings, 272 Bleecker Street at Morton Street. The dessert company scheduled its first pop-up shop here for October 29, with five classic pies such as coconut key lime and PB & J, a weekly rotating flavor, and whole pies or slice flights, running through the end of the year. Down the block at 192 Bleecker, Sworl, a protein-focused frozen yogurt shop, opened on October 10.
Each Door, Side by Side
| Room | Address | How to get in | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humm | 435 Hudson St., at Leroy | Walk in to dining room, bar or lounge; Resy bookings open at noon, three weeks out | Daily, 5:00–10:30 p.m. |
| Bar à Part | 72 Bedford St., at Commerce | Walk-in only | Evenings, seating limited |
| Calabash | 183 Christopher St., near Weehawken | Daytime service; prepaid dinner booking on OpenTable | Thu–Sun 8 a.m.–3 p.m.; dinner Fri–Sat, 6:30 p.m. |
| Legion | 140 Charles St., at Greenwich | Reservations on Resy | À la carte or seven-course tasting |
| Fillings | 272 Bleecker St. | Pie pop-up | Through year-end |
A November Week Built Around the Rules
- Thursday or Sunday morning: Calabash for a sticky bun or cornbread pancakes. Daytime service needs no prepaid seating, and Thursday and Sunday are the two daytime-only days.
- A weeknight at 5:00: Humm's bar or lounge as a walk-in, ordering from the lighter menu. Opening time is when the restaurant welcomes walk-ins every night of the week.
- Any evening with a second stop: Bar à Part on Bedford for a glass and a pastry, since every seat goes to whoever arrives first.
- A planned celebration: Humm's dining room or Legion's tasting menu. For Humm, set a reminder for noon exactly three weeks before the date.
- Before Thanksgiving: Fillings on Bleecker for a whole pie, from a pop-up slated to run through the end of the year.
At 518 Hudson, Justine's on Hudson has promised a new concept. Until it opens, Humm's bar and Bar à Part are the walk-in rooms on these blocks.
If you would like a dinner suggestion on these blocks this week, or want to talk about the stretch of the West Village between Hudson and Bedford, Daniella G. Schlisser is glad to hear from you. Let's Connect.