A New Creative Town in the Catskills: Livingston Manor, NY
August 25, 2025
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Once a fly-fishing and resort mainstay in the heart of the Catskill Mountains (some 2 hours from NYC), in the recent years Livingston Manor, NY has been attracting numerous creative entrepreneurs, artists, and designers who relocated from New York City and beyond. Today, the town is bubbling with creative energy: from galleries and studios, to craft coffee shops, farm-to-table restaurants, decor shops, and refined boutiques.
Homstaedt Catskills, founded by English & Swedish couple Tom Roberts and Anna Aberg offers cozy Catskills-inspired home goods, wool clothing, and accent piecesSeasons, a home & style boutique originally founded in 2014 by Brooklyn-based Hannah and JD Gluckstern. The couple moved the shop to Livingston Manor in 2021Drooz + Company, a modern-day general store offering a quirky collection of gifts, art books, stationery, and bar essentialsThe Walk In serves coffee & flaky buttermilk biscuits during the day, and transforms into a bar in the evenings, offering cocktails and elevated casual diningA small storefront leads downstairs to Quinn’s Fly Box, a handmade fishing flies maker, and FrameShop.Fun, a creative frame shop and studio by artist Sam StillCorners, an art and design store founded by graphic designer David McGillivray, offering a curated selection of artwork, design objects, and stationerySunshine Colors is wine bar with a curious selection of natural wines, craft beers from around the worldLivingston Manor’s busies wood-fired pizza spot, Kaatskeller is packed at nightNest a home boutique founded by former Vogue Design Director Anna Bern, offering a curated selection of furniture, clothing, fine jewelry, and home decorOffering freshly made sandwiches, local farm vegetables, and grocery picks from around the world, Main Street Farm Market Cafe, is one of Livingston Manor’s busiest spots
