Hudson, N.Y., has experienced a food and beverage renaissance in recent years with city dwellers moving there in droves over the course of the pandemic. In addition to lots of buzzworthy restaurant and bar openings catering to the influx of visitors, there are now plenty of hotels, inns, and luxury lodging options to compete with local rentals. And for anyone headed upstate looking to treat themselves, there’s a good chance they’re headed to The Maker.
Founded by entrepreneurs Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg in August 2020, The Maker has played host to many visitors and diners over the past few years. The 11-room property, which spans three historic buildings, also boasts a cafe, restaurant, gymnasium, and a moody, velvet-swathed lounge where guests and locals can drink fireside.
A few months after the hotel’s official launch, mixologist and industry veteran Pia Bazzani joined the team to curate the hotel bar’s beverage program — and to create a special menu of cocktails that captured the essence of the perfumes from The Maker’s fragrance line, which Glazman and Roytberg launched in 2021. To spotlight these creations, Bazzani and Glazman host the hotel’s Fragrance Cocktail Tastings — held periodically in the lounge — where they guide attendees through all six fragrance and cocktail pairings with snacks that complement each sniff and sip. If you can’t make a formal tasting, the venue serves these drinks all year round, and visitors can sample their accompanying perfumes right there at happy hour. And while the space’s marble
