Stray hounds once filled Beacon, long before New Yorkers hopped on 90-minute trains to visit its brick-adorned Main Street. Restaurants of diverse origins line the same stretch as the local glass company. The old Yankee Clipper diner will soon host patrons from its new neighbor, an apartment rising nearby.
Yet tourists leave Chipotle behind in NYC. Prices are rising, but Beacon retains its feel. An old man greets kids as they cross. Josiah McCall and Troy Herring couldn’t walk down Main without seeing girls who questioned why they haven’t talked recently. The old-fashioned stretch, sandwiched between the Hudson River and Beacon Mountain, runs downhill toward Loopers Basketball Court: the town’s main event.