Places to Get Your Banh Mi Fix in the Hudson Valley

The banh mi began as a quiet collision of cultures in 19th-century French-occupied Vietnam, where the imported baguette met local flavors and ingenuity. Over time, Vietnamese cooks reshaped the bread itself—lighter, airier, with a shattering crust—and filled it with vibrant herbs, pickled vegetables, chillies, and savory meats. By the mid-20th century, Saigon had transformed the sandwich into an everyday street staple, portable and endlessly adaptable. After the Vietnam War, Vietnamese communities carried the banh mi across the globe. In the Hudson Valley, Vietnamese food is gaining a stronger foothold year by year, with a handful of restaurants serving bahn mis ranging from classic to innovative. Here’s where to get your bahn mi fix in the region.

Pho Tibet

58 Main Street, New Paltz 

Don’t let names fool you, this restaurant is neither all pho nor all Himalayan cuisine. Beyond the Tibetan offerings like momo (dumplings), tingmo (steamed buns), and stir-fried beef shabtak, Pho Tibet offers half a dozen bahn mi offerings ($14-16.50). The mildly spicy house special comes with braised short rib as its protein and pineapple sauce, while the beer-battered fried catfish bahn mi offers a novel spin on a classic. The other options are double-fried chicken, pork, and classic Vietnamese ham. There is also a vegan offering with seasoned soy protein and no mayo. All the offerings come with pickled carrot, daikon, cucumber, and cilantro.

iPho

154 Main Street, New Paltz

Besides the titular Vietnamese soup, this New Paltz mainstay offers four different kinds of bahn mi. In classic style, all iPho’s are served on a small baguette with ribbons of cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon, and cilantro with the protein of your choosing. For vegetarians, the fried tofu bahn mi is an indulgent choice. Meat eaters can pick from grilled lemongrass beef, pork, or chicken ($10.50-$11.50). Round your meal out with dumplings or sushi rolls.

Rosie General

Broadway, Kingston

As far as we can tell, Rosie in Kingston’s Rondout District, is the only spot in the Hudson Valley dishing up a bahn mi with homemade head cheese, which packs an umami punch alongside ham. Jalapeño mayo turns up the heat which is balanced by the crisp freshness of raw (rather than pickled) carrots and cucumbers. Cilantro and a zing of lime juice round out the flavor, all served on a house-baked baguette. You can also request it vegetarian and get mixed grilled mushrooms as your protein. The bahn mi is just one of Rosie’s lineup of tasty sandwiches, which range from a classic BLT to a grilled tuna melt and the gourmet mortadella sammie with whipped ricotta, crushed pistachios, habanero hot honey, red onion, and greens on semolina hero bread. Get there before noon and there are also breakfast sandwiches and burritos, granola bowls, and tasty open-face toasts.

Camp Kingston

36 Saint James Street, Kingston

Under the direction of Lee Kalpakis, the menu at cafe, bar, Camp Kingston is a global culinary tour de force with sandwich offerings like the pesto prosciutto on ciabatta and classic American hoagie coexisting peacefully alongside the vegetarian bahn mi. This delicacy is made with baked tofu tossed in a sweet sambal sauce, loaded onto a baguette, and topped with kewpie mayo, pickled veg, cilantro, and garlic butter ($16.50). You can also ask for it vegan. 

Yummy Kitchen

Cannonball Factory, 359 Columbia Street, Hudson

Yum Yum Noodle Bar

4 Rock City Road, Woodstock
275 Fair Street, Kingston
7496 S Broadway, Red Hook

At Yum Yum Noodle Bar, the bánh mì takes on the restaurant’s signature playful, pan-Asian style. Served on a crusty baguette with house-pickled vegetables and fresh herbs, the sandwich comes with bold protein options like Korean barbecue beef, miso-ginger tofu, or sesame chicken. Each version feels bright and indulgently messy, layered with zippy sauces and big flavors that keep you chasing the next bite. Yum Yum’s breezy, colorful atmosphere makes it the ideal match for a banh mi that doesn’t aim for tradition so much as delicious irreverence.

Pho 59

59 Market Street, Poughkeepsie

Pho 59 serves a banh mi that leans classic but hearty, with a beautifully crusty baguette and generous layers of pickled vegetables, cilantro, and jalapeños. Proteins typically include barbecue pork, grilled chicken, or tofu, each seasoned with the kitchen’s gentle, savory-sweet touch. The banh mi here feels built for appetite and comfort—something to enjoy alongside a steaming bowl of shrimp pho or on its own as a satisfying meal.

Pho 96

96 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie

Poughkeepsie’s Pho 96 offers a banh mi rooted in classic Vietnamese comfort, with a baguette that crackles just right and fillings that stay simple and generous. Run by three sisters who immigrated to the US 20 years ago, Pho 96 offers traditional dishes made to order. For the bah mi, your pick of protein—grilled pork, lemongrass chicken, or tofu—is tucked in with crisp pickled vegetables, jalapeños, and a restrained swipe of mayo or pate. The flavors skew bright and straightforward, the kind of sandwich made to anchor a quick weekday lunch or pair with a bowl of pho. This is not fussy or avant garde, but it always hits the spot.

Lone Wolf

240 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston

Kingston cocktail bar Lone Wolf recently debuted a bahn mi as part of their late-fall menu update. The bar’s pan-Asian bites pair nicely with the drink program, which includes some choice tiki concoctions (owner Anton Kinloch was the proprietor of the now-defunct Fuschia Tiki in New Paltz). Lone Wolf serves a classic bahn mi dressed with pickled vegetables, liver pate, roasted pork, cucumber, mayonnaise, jalapeno, and cilantro on bread special-ordered from Chinatown ($22). It comes served with a side of fries, which you can dress up your fries with truffle and parmesan for extra (+$6).