Rudy & Ron Vale Proprietors

The Corner Stop is owned by husband and wife team Rudy and Ron Vale who have spent the better part of their lives toiling in the restaurant business, traveling the country to experience the best it has to offer. They were both drawn to the San Francisco area because of its vibrant food and wine culture. They met working at a renowned fine dining restaurant in Marin County, just north of the city where Ron was the general manager and Rudy managed the wine program. After marrying, the couple moved back east to their roots, settling in Hingham, just a few doors down from The Corner Stop location.

Ron continued to work for some of the most prominent restaurant companies in the Boston area, opening Sorellina for the group that owns Mistral, Alta Strada for Michael Schlow, and most recently, Island Creek Oyster Bar and The Hawthorne.

Rudy caught the restaurant bug early in life, attending the Cornell School of Hospitality, and moved on to manage fine dining restaurants. She garnered national attention for her dynamic and approachable wine program. While her children were young, she channeled her love of food into collaborating on cookbook projects and writing food production scripts.

The couple had always dreamt of owning their own restaurant, but hesitated knowing the time commitment it involved. When they found out the restaurant at the corner was available, they saw it as a sign. They held hands, took the plunge, and The Corner Stop was born in October of 2013.

Sam Cabral-Curtis Chef

How to describe the young talent that is Chef Sam? “We’ve been in the restaurant business long enough to recognize that when you’ve got it, you’ve got it. Every chef has a distinct palate, and we love his complex, balanced, bold flavors… he pushes every dish right to the edge. He’s an intuitive chef that cooks with instinct and soul.”

Sam is a Boston boy who learned how to cook in Saint Bernard Parish in Louisiana, where he had moved to help with the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina. He came home thirsty to learn, and honed his skills at Legal Seafoods, The Cottage, and Back Bay Social Club. The Corner Stop is the perfect venue for his brand of soulful, straight from the heart cooking… real food, simply prepared, that just begs to be eaten.”

The Corner Stop

First, the name… The restaurant is located in West Corner where the towns of Hingham, Hull and Cohasset meet (West’s to be precise, named after Charles West who owned the general store at the corner). Keen eyes will notice the restaurant logo is a signpost representing the crossroads of these three disparate towns. “We wanted the restaurant to be approachable and unintimidating and the name reflects that.”

Despite Ron & Rudy’s fine dining background, they set out to create something more casual… a neighborhood eatery serving modern American food with a fresh, healthy, and bold take on the standards. “We looked at our community and wanted to be an extension of that. This is our neighborhood- we can see the restaurant from our house- and we wanted to be a gathering place where people feel comfortable bringing in their kids… meeting a group of friends out for drinks and a nibble, another couple for a nice dinner, or just stopping in for a beer and burger at the bar.” The menu lends itself to all of that, offering sandwiches, flatbreads, healthy creative salads, an innovative children’s menu, and more refined entrees like scallops and tenderloin.

Rudy designed the restaurant, inspired by the seacoast environment… the rocky, picturesque shores of Cohasset. The feeling is modern and airy, but with rustic, natural elements to add warmth. The bar is usually bustling, with a 30-seat U shaped bar and a floor to ceiling fieldstone fireplace. For a quieter night, the cozy dining room conjures up an intimate dinner by porch light, looking on to a birch wall.

The restaurant is beautiful, but unfussy and comfortable. It reflects a relaxed, west coast sensibility that good things don’t have to come with airs. “We want people to feel like they’re walking into our home, with the warm hospitality you expect from friends.”