The main square — Kossuth tér — is the social centre of Sátoraljaújhely and the best place to get a sense of the town's modest grandeur. The baroque County Hall (now the Town Hall) faces the Roman Catholic Church across the square, and a bronze statue of Kossuth occupies the central space.
The buildings around the square are a reasonable record of the town's history as a regional administrative centre: 18th and 19th-century facades with the occasional gap where something was never rebuilt. A few cafes and the town's main bank are on the square. In summer, tables spill out in front of the coffee houses. The market street runs off one corner; on weekday mornings it's where local farmers sell vegetables and eggs.