Guidebook for Bernardston
Food Scene
Just down the road from the apt. Excellent food and beautiful setting!
14 locals recommend
The Farm Table at Kringle Candle
219 South StJust down the road from the apt. Excellent food and beautiful setting!
Another of our favorite restaurants. A former general store, with lovely atmosphere and great food and drinks.
22 locals recommend
The Gill Tavern
326 Main RdAnother of our favorite restaurants. A former general store, with lovely atmosphere and great food and drinks.
Hillside Pizza
77 Church StOur local pizza place, with delicious wraps and salads too!
One of our favorite restaurants, in the middle of Greenfield. And just around the corner from the Greenfield Garden Cinema!
41 locals recommend
Hope & Olive
44 Hope StOne of our favorite restaurants, in the middle of Greenfield. And just around the corner from the Greenfield Garden Cinema!
Delicious pizza place in Greenfield. Salads are fabulous, too. Around the corner from Greenfield Garden Cinema.
27 locals recommend
Magpie
21 Bank RowDelicious pizza place in Greenfield. Salads are fabulous, too. Around the corner from Greenfield Garden Cinema.
A great stop on your way here or back, if you're coming via Route 2. Delicious breakfasts, sandwiches and salads--and, my fave, the homemade ice cream :>)
11 locals recommend
Wagon Wheel Country Drive In
39 French King HwyA great stop on your way here or back, if you're coming via Route 2. Delicious breakfasts, sandwiches and salads--and, my fave, the homemade ice cream :>)
Everything Else
We're a 15 minute drive to Northfield Mount Hermon school. Stay here while visiting your child at NMH!
Northfield Mount Hermon
One Lamplighter WayWe're a 15 minute drive to Northfield Mount Hermon school. Stay here while visiting your child at NMH!
We love Deerfield Academy because they serve our Eden Pond Farm chicken! Stay here when visiting your child--it's only a 20 minute drive.
10 locals recommend
Deerfield Academy
7 Boyden LnWe love Deerfield Academy because they serve our Eden Pond Farm chicken! Stay here when visiting your child--it's only a 20 minute drive.
We're a 20 minute drive from Eaglebrook School. And Eaglebrook has great taste--they serve our Eden Pond Farm chicken! Come stay with us when you visit your child.
Eaglebrook School
271 Pine Nook RdWe're a 20 minute drive from Eaglebrook School. And Eaglebrook has great taste--they serve our Eden Pond Farm chicken! Come stay with us when you visit your child.
W're just 30 minutes from Northampton, so you can visit your child at Smith and still get a night or two of country living.
31 locals recommend
Smith College
W're just 30 minutes from Northampton, so you can visit your child at Smith and still get a night or two of country living.
Where else can you stay that's within a 10 minute drive of a place called Satan's Kingdom Wildlife Management Area??? Check it out!!
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
845 West StWhere else can you stay that's within a 10 minute drive of a place called Satan's Kingdom Wildlife Management Area??? Check it out!!
We are a 40 minute drive from UMass. We love that UMass sources so much of its food locally! (And Cris is a UMass alum--)
30 locals recommend
University of Massachusetts Amherst
We are a 40 minute drive from UMass. We love that UMass sources so much of its food locally! (And Cris is a UMass alum--)
We are an easy 40 minute drive from Amherst College. Consider staying here for Amherst alumni days, or graduations---or just to visit your son or daughter at school!
26 locals recommend
Amherst College
We are an easy 40 minute drive from Amherst College. Consider staying here for Amherst alumni days, or graduations---or just to visit your son or daughter at school!
A locally-owned movie theater in the middle of Greenfield. Shows first-run movies. Small theaters, but can't beat the location.
13 locals recommend
Greenfield Garden Cinemas
361 Main StA locally-owned movie theater in the middle of Greenfield. Shows first-run movies. Small theaters, but can't beat the location.
Shopping
If you love wood, you NEED to visit Peterman's. The wood boards and bowls are spectacular, and they often sell seconds. It's on Rt 2, just down from the Wagon Wheel restaurant in Gill.
Peterman's Boards & Bowls
61 French King HwyIf you love wood, you NEED to visit Peterman's. The wood boards and bowls are spectacular, and they often sell seconds. It's on Rt 2, just down from the Wagon Wheel restaurant in Gill.
Arts & Culture
Our fave music venue in the Valley. Jim Olsen has a terrific line-up of artists every season, and the prices are very reasonable. It's also BYOB--yahoo!
17 locals recommend
The Parlor Room
32 Masonic StOur fave music venue in the Valley. Jim Olsen has a terrific line-up of artists every season, and the prices are very reasonable. It's also BYOB--yahoo!
Home of the Green River Festival. We're a 10 minute drive. You could easily bike there from here, too!
Greenfield Community College
1 College DrHome of the Green River Festival. We're a 10 minute drive. You could easily bike there from here, too!
Essentials
Bernardston's general store. Has a great deli and meat counter. We love their spinach and feta hamburgers!
Country Corner Store
44 Church StBernardston's general store. Has a great deli and meat counter. We love their spinach and feta hamburgers!
Drinks & Nightlife
fabulous food (check out their chicken liver pate, made with our chicken livers!), great beer (check out Brick & Feather microbrews), fun atmosphere!
9 locals recommend
Five Eyed Fox
37 3rd Stfabulous food (check out their chicken liver pate, made with our chicken livers!), great beer (check out Brick & Feather microbrews), fun atmosphere!