Happy valley Guidebook

Jayne
Happy valley Guidebook

In the village center by foot

Excellent French bistro with a romantic intimate atmosphere
25 locals recommend
Gypsy Apple Bistro
65 Bridge St
25 locals recommend
Excellent French bistro with a romantic intimate atmosphere
Great food. Drinks at the bar or on the deck overlooking the river
46 locals recommend
The Blue Rock | Restaurant and Bar
1 Ashfield St
46 locals recommend
Great food. Drinks at the bar or on the deck overlooking the river
Favorite lunch... healthy. fast. cheap. Vegan & GF
22 locals recommend
Hearty Eats
24 Bridge St
22 locals recommend
Favorite lunch... healthy. fast. cheap. Vegan & GF
Greasy spoon breakfast 😋
10 locals recommend
FoxTown Diner
25 Bridge St
10 locals recommend
Greasy spoon breakfast 😋
Cooperative organic market.
30 locals recommend
McCusker's Market
3 State St
30 locals recommend
Cooperative organic market.
Most everything you need, family run
20 locals recommend
Keystone Market
44 Bridge St
20 locals recommend
Most everything you need, family run
Our local brewery…live music!
13 locals recommend
Floodwater Brewing Company
40 State St
13 locals recommend
Our local brewery…live music!
77 locals recommend
Bridge of Flowers
22 Water St
77 locals recommend
11 locals recommend
Shelburne Falls Potholes
11 locals recommend
2nd oldest “candle pin” bowling alley in the states. Fun for all ages… drinks at the bar.
28 locals recommend
Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley
43 Bridge St
28 locals recommend
2nd oldest “candle pin” bowling alley in the states. Fun for all ages… drinks at the bar.
Local Artist’s works of quality for sale
16 locals recommend
Salmon Falls Gallery
1 Ashfield St
16 locals recommend
Local Artist’s works of quality for sale
Shabby chic finds
Cat & Crow
Shabby chic finds
Late night drinks and good eats!
Le Peacock
Late night drinks and good eats!
Natural wine and outdoor patio
Juicebox Wine Bar
Natural wine and outdoor patio

Food and drink

By car within a 30 minute drive
Greenfield: THE local favorite and something for everyone!
41 locals recommend
Hope & Olive
44 Hope St
41 locals recommend
Greenfield: THE local favorite and something for everyone!
Turners falls: great atmosphere, excellent food
9 locals recommend
Five Eyed Fox
37 3rd St
9 locals recommend
Turners falls: great atmosphere, excellent food
Turners falls: yum!
The Upper Bend
112 Avenue A
Turners falls: yum!
Shelburne: friend dough, sandwiches, soft serve ice cream. Homemade bread.
15 locals recommend
Hager's Farm Market
1232 Mohawk Trail
15 locals recommend
Shelburne: friend dough, sandwiches, soft serve ice cream. Homemade bread.
Ashfield: Favorite breakfast spot in a sweet New England farm town. Play area for the kids!
40 locals recommend
Elmer's Store
396 Main St
40 locals recommend
Ashfield: Favorite breakfast spot in a sweet New England farm town. Play area for the kids!
Gill: Charming atmosphere. upingill farm store nearby (country honor system)
22 locals recommend
The Gill Tavern
326 Main Rd
22 locals recommend
Gill: Charming atmosphere. upingill farm store nearby (country honor system)
Shelburne: small batch hard cider and beautiful 3 state views
7 locals recommend
West County Cider
208 Peckville Rd
7 locals recommend
Shelburne: small batch hard cider and beautiful 3 state views
Gill: Quality road food off RT 2 with an outdoor picnic area for kids and pups!
11 locals recommend
Wagon Wheel Country Drive In
39 French King Hwy
11 locals recommend
Gill: Quality road food off RT 2 with an outdoor picnic area for kids and pups!
Shelburne: seasonal sugar shack serving up breakfast at community style tables. afterwards walk off your meal on the trail to the fire tower.
Davenport Maple Farm Restaurant
111 Tower Rd
Shelburne: seasonal sugar shack serving up breakfast at community style tables. afterwards walk off your meal on the trail to the fire tower.
Fun dive bar feel on the lake! No reservations
37 locals recommend
Ashfield Lakehouse
141 Buckland Rd
37 locals recommend
Fun dive bar feel on the lake! No reservations
Charlemont: Great market with natural wines, and a “creamery” (ice cream shop) across the way from Berkshire east
10 locals recommend
Wells Provisions
159 Main Street
10 locals recommend
Charlemont: Great market with natural wines, and a “creamery” (ice cream shop) across the way from Berkshire east
Brattleboro: excellent. AND a unique romantic experience in an old trolley car!
49 locals recommend
T. J. Buckley's
132 Elliot St
49 locals recommend
Brattleboro: excellent. AND a unique romantic experience in an old trolley car!
Bernardston: Fine dining, Christmas and candle shops…a classy yankee candle
14 locals recommend
The Farm Table at Kringle Candle
219 South St
14 locals recommend
Bernardston: Fine dining, Christmas and candle shops…a classy yankee candle
Amherst: farm to table fine dining…nice outdoor area stop for drinks in the summer
30Boltwood
30 Boltwood Ave
Amherst: farm to table fine dining…nice outdoor area stop for drinks in the summer
24 hour truck stop off I 91. Juke boxes. Biscuits and gravy. Dexter new blood.
Whately Diner
372 State Rd
24 hour truck stop off I 91. Juke boxes. Biscuits and gravy. Dexter new blood.
Northampton: bar with prohibition cocktails and atmosphere
17 locals recommend
The Green Room
28 Center St
17 locals recommend
Northampton: bar with prohibition cocktails and atmosphere
Hadley: Arcade games, booze and snacks
19 locals recommend
The Quarters
8 Railroad St
19 locals recommend
Hadley: Arcade games, booze and snacks
Northampton: LGBTQA friendly bar with fun events!
The Majestic Saloon - Northampton MA
24 Main Street
Northampton: LGBTQA friendly bar with fun events!
Fine dining in an old church
31 locals recommend
Blue Heron Restaurant
112 N Main St
31 locals recommend
Fine dining in an old church
Easthampton: great food and plenty of fun bars such as luthiers with live music to walk to.
Calico
Easthampton: great food and plenty of fun bars such as luthiers with live music to walk to.

Outings

North Adams: world class modern art museum and music venue… a must see!
33 locals recommend
MASS MoCA
1040 Mass MoCA Way
33 locals recommend
North Adams: world class modern art museum and music venue… a must see!
Beckett: world class dance performances in the summer. Free events on the outdoor stage
257 locals recommend
Jacob's Pillow
358 George Carter Rd
257 locals recommend
Beckett: world class dance performances in the summer. Free events on the outdoor stage
Charlemont: Ski resort offering zip line and climbing adventures for every season. 15 min drive
107 locals recommend
Berkshire East Mountain Resort
66 Thunder Mountain Rd
107 locals recommend
Charlemont: Ski resort offering zip line and climbing adventures for every season. 15 min drive
Montague: “books you don’t need in a place you can’t find” on river with waterfalls. Lady killagrew for beers/lunch.
56 locals recommend
The Montague Bookmill
440 Greenfield Rd
56 locals recommend
Montague: “books you don’t need in a place you can’t find” on river with waterfalls. Lady killagrew for beers/lunch.
Ashfield: Outsider art sculpture garden. Donation entry
18 locals recommend
Three Sisters Sanctuary
188 Cape St
18 locals recommend
Ashfield: Outsider art sculpture garden. Donation entry
Greenfield: live music and fun events like drag bingo
23 locals recommend
Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center
289 Main St
23 locals recommend
Greenfield: live music and fun events like drag bingo
Turners falls: Always great finds, antique or otherwise, in a fun village!
11 locals recommend
LOOT found + made
62 Avenue A
11 locals recommend
Turners falls: Always great finds, antique or otherwise, in a fun village!
Montague: Hiking trails and swimming holes (nude areas) a block away from the bookmill
Montague Wildlife Management Area
Montague: Hiking trails and swimming holes (nude areas) a block away from the bookmill
Ashfield: trails and water falls. THE spot to cool off in a heat wave. Stop at Elmer’s on the way for breakfast
Chapel Brook
Ashfield: trails and water falls. THE spot to cool off in a heat wave. Stop at Elmer’s on the way for breakfast
Leverett: free and open to the public.
13 locals recommend
The New England Peace Pagoda
100 Cave Hill Rd
13 locals recommend
Leverett: free and open to the public.
Historic New England village walking tour. Oyster Wednesdays or drinks at champney’s afterwards.
46 locals recommend
Historic Deerfield
80 Old Main St
46 locals recommend
Historic New England village walking tour. Oyster Wednesdays or drinks at champney’s afterwards.
Northfield: experience the past of summer entertainment
13 locals recommend
Northfield Drive-In Theatre
981 Northfield Rd
13 locals recommend
Northfield: experience the past of summer entertainment
Easthampton: beautiful back road drive… Weekend wine tastings with live music, food truck, & lots of dogs
Glendale Ridge Vineyard
155 Glendale Rd
Easthampton: beautiful back road drive… Weekend wine tastings with live music, food truck, & lots of dogs
Northampton: donation admission. great little museum. Lunch at Paul and Elizabeth’s. (Park in the garage behind)
61 locals recommend
Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm St
61 locals recommend
Northampton: donation admission. great little museum. Lunch at Paul and Elizabeth’s. (Park in the garage behind)
Northampton: donation entry. Green house is a great outing in the winter months
Capen Garden, The Botanic Garden of Smith College
Northampton: donation entry. Green house is a great outing in the winter months
Buckland: 5 min drive. Playground, outdoor pool, trails to walk dogs along the river.
Buckland Recreation Area
66 Ashfield Rd
Buckland: 5 min drive. Playground, outdoor pool, trails to walk dogs along the river.
Special spot lost in the woods… open seasonally: fire pit, labyrinth gardens, Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin played here.
51 locals recommend
Dream Away
1342 County Rd
51 locals recommend
Special spot lost in the woods… open seasonally: fire pit, labyrinth gardens, Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin played here.
3 floors of trash or treasure
Whitney Hill Antiques
122 Main St
3 floors of trash or treasure
Antiques on route 2
The Duck Pond
1204 Mohawk Trail
Antiques on route 2