Suffield Studio Guidebook

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Suffield Studio Guidebook

Food scene

Pick your own blueberries and raspberries. Open July-September.
Kuras Berry Farms
1901 Mountain Road
Pick your own blueberries and raspberries. Open July-September.
Tasting room with scenic views and live music. Feel free to bring your own picnic of your favorite foods to pair with the wines. Food trucks also serve guests on Saturdays and Sundays!
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Brignole Vineyards
103 Hartford Ave
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Tasting room with scenic views and live music. Feel free to bring your own picnic of your favorite foods to pair with the wines. Food trucks also serve guests on Saturdays and Sundays!
Established in 1935, this German restaurant has one of the largest stein collections in the United States. It has been described by The Boston Globe and The New York Times as a city landmark, and has served German food and beer in its grand hall for 87 years. Offers complimentary valet parking.
Student Prince Cafe And Fort Restaurant
8 Fort St
Established in 1935, this German restaurant has one of the largest stein collections in the United States. It has been described by The Boston Globe and The New York Times as a city landmark, and has served German food and beer in its grand hall for 87 years. Offers complimentary valet parking.
Theodores’ BBQ is a 30+ year old Blues club in the heart of Springfield’s Entertainment District. Theos’ serves up The Valley’s Best Barbecue 7 days a week and their stage features the best in national, regional and local music, Tuesday through Saturday. In 2004 Theodores’ was recognized by The Blues Foundation and was named ‘Best Blues Club in the Country’ with a KBA Award (Keeping the Blues Alive).
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Theodore's Blues, Booze, and BBQ
201 Worthington St
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Theodores’ BBQ is a 30+ year old Blues club in the heart of Springfield’s Entertainment District. Theos’ serves up The Valley’s Best Barbecue 7 days a week and their stage features the best in national, regional and local music, Tuesday through Saturday. In 2004 Theodores’ was recognized by The Blues Foundation and was named ‘Best Blues Club in the Country’ with a KBA Award (Keeping the Blues Alive).
Steak, pasta, burgers & wine in an elegant, wood-lined dining room with a fireplace.
Three Figs
94 Mountain Rd
Steak, pasta, burgers & wine in an elegant, wood-lined dining room with a fireplace.
New American cuisine with Italian & French influences served in a stately Greek Revival building.
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The Federal
135 Cooper St
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New American cuisine with Italian & French influences served in a stately Greek Revival building.
Delicious food and drinks, live music, and outdoor seating on Lake Congamond. Try the fish tacos!
Wok on Water
101 Point Grove Road
Delicious food and drinks, live music, and outdoor seating on Lake Congamond. Try the fish tacos!
Breakfast spot with friendly service and delicious food offering specials with produce from local farms.
Partners Restaurant & Catering
485 Springfield Street
Breakfast spot with friendly service and delicious food offering specials with produce from local farms.
A cozy breakfast spot in a historic building right in the center of town.
Fire on the Mountain Smokehouse
A cozy breakfast spot in a historic building right in the center of town.
A great place for lunch offering a delicious and healthy menu.
Deep Roots Street Food
4 Park Pl
A great place for lunch offering a delicious and healthy menu.
A very fun atmosphere with great margaritas.
TJ's Burritos
A very fun atmosphere with great margaritas.
A hole-in-the-wall Italian bakery with the best, freshly made Italian bread in the area.
Balboni Bakery
A hole-in-the-wall Italian bakery with the best, freshly made Italian bread in the area.
Great Mexican food, absolutely excellent service.
D Patron Mexican Restaurant
Great Mexican food, absolutely excellent service.
A romantic, fine dining establishment with a chef's counter.
Present Company Restaurant
2 Tunxis Rd
A romantic, fine dining establishment with a chef's counter.
Live music, comfort food, and other fun events like trivia nights.
Cracker Barrel Pub
30 Main St
Live music, comfort food, and other fun events like trivia nights.
My recommendation for a Sushi restaurant.
Windsor Asian Bistro
700 Poquonock Ave
My recommendation for a Sushi restaurant.
Locally Grown fresh Ingredients Constantly Changing Menus Healthy, upscale food Superb service Intimate setting Summer time patio fun
Tosca Restaurant
68 Bridge St
Locally Grown fresh Ingredients Constantly Changing Menus Healthy, upscale food Superb service Intimate setting Summer time patio fun
Cafe in the center of Suffield with coffee, sandwiches, pastries and a charming outdoor patio.
Barista Cafe
Cafe in the center of Suffield with coffee, sandwiches, pastries and a charming outdoor patio.

Sightseeing

A scenic bike path that begins in New Haven CT and wends its way 54 miles north to the Massachusetts border and beyond. The closest access point is in Granby, CT.
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
A scenic bike path that begins in New Haven CT and wends its way 54 miles north to the Massachusetts border and beyond. The closest access point is in Granby, CT.
Babb's Beach is located on the shores of Lake Congamond and is open daily from 10am to 6pm June-August. There is a parking fee of $20 per car.
Babb's Beach
435 Babb Road
Babb's Beach is located on the shores of Lake Congamond and is open daily from 10am to 6pm June-August. There is a parking fee of $20 per car.
Sunrise Park is a beautiful park surrounding the picturesque White's Pond on the side of West Suffield Mountain. The park has many hiking trails throughout, and borders the Metacomet Trail. White's Pond is a perfect pond for canoeing and fishing, and the swimming area is a great place to cool off in the summer.
Sunrise Park
2075 Mountain Road
Sunrise Park is a beautiful park surrounding the picturesque White's Pond on the side of West Suffield Mountain. The park has many hiking trails throughout, and borders the Metacomet Trail. White's Pond is a perfect pond for canoeing and fishing, and the swimming area is a great place to cool off in the summer.
The Metcomet Trail is one of Connecticut’s blue blaze trails maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. It runs 62.3 miles from Berlin north to the Massachusetts border in Suffield. It features dramatic views, two of Connecticut’s stone towers, and some of the state’s best hiking.
Metacomet Trail, East Granby, CT
74 Turkey Hills Road
The Metcomet Trail is one of Connecticut’s blue blaze trails maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. It runs 62.3 miles from Berlin north to the Massachusetts border in Suffield. It features dramatic views, two of Connecticut’s stone towers, and some of the state’s best hiking.
The New England Air Museum is an American aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The mission of the New England Air Museum is to present the story of aviation, the human genius that made it possible and the profound effects that it has had on the way in which we live.
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New England Air Museum
36 Perimeter Rd
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The New England Air Museum is an American aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The mission of the New England Air Museum is to present the story of aviation, the human genius that made it possible and the profound effects that it has had on the way in which we live.
Guests can enter the main pasture during open farm hours (see the Roaring Acres website for current hours) and get an up-close experience with the animals. There is also an on-site boutique with products such fresh, pasture raised chicken and duck eggs (subject to availability), fresh produce, as well as local, raw honey.
Roaring Acres Alpacas
685 Hale Street
Guests can enter the main pasture during open farm hours (see the Roaring Acres website for current hours) and get an up-close experience with the animals. There is also an on-site boutique with products such fresh, pasture raised chicken and duck eggs (subject to availability), fresh produce, as well as local, raw honey.
This outdoor shopping and lifestyle center is a favorite amongst residents in the Pioneer Valley and Northern Connecticut. The Longmeadow Shops host a sought-after mix of premier national and local retailers, restaurants and cafés, and a luxury salon spa.
The Longmeadow Shops
690 Bliss Rd
This outdoor shopping and lifestyle center is a favorite amongst residents in the Pioneer Valley and Northern Connecticut. The Longmeadow Shops host a sought-after mix of premier national and local retailers, restaurants and cafés, and a luxury salon spa.
Broadleaf Gift is a local gift shop curating modern, rustic goods and highlighting quality gifts and local makers.
Broadleaf Gift Shop
1150 South Street
Broadleaf Gift is a local gift shop curating modern, rustic goods and highlighting quality gifts and local makers.
The Hatheway House, also known as the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden is a historic house museum at 55 South Main Street in Suffield. Open for tours May through October by advance reservation.
Phelps-Hatheway House
55 South Main Street
The Hatheway House, also known as the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden is a historic house museum at 55 South Main Street in Suffield. Open for tours May through October by advance reservation.
Dr. Alexander King's home, since 1960 the museum of the Suffield Historical Society, is filled with a great collection of early Connecticut Valley furniture. In addition, the museum's galleries display many interesting exhibits of local history. Especially significant is the Suffield cigar tobacco exhibit, as the town was for many decades one of the major sources of Connecticut Valley tobacco, as well as the location of the first cigar factory in the United States. Open May through September Wednesday and Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and by appointment.
King House Museum
232 South Main Street
Dr. Alexander King's home, since 1960 the museum of the Suffield Historical Society, is filled with a great collection of early Connecticut Valley furniture. In addition, the museum's galleries display many interesting exhibits of local history. Especially significant is the Suffield cigar tobacco exhibit, as the town was for many decades one of the major sources of Connecticut Valley tobacco, as well as the location of the first cigar factory in the United States. Open May through September Wednesday and Saturday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and by appointment.
Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine is nationally recognized as the first chartered copper mine and first state prison in early America. Tours May-October.
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Old Newgate Prison
115 Newgate Rd
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Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine is nationally recognized as the first chartered copper mine and first state prison in early America. Tours May-October.
Tour the trolley museum to learn more about the trolley age of the early 1900s in the CT River Valley area. On select weekends, visitors can ride on one of the restored trolleys. There is also a fire museum on the same lot.
Connecticut Fire Museum
58 N Rd
Tour the trolley museum to learn more about the trolley age of the early 1900s in the CT River Valley area. On select weekends, visitors can ride on one of the restored trolleys. There is also a fire museum on the same lot.
Volunteer run museum located in Windsor, Connecticut, offering a fascinating and educational look back in time (and technology). Take a walk through history from Morse Code transmitters to radio & television to personal computers, and everything in between.
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut
115 Pierson Ln
Volunteer run museum located in Windsor, Connecticut, offering a fascinating and educational look back in time (and technology). Take a walk through history from Morse Code transmitters to radio & television to personal computers, and everything in between.
The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society operates a museum to preserve the history of cigar-tobacco agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley and educate future generations. Exhibits include photographs, writings, and other documents about the crop. The museum is open seasonally, for three days a week, between March and December.
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society operates a museum to preserve the history of cigar-tobacco agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley and educate future generations. Exhibits include photographs, writings, and other documents about the crop. The museum is open seasonally, for three days a week, between March and December.

Neighborhoods

Suffield Depot is named for the end of a spur railroad line leading to Suffield village from the town of Windsor Locks to the south. It includes the Suffield Historic District. Suffield's historic Main Street anchors the town center along a designated 4.3 mile State Scenic Highway. Stately homes and large shade trees line this beautiful stretch of roadway. Home to a dynamic array of architectural styles, a walk along Suffield's Main Street is a walk through history. The village is also home to many shops and restaurants such as Suffield Village Market, Tosca Restaurant, Barista Cafe, Pentimento Design, Moxy Boutique, Feather & Bloom, Three Figs, and 341 North Main Grille.
Suffield Depot
Suffield Depot is named for the end of a spur railroad line leading to Suffield village from the town of Windsor Locks to the south. It includes the Suffield Historic District. Suffield's historic Main Street anchors the town center along a designated 4.3 mile State Scenic Highway. Stately homes and large shade trees line this beautiful stretch of roadway. Home to a dynamic array of architectural styles, a walk along Suffield's Main Street is a walk through history. The village is also home to many shops and restaurants such as Suffield Village Market, Tosca Restaurant, Barista Cafe, Pentimento Design, Moxy Boutique, Feather & Bloom, Three Figs, and 341 North Main Grille.
Old homes and stone fences add charm as you bike or walk the Farmington Valley Greenway Trail that runs through this historic town center neighborhood, referred to as Salmon Brook. A beautiful town center with shopping, restaurants, antiques and cultural events.
Salmon Brook
Old homes and stone fences add charm as you bike or walk the Farmington Valley Greenway Trail that runs through this historic town center neighborhood, referred to as Salmon Brook. A beautiful town center with shopping, restaurants, antiques and cultural events.