This is our favorite little spot to stop at on our way to Leominster every month, it's our half…read moreway point, so it's the perfect time to get out for a little snack and coffee. Ben's offers a full menu of delicious options, plus so many coffee and teas. It's become our favorite place to stop for years now!

The signing in was a big hassle....trying to sign up for the newsletter and giving my phone number…read moreAgain! for 10% off my order! I have been buying from Ben's o- line for quite some time now and have never received any discounts! the whole ordering and email and sign in this time was worse than ever. Sorry Ben's! The product is very good that I will say, My daughter and son in law live in Colorado and My daughter is a huge Maple fan! This is not Michael speaking just his credit card , it is the person who actually does all the ordering his wife Annette Bucklin. Just took way too long to order today way too long. Annette Bucklin

We have a guest visiting from out of town this weekend (2/15-2/19/2024) One of the activities we…read moreoffered is going to a sugar shack. Sugaring off is a quintessentially New England activity. Normally I wouldn't offer this as something to do in mid-February. Maple sugar weekend is usually in mid March. But, I read an article in The Union Leader written by Allegra Boverman. She titled her piece, " The sap is running at Babel's Sugar Shack". This is how I discovered Jeff and Paula Babel's Sugar Shack! This is a small, wood fired maple sugar producer located at 323 Hurricane Hill Rd in Mason NH. The Babels (pronounced Bay-bell) are both wonderfully friendly, knowledgeable, and interesting to converse with! Jeff is passionate about maple syrup and is happy to share his wealth of knowledge. We viewed the entire maple barn, equipment, and enjoyed all Paula and Jeff shared with us about their maple syrup production. They have a shop behind the sugar shack where maple syrup, candies, and other delights are for sale. The sugar shack is very new and clean. The equipment is gleaming stainless steel. The shop is super welcoming with tables and chairs for customers to sit and enjoy treats. Babel's is an award winning maple syrup producer! Most recently they won second place in the NH Maple Producers Association Carlisle Award competition! They were competing against the best of the best and won second place! If you go to their Facebook page you can see the other awards they've won, including Best Sugarhouse in 2021 from WMUR! Babel's Sugar Shack LLC has earned the New Hampshire Seal of Quality from the NH Dept of Agriculture! They have an adorable, young golden retriever, Winnie; she is happy to greet you and loves to chase snowballs! We purchased two containers of dark amber syrup because we love super maple-y maple syrup! The Babel's are readying the sugar shack for Maple Weekend this year, March 16 and 17! I called ahead to make sure they were really open. Even though they weren't making syrup today it was still a wonderful outing! I highly recommend visiting Babel's Sugar Shack, if not for award winning syrup, then go for the lovely ambiance and great conversation!

Pickity Place is a destination and experience. An event to…read morelook forward to. The old building in the woods of NH has a little red riding hood theme, and great charm. Including a beautiful "little free library". There is a gift shop with locally made goods and their own spice and dip mixes. So if you love the meal you can buy the flavors. They also have a greenhouse in the summer. They have one menu per month, it includes a dip, a soup, a salad, a bread, an entree a dessert and two beverages. The peach raspberry tea is wonderful, the lavendar lemonade is a treat and the mocha coffee is delicious - though it is decaffeinated. (You can get regular caffeinated coffee to stave off your food coma on the drive home too) January 2025's menu was delicious. I had the beef wellington and it was so tender. The flavors on all the dishes were wonderful. The restaurant does 3 to 4 seatings per day where everyone eats at once so the meal is like a very charming assembly line - all you have to worry about is enjoying. Excited to go back and excited for the upcoming menus. I hadn't eaten here in many years. I feel like I've been missing out.

What a great experience! Surpassed my expectations after hearing about this place for years. Loved…read morethe quaint feeling of dining in someone's home with the drive there giving more of that feeling with how out of the way this place is. The food all came out quick and appreciated the simple choices that were all excellent. My one small .5 star reduction would be the bread being a bit too dough and needing to be toasted slightly for a warmth and crunch. Other than that, all the food was great and the included drinks from lemonade to coffee, tea and cider is a great touch. Tried the chicken dish and the vegetarian dish with both being excellent. We'll be headed back in a month or two. Make reservations before and check the menu for what they'll be serving as it changes every so often.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but when I go there, I order my sandwich, then head to the beer cooler, stop…read moreby the liquor shelf, swing through the walk-in humidor, and circle back to grab my sandwich before heading to the super friendly cashier and out the door. Keep it up, ladies--you're doing a great job. The best sandwich is the large chicken salad sub, loaded with hots. Best beer and liquor prices around, plus a small grocery section too.

Best sandwiches. Always call ahead, especially around lunch. Checkout is usually pretty speedy…read more Only downside is their great gas prices bring in loads of people. I wish they wouldn't leave their cars at the pump to go shopping.

Stopped by Lull Farm in Milford, NH -- such a quaint spot filled with charm! They have a great…read moreselection of fresh, locally grown fruits & veggies, plus in-house-made jams, pies, & even fresh meats. Perfect place to grab some seasonal goodies & support local farmers!

Packaged items here are ridiculously overpriced and not very good in my experience, but today's…read morefail takes the cake: I just bought a package of sourdough bread, not even a full pound, probably 12 oz, for $6.99 (!), thinking "well it's expensive but at least it's probably pretty good" -- just to get home and find out it's some of the dryest, most tasteless bread I've ever had the displeasure of eating. Paid twice as much as I would have in a supermarket for bread they should be ashamed of selling. Never again. OK, but it's a farm stand, so how's the produce? In the past I've found it to be a mixed picture. First you need to realize that, despite the fact that they're a farm stand, most of the produce that they're selling is not their own or necessarily even local. So for a lot of things you're just paying more than you would at a supermarket for the exactly the same stuff. If you stick to the items that they mark as "our own," well, generally I've had no issues with the quality, but again, the prices can be pretty high for what you're getting. Over the years I've been going to Lull less and less often for that reason alone -- I want to buy local but when everything costs twice as much as at MB, it just doesn't seem worthwhile. (Aren't farm stands supposed to be *cheaper* because they cut out the middleman?) Anyway, after today's bread fail I've had it; don't plan on going back.

My favorite place to get plants and garden flowers. I would say once a month in the summer i like…read moreto go to the farm on a Sunday, take my sandals off walk bare foot through the rows of flowers and slowly pick while admiring the view. Great location to get herbs, flowers, plants and more. The flowers are weighed and for the price you can't get a better deal on garden flowers, although not necessarily the flowers that everyone is looking for. I especially like the sign for the farm stand area, i am not sure who painted it but it is gorgeous and epitomizes my feelings of this location.

If there were a sixth star, Rosaly's would get it…read more Located in a rolling open field outside Peterborough, it has a sweeping tree view (gorgeous in this time of the changing leaves) as well as a good shot at Mt. Monadnock. Fog half-covered the mountain this morning, which was very dramatic. At Rosaly's I got to do something I've never done before: hand-pick my own flowers from a professional garden. They give you a pair of scissors and some water in a bucket, and let you go to town. Flowers are $12 for a dollar. I picked myself silly and spent only about $3. They also offer pick-your-own herbs as well as a sweet little selection of fruit and tourist toys. What a place!

In Ashburnham of all places!!! GREAT little store WITH a spacious art gallery on the second floor!…read morePerfect source for cool gifts and fabulous art pieces. Plus it smells good AND they play the best music on the sound system! The shopkeepers are the friendliest and sweet, too! I could hang out in here ALL day! THIS is THE PLACE for unique presents! No need to drive into Cambridge, ANYMORE!

I'm so glad I found this adorable shop! Almost everything they sell is handmade locally. I happened…read moreto find this place by accident on a Saturday and wanted to check it out. I was delighted to see that every Saturday they have an artist set up a workshop where you can learn about their pieces, work alongside them and even purchase some artwork. I spent almost 3 hours in here! All items are very fairly priced. I definitely did not leave empty handed. I will definitely be back for Christmas shopping!

Beautiful orchard to spend time out in nature with friends and family. Very cute farm animals,…read moreincluding a herd of friendly goats. My friends had the cider donuts and said they're fantastic. I had the mulled hot cider, which was a bit too sweet...but that may have just been the apples. They have a corn maze for $5 per person and a peck of apples is $19 pp. Great time!

Overall it's a decent spot for apple picking and getting your cider donut fix. It can be busy but…read moredoesn't seem to get as crowded/chaotic as some of the more touristy spots, and you can probably see and accomplish everything that you want to do here in a few hours. The apple crisp, cider donuts, and apple cider are all really good here. The donuts are still warm if you get them on a weekend. The only downside is that you have to wait in a long line to order your donuts and then wait another 30 minutes or so for your donuts to be ready. They sell the apple crisp + cider inside separately, so if your group wants one of each your best bet is to split up and wait separately otherwise you'll be spending a good chunk of your day waiting in lines. Apple picking here is decent, not the greatest, but the trees are labeled properly and the paths are well maintained. I've had no issues filling a bag of healthy apples. There is also a hayride that brings you to and from the apple orchard but I believe you have to pay for it. They have some animals that you can see, a pumpkin patch, and a corn maze. The corn maze is the perfect size IMO. It's not too big where you could be lost for hours, but its challenging enough for 30 minutes or so which is good for kids.

Great little place with a very helpful and friendly staff. Best cuts of meat around and always…read morewilling to go the extra mile to make you happy. Love this shop.

I'm a big fan of old school local markets and go to them whenever possible. We used to go to Roy's…read morewhen we lived in Peterborough for 5 years, 3 years ago. We thought they were "okay" but not spectacular. I've changed my mind! They staff is incredibly nice and down to earth. The meat is excellent--my go to places in MA have gotten pretty disappointing with meat that's clearly low grade, but not Roy's--their steaks & marinated meats are unmatched with anyplace else I can compare them to and the prices are very fair. The ambience is great if you want to be in an old school place that's 100% like grocery stores in the 1960s. Lastly, their prepared foods (especially the cranberry chicken salad) are the BEST anywhere and put all the other stores I've been to in recent years to shame.

We have come to make this a yearly trip in the fall usually a week before milford pumpkin fest. We…read morelove the corn maze, get pumpkins and corn stalks for decorating for the season and some of their huge and great variety mums. Good group of people work here, keep it really clean and nice and are good to deal with

Purchased their pre-order Thanksgiving dinners this year. Each serving at $29.99 is enough for 2…read more You can't go wrong. Pick up was Wednesday afternoon with everything you'd expect from a traditional American Thanksgiving meal: White turkey, mashed potatoes, squash, stuffing, green bean casserole, gravy, cranberry sauce and roll. Everything was packed up nicely. Would do it again. I must say, their pumpkin pie was the star of the day. I've had many of those in my years and without a doubt, this is the best I ever had. It's a little pricey, but is large and delicious. Of course, hats off the the staff/team who work there! Thank you, Susan