Guidebook for Barnstable
Food Scene
This is one of my favorite restaurants. Feels like you've walked into The Prancing Pony, right out of the Lord of the Rings. Extraordinary woodland ambience. Leather and barrel staves for seats and seashells lacquered into large cross-cut trunk tables. Celtic ambient music. Good prices. Some ingredients sourced locally.
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Common Ground Cafe
420 Main StThis is one of my favorite restaurants. Feels like you've walked into The Prancing Pony, right out of the Lord of the Rings. Extraordinary woodland ambience. Leather and barrel staves for seats and seashells lacquered into large cross-cut trunk tables. Celtic ambient music. Good prices. Some ingredients sourced locally.
One of the best more mid-upper-scale places on the Cape. Scrumptious French cuisine. Quiet, romantic ambience.
56 preporuka/e lokalaca
Bleu
10 Market StOne of the best more mid-upper-scale places on the Cape. Scrumptious French cuisine. Quiet, romantic ambience.
Awesome pub food. Unique, delicious menu, with good pricing. Live music.
20 preporuka/e lokalaca
Tap City Grille
586 Main StAwesome pub food. Unique, delicious menu, with good pricing. Live music.
Chick-fil-A
155 Enterprise RdIt's Chick-fil-A. What's not to love??
Just opened November 2016.
Chipotle Mexican Grill
793 Iyannough RdFavorite spot for fast, healthy food.
Widely recognized by native Cape Codders as the best donuts in fifty miles.
47 preporuka/e lokalaca
Hole In One Breakfast & Lunch
98 MA-6AWidely recognized by native Cape Codders as the best donuts in fifty miles.
Parks & Nature
My favorite beach. Residents only during the day, so go after 5pm. Great for sunsets. Has character, it's not just sand.
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Millway Beach
399 MillwayMy favorite beach. Residents only during the day, so go after 5pm. Great for sunsets. Has character, it's not just sand.
A big soccer field encircled by a one-third mile paved path. Referenced in the Amenities section of the listing. Great for frisbee, catch, croquet, picnics, etc. There are some more paths into the surrounding woods for the adventurous. Just watch out for ticks. You can get here as the crow flies from my house, using a path that doesn't show up on the maps.
Ellen A. McBarron Recreation Facility
940 Old Falmouth RoadA big soccer field encircled by a one-third mile paved path. Referenced in the Amenities section of the listing. Great for frisbee, catch, croquet, picnics, etc. There are some more paths into the surrounding woods for the adventurous. Just watch out for ticks. You can get here as the crow flies from my house, using a path that doesn't show up on the maps.
FREE PARKING. But small parking lot, so get here early. Grays Beach is beautiful in itself, but the main attraction is the long boardwalk. The view into the harbor is gorgeous. You'll see crabs and little fish over the side when the tide is in. Sometimes starfish too. There are benches at the end of the boardwalk. This is a great place for a relaxing walk with the breeze and the sun.
54 preporuka/e lokalaca
Grays Beach
Center StFREE PARKING. But small parking lot, so get here early. Grays Beach is beautiful in itself, but the main attraction is the long boardwalk. The view into the harbor is gorgeous. You'll see crabs and little fish over the side when the tide is in. Sometimes starfish too. There are benches at the end of the boardwalk. This is a great place for a relaxing walk with the breeze and the sun.
Essentials
Trader Joe's
655 132Good ol' Trader Joe's. Liquor selection too.
Whole Foods Market
990 Iyannough RdReally good people here.
Shopping
Great women's store for getting designer clothes that match you and your outfit, at thrift store prices.
Thrifty Stylist
1678 Falmouth RoadGreat women's store for getting designer clothes that match you and your outfit, at thrift store prices.
Entertainment & Activities
Regal Cape Cod Mall
793 MA-132Closest theater.