Jim and Issie’s Guidebook
Food scene
Great local restaurant, just over a mile from the Pony Barn. The food is amazing, everything tastes delicious. Wide variety of seafood and vegetarian options.
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Good News Restaurant and Bar
694 Main St SGreat local restaurant, just over a mile from the Pony Barn. The food is amazing, everything tastes delicious. Wide variety of seafood and vegetarian options.
Short 5-minute walk. Great place for breakfast or lunch, open 7 days a week. Rachel, the new owner has kept a lot of the old menu favorites but also added healthy and organic options to the menu.
Split Rail
230 Main St SShort 5-minute walk. Great place for breakfast or lunch, open 7 days a week. Rachel, the new owner has kept a lot of the old menu favorites but also added healthy and organic options to the menu.
Open for breakfast and brunch. Nice outdoor dining patio. Excellent baked goods, and delicious locally sourced food. Popular with locals, a great find.
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West Egg Bakery & Cafe
20 Sherman Hill RdOpen for breakfast and brunch. Nice outdoor dining patio. Excellent baked goods, and delicious locally sourced food. Popular with locals, a great find.
A local favorite of ours. Freshly made pasta, and locally sourced ingredients. Lots of great menu options. 20-minute walk from the Pony Barn
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John's Cafe
693 Main St SA local favorite of ours. Freshly made pasta, and locally sourced ingredients. Lots of great menu options. 20-minute walk from the Pony Barn
Just a 10-minute walk. Exceptional deli, you will not be disappointed. Lots of menu options, our kids in particular like the chicken parm sandwich or meatball rolls. Popular lunchtime spot.
Woodbury Deli & Catering LLC
428 Main St SJust a 10-minute walk. Exceptional deli, you will not be disappointed. Lots of menu options, our kids in particular like the chicken parm sandwich or meatball rolls. Popular lunchtime spot.
A 25-minute drive. Totally unexpected culinary masterpiece. Exceptional, personal service. Just next door is their own ice cream shop where they make ice cream from their own cows who live on a farm that resembles a 5-star Country Cow Hotel!
If you don't make it here, the Aerthusa ice cream is sold at our local market.
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Arethusa al tavolo
828 Bantam RdA 25-minute drive. Totally unexpected culinary masterpiece. Exceptional, personal service. Just next door is their own ice cream shop where they make ice cream from their own cows who live on a farm that resembles a 5-star Country Cow Hotel!
If you don't make it here, the Aerthusa ice cream is sold at our local market.
Markets and Bakeries
Less than a 5-minute drive. Wonderful organic and freshly prepared food. A must-see to believe all the great ingredients on offer, including kombucha on tap. Great selections of organic fruit and veggies.
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New Morning Market
129 Main St NLess than a 5-minute drive. Wonderful organic and freshly prepared food. A must-see to believe all the great ingredients on offer, including kombucha on tap. Great selections of organic fruit and veggies.
A short 5-minute walk from the Pony Barn. Excellent local, well-stocked supermarket.
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LaBonne's Market
238 Main St SA short 5-minute walk from the Pony Barn. Excellent local, well-stocked supermarket.
Yummy croissants and tasty bread. On the left-hand side 1.2 miles before you reach the Pony Barn.
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Ovens of France
660 Main St SYummy croissants and tasty bread. On the left-hand side 1.2 miles before you reach the Pony Barn.
Worth the drive to Bantam. Homemade bread, Linzer tortlets, dirt bombs and yummy cookies, especially the double ginger!
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Bantam Bread Co
853 Bantam RdWorth the drive to Bantam. Homemade bread, Linzer tortlets, dirt bombs and yummy cookies, especially the double ginger!
Outdoor Adventures
A nice hike right up the street. Several trails varying in length from 30 - 90 minutes. Moderate hills.
Flander's Land Trust - Whittemore Sanctuary
A nice hike right up the street. Several trails varying in length from 30 - 90 minutes. Moderate hills.
Shopping
Interesting and varied inventory. Much of the decor in the Pony Barn came from this amazing local resource! A short 2-minute drive from the Pony Barn
Farmhouse Antiques
495 Main St SInteresting and varied inventory. Much of the decor in the Pony Barn came from this amazing local resource! A short 2-minute drive from the Pony Barn