Visiting Amherst
Food scene
Hungry Ghost Bread
62 State StAmazing bread, 20 minutes away
Best choice for coffee and croissants. They also have an amazing cocktail menu evenings, and a monthly oyster / lobster roll night.
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Amherst Coffee
28 Amity StBest choice for coffee and croissants. They also have an amazing cocktail menu evenings, and a monthly oyster / lobster roll night.
Best wine/beer/cheese selection by far in Amherst. The larger, original shop is in Northampton.
Provisions, Mill District
65 Cowls RoadBest wine/beer/cheese selection by far in Amherst. The larger, original shop is in Northampton.
Culture
Right next to Amherst Coffee, very fine first-run movies, many of them foreign
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Amherst Cinema Arts Center
28 Amity StRight next to Amherst Coffee, very fine first-run movies, many of them foreign
Amherst Books
8 Main StJones Library
43 Amity StIncredible Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson holdings