Berkshires Tour Guide

NYT Recommendations

Restaurants in Lenox

• Alta: Mediterranean lunch or dinner + wine bar • Bistro Zinc: modern French bistro • Brava: wine and beer bar. Great for pizza, cheese & charcuterie • Dulu Cafe & Lounge: Restaurant & bar at Doctor Sax House Inn. Great for any meal or a cocktail! • Firefly: bistro with a hearty American menu, a bar & porch seating • Frankie's: traditional Italian • Haven: breakfast, brunch, lunch. Online ordering for takeout too! • Pizzeria Boema: Wood fired pizza with indoor / outdoor seating • Patisserie Lenox: incredible coffee and French pastries

Restaurants in Stockbridge

• Lost Lamb: amazing bakery worth a stop for breakfast or lunch • Red Lion Inn: *very* historic hotel with great brunch, a pool, and ghosts :) includes the Lion’s Den basement bar with live music, and the Courtyard outdoor bar and restaurant • Once Upon a Table: farm to table • Main Street Café

Restaurants in West Stockbridge

• No. 6 Depot: serves excellent sandwiches and coffee • Aqua al Due: sister restaurant to the Florence, Italy original – don’t miss the blueberry steak! • Amici: casual Italian

Restaurants in Great Barrington

• Bizen: Japanese restaurant & sushi bar • Prarie Whale: farm to table • Mooncloud: dinner & cocktails until 10, after 10pm kitchen closes and music bumpin! • Marjoram + Roux: great for breakfast or lunch • Café ADAM: International cuisine with a modern European flavor • Xicohtencatl: authentic Mexican staples like mole and margaritas • Soco Creamery: our favorite ice cream! Try the funky seasonal flavors • Rubiner’s Cheesemongers and Rubi’s Café: incredible cheese market with adjacent café featuring coffee and amazing sandwiches • Fuel Coffee: gourmet coffee shop serving breakfast and lunch

Golf, Gardens, & Hikes

• Golf at Miraval / Wyndhurst Manor & Club (Lenox, MA): email chris.polidoro@miravalresorts.com for a tee time, or call 877.781.7125 . • Berkshire Botanical Garden (Stockbridge, MA): one of the country’s first, and still fabulous. Food and drink are allowed - great place for a picnic! Kid friendly. • Hike Monument Mountain (Near Lenox, MA): a variety of hiking trails & views of the Housatonic River • Kennedy Park (Lenox, MA): a 500-acre hardwood forest with 15 miles of well-maintained hiking and biking trails • Mount Greylock: the highest peak in Massachusetts! Drive to the top for great views • Laura’s Tower Trail (Stockbridge, MA): quiet walk through the woods just off Stockbridge’s Main Street that culminates in a tower offering panoramic views • Olivia’s Overlook (Lenox, MA): easy hike to a great view

Farms & Markets

• Lenox Farmers Market: every Friday in Lenox village • Great Barrington Farmers Market: every Saturday in downtown Great B • High Lawn Farm (Lee, MA): get local ice cream, gourmet grilled cheese, and charcuterie boards from the Farmstead Creamery! You can also visit the cows. Open daily from 10 - 6. • Taft Farm (Great Barrington, MA): great year-round farmstand featuring fresh produce and local specialty foods

Music & Museums

• Tanglewood (Lenox, MA): the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Highly recommend enjoying the open symphony rehearsal on 7/25 at 10:30am... buy tickets in advance • Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, MA): beloved painter of Saturday Evening Post fame • Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA): rare collection of French Impressionists and outdoor sculptures in quaint college town • Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio (Lenox, MA): home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, set on a 46-acre estate full of paintings, frescoes, and sculpture • MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA): One of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States

Spas

Lenox is known as a spa destination. A few favorites: • Canyon Ranch: housed in an opulent 19th-century mansion, formerly a Jesuit seminary. This all-inclusive spa resort is gorgeous! • Miraval: known as a quiet retreat centered in wellness, outdoor activities, and mindfulness. This digital device-free resort is home to several restaurants, a spa, and multiple pools.

Historic Homes

• The Mount (Lenox, MA): Edith Jones Wharton’s home where she famously wrote "The Decoration of Houses", among many books. Her stunning home and gardens have been beautifully preserved... you'll see why her family is the reference made in the saying "keeping up with the Joneses" • Chesterwood (Stockbridge, MA): the captivating summer sanctuary of sculptor Daniel Chester French, who sculpted Abe Lincoln's statue that sits in the Lincoln Memorial • Naumkeag House and Gardens (Stockbridge, MA): tour a Gilded Age mega-mansion

Breweries

• Barrington Brewery (Great B) • Big Elm Taproom (Great B) • Antimony Brewing (Lenox) • Bright Ideas Brewing (North Adams) • Hot Plate Brewing (Pittsfield) • Wandering Star Brewing (Pittsfield) • Roaring 20’s Brewery and Taphouse (New Lebanon, NY) • Chatham Brewing (Chatham, NY)