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Around Peterborough | Local Lodging | Dining | Visiting with Children
Peterborough is “southern New Hampshire's year-round arts community” offering something for everyone every day.
AROUND & ABOUT PETERBOROUGH
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Painting of Main Street, Peterborough by John Sirois
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See MonadnockTravel.com for a complete listing of regional offerings
At Wits' End - a shop of delightful surprises
The Toadstool Bookshop - over 50,000 new & used books plus CD's & knowledgable staff for special orders
Belletete's Hardware and lumber - everything you need
Copies & More: full service copy center including Mariposa t-shirt production, shipping
Compucare: Sales, Service & House Calls!
Sharon Arts Center - contemporary art, crafts & workshops.
Peterborough Art Academy & Gallery (contemporary art & summer art camps)
Peterborough Fine Arts, nineteenth and early twentieth century
Renaissance Room, a gallery of wearable art with personable owner, Jacquie Perry
Red Chair Antiques, with a specialty in European pieces and French linens
Roy's Market, with a real butcher shop and friendly people throughout.
Sim's Press, full color process printing
Sterling Business Services, reproductions and shipping services
Jane's In-Stitches, affordable alterations & custom-embroidery, Mariposa/Peace Hats
Artisan's Nosh - New England made sourvenirs & foods
Maggie's Marketplace - organic foods & cookware
Morgan's Way - sophisticated fashion
Peterborough Community Theatre - first-run films, nightly plus matinees
Peterborough Shoe Store - Bob sells shoes the old-fashioned way: he fits them!
Precious Cargo, everything for newborn to age six. A grandmother's delight!
Hobb's Jewelers - confidence for over forty years
TC's Hallmark - gifts and New Hampshire souvenirs
Suley's Soccer
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Joseph's Coat: world clothing, crafts, toys, jewelry, folkart, puppets from cooperatives and individuals committed to fair wages and education for artisans in need. At their new location at 32 Grove Street. A portion of your purchase supports Mariposa Museum.
PETERBOROUGH INFORMATION
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Painting of Peterborough Shoe Store by Barbara Busenbark
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www.townofpeterborough.com
www.peterboroughchamber.com
Peterborough Basket Company Outlet
Historical Society Museum & Archives
MacDowell Colony
Monadnock Music summer music festival
Peterborough Players summer stock theatre
Peterborough Folk Music Society: larryames@monad.net
Monadnock Summer Lyceum Lectures, Sundays, 11am, Unitarian Church
Shieling Forest, High Street, community programs
Monadnock State Park (603) 532-8862
LOCAL LODGING
Holiday Inn Express, 175 Key Road, Keene, NH, Toll-Free: (800) Holiday
Jack Daniels Motor Inn, Peterborough, NH (603) 924-7548
Peterborough Manor Bed & Breakfast (603) 924-9832, proprietor Peter Harrison
Greenfield Inn, Greenfield, NH, proprietor Vic Mangini
www.monadnocktravel.com
www.nhlodging.org
www.southwestnh.com
DINING IN PETERBOROUGH
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Painting of Jospeh's Coat PeaceCrafts in Peterborough by Barbara Busenbark
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Avanti's Pizzeria, by the bowling alley
Acqua Bistro & Bar, open evenings Tues.-Sun for fine Mediterranean & Italian cuisine
Aesop's Tables (located in Toadstool Bookstore), breakfast, coffees, and homemade lunch Mon.-Sat.
BagelWorks, Grove Street Extension, off Rte. 202 South, Peterborough
Grappelli's Pizza on Rte. 202 North, Peterborough, intriguing specials!
Harlow's Pub, generous lunch and dinner plus live music in a real New England pub, Grove St.
Noni's Restaurant, breakfast, lunch and First Friday gourmet dinners, Grove St.
Peterborough Diner, one of the nation's best, by Depot Square
Peterborough House of Pizza: traditional, Rte. 202 South
Peterborough Pizza Barn, traditional, Monadnock Community Plaza, Rte. 202 South
R. A. Gatto's Seafood & Pasta, Tuesday-Saturday
The Cafe at Noone Falls, special lunches by the mill spillway, Noone Falls Mill, Rte. 202 South
Twelve Pine, gourmet take-out or eat-in 7am-7pm (closes early Sat. & Sun.)
Yen Yen's: Chinese food and lounge, Monadnock Community Plaza, Rte. 202 South
VISITING WITH KIDS
Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride Area 615 Francestown Rd, Hwy 47, Bennington NH 03442 (603) 588-3668
Stonewall Farm: a working farm and education center, Keene, NH
Friendly Farm, a family petting farm on Rte. 101, Dublin NH
The Butterfly Place, 120 Tyngsboro Rd., Westford, MA 01886 (978) 392-0955
When children are raised with respect and curiosity towards other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war.
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