Guidebook for Bellows Falls/Rockingham/Walpole

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Guidebook for Bellows Falls/Rockingham/Walpole

Food Scene

Farm to table with Italian influence. Great wines and mixed drinks. Lovely atmosphere and staff. Great news! Popolo had reopened as Ciao Popolo!!
18 residents recomanen
Popolo
36 Square
18 residents recomanen
Farm to table with Italian influence. Great wines and mixed drinks. Lovely atmosphere and staff. Great news! Popolo had reopened as Ciao Popolo!!
Great fresh dishes. Fantastic desserts! Historic house.
14 residents recomanen
Leslie's Tavern At Rockingham
660 Rockingham Rd
14 residents recomanen
Great fresh dishes. Fantastic desserts! Historic house.
A co-operative of three dynamic women. Great coffee, nice desserts. Lively music/literary scene. Opening soon...stay tuned
10 residents recomanen
Flat Iron Exchange
51 Square
10 residents recomanen
A co-operative of three dynamic women. Great coffee, nice desserts. Lively music/literary scene. Opening soon...stay tuned
Great, historic 18th century town across the river...great food and hospitality...and home-made chocolate shop and tea room next door! Louisa May Alcott summered here!
37 residents recomanen
The Restaurant at Burdick's
47 Main St
37 residents recomanen
Great, historic 18th century town across the river...great food and hospitality...and home-made chocolate shop and tea room next door! Louisa May Alcott summered here!
Local food put together in interesting ways. Great baked goods. Breakfast all day! Try the Thai chicken wrap...divine! Open till 3 PM
24 residents recomanen
Moon Dog Cafe
24 Rockingham Rd
24 residents recomanen
Local food put together in interesting ways. Great baked goods. Breakfast all day! Try the Thai chicken wrap...divine! Open till 3 PM
Come in for the best coffee in Vermont lovingly roasted in full pound bags by Jennifer and her fine crew. Beautiful renovation of beloved historic building. Sandwiches, breakfast desserts to die for! Great gelato.
8 residents recomanen
Rockingham Roasters
3 Rockingham Street
8 residents recomanen
Come in for the best coffee in Vermont lovingly roasted in full pound bags by Jennifer and her fine crew. Beautiful renovation of beloved historic building. Sandwiches, breakfast desserts to die for! Great gelato.
A short walk from our house! Great, Greek style pizza and dishes.
6 residents recomanen
Athens Pizza House Inc
83 Westminster St
6 residents recomanen
A short walk from our house! Great, Greek style pizza and dishes.
Tiki drinks on the Connecticut River...who knew! Great Chinatown atmosphere, great food, attentive staff...enjoy!
6 residents recomanen
Joy Wah Restaurant
287 Rockingham St
6 residents recomanen
Tiki drinks on the Connecticut River...who knew! Great Chinatown atmosphere, great food, attentive staff...enjoy!
Great small plates of many different cultures, paired with beautiful cocktails and local beers and warm welcoming atmosphere. A village treasure!
21 residents recomanen
Wunderbar
22 Rockingham Rd
21 residents recomanen
Great small plates of many different cultures, paired with beautiful cocktails and local beers and warm welcoming atmosphere. A village treasure!
Neighborhood pizza and selection of dinners from broiled salmon to Mexican feasts. Informal and delicious!
Pizza Palace
Neighborhood pizza and selection of dinners from broiled salmon to Mexican feasts. Informal and delicious!

Shopping

Well-selected items beautifully presented. Go downstairs for gadgets and glassware!
24 residents recomanen
Windham Antique Center
5 Square
24 residents recomanen
Well-selected items beautifully presented. Go downstairs for gadgets and glassware!
Books and gifts lovingly curated by Pat, Allan and Myles. Open 7 days. Fantastic children's section!
7 residents recomanen
Village Square Booksellers
32 Square
7 residents recomanen
Books and gifts lovingly curated by Pat, Allan and Myles. Open 7 days. Fantastic children's section!
A short walk from our house. Unique world-culture gifts. Beautiful Native American made slippers by owner's son-in-law. New Age items. In one of the oldest homes in town.
Kokopelli's
4 Atkinson Street
A short walk from our house. Unique world-culture gifts. Beautiful Native American made slippers by owner's son-in-law. New Age items. In one of the oldest homes in town.

Essentials

Wonderful butcher shop. Good fresh fruits and veggies. They have what you need!
10 residents recomanen
Lisais Market
128 Atkinson St
10 residents recomanen
Wonderful butcher shop. Good fresh fruits and veggies. They have what you need!
Great sandwiches!
Lisais Corner Deli
92 Atkinson St
Great sandwiches!

Arts & Culture

Beautiful movie theater and performance space. Great sound, comfortable seats. Big screen...$6! Vintage movie Wednesdays!
17 residents recomanen
Bellows Falls Opera House
7 Square
17 residents recomanen
Beautiful movie theater and performance space. Great sound, comfortable seats. Big screen...$6! Vintage movie Wednesdays!
Great intimate space. Musical guests of all genres.
Stage 33 Live
Great intimate space. Musical guests of all genres.

Sightseeing

First water canal in America...completed 1803! Canal street is our Art Gallery district. Keep walking along the canal to our 1930 post office and 1920s vintage hydro electric plant Our Fish Ladder and small museum is there. It's a favorite of children and the curious young-at-heart. Look for eels and lampreys swimming up the fish ladder!.
Canal Street
Canal Street
First water canal in America...completed 1803! Canal street is our Art Gallery district. Keep walking along the canal to our 1930 post office and 1920s vintage hydro electric plant Our Fish Ladder and small museum is there. It's a favorite of children and the curious young-at-heart. Look for eels and lampreys swimming up the fish ladder!.
It's closed for traffic, so you can walk out and look down from its edge and see ancient Native American Petroglyphs carved into rocks below the waterfalls!
Vilas Bridge
Vilas Bridge Road
It's closed for traffic, so you can walk out and look down from its edge and see ancient Native American Petroglyphs carved into rocks below the waterfalls!
You may catch a sturgeon, eel, or salmon climbing the ladder upstream! Nice staff. Great for kids and families!
Bellows Falls Fish Ladder and Visitor Center
17 Bridge St
You may catch a sturgeon, eel, or salmon climbing the ladder upstream! Nice staff. Great for kids and families!
Early grist mill from the 19th century is nw a museum maintained by the Bellows Falls Historical Society. It's the start of their River Walk ending at gardens and a fine Labyrinth.
Adams Old Stone Grist Mill
Early grist mill from the 19th century is nw a museum maintained by the Bellows Falls Historical Society. It's the start of their River Walk ending at gardens and a fine Labyrinth.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good bar food. Local beers on tap!
Donovan's
65 Rockingham Rd
Good bar food. Local beers on tap!
Neighborhood bar with love music nights.
P K's Pub
113 Rockingham Rd
Neighborhood bar with love music nights.