Recommended Places to Visit: Leicester

Recreation

Parks

Town Common
Paxton Street and Washburn Square

Towtaid Park

Church Street and Towtaid Street

Farms

Cooper's Hilltop Farm

515 Henshaw Street

Waterfalls

Greenville Pond
~713 Pleasant Street


Water Bodies
Smiths Pond

Gerald Court

Kettle Brook Reservoir #2
Mannville Street and Paxton Street

Kettle Brook Reservoir #3
~530 Paxton Street

Sargent Pond
1230 Main Street

Waite Pond
~85 Manville Street

Clark's Mill Pond
~137 Baldwin Street

Lynde Brook Reservoir
End of Reservoir Street

Kettle Brook Reservoir #1
Mulberry Street and Chapel Street

Burncoat Pond
End of Town Beach Road

Cedar Meadow Pond
395 Rawson Street

City Pond
~81 Chapel Street

Rochdale Pond
~1066 Stafford Road

Bouchard Pond
Pine Street near Charles Street 

Hiking

Tried:

Shaw Pond (private)

65 Watson Street

Southwick Pond

Walbridge Road near Cutler Road, Paxton

Frank Cooke Forest

250 Manville Street

Architecture

Monuments
Leicester Lions Park
Main Street and Bottomley Avenue


Places of Worship

Leicester First Congregational Church
1 Washburn Square

St. Joseph's Church
759 Main Street

Leicester Church of Christ
2 Church Place

Christ Episcopal Church
1089 Stafford Street

Greenville Baptist Church
674 Pleasant Street

Leicester Unitarian Church
5 Washburn Square


Schools
Becker College
964 Main Street


Town Facilities

Leicester Public Library
1136 Main Street

Town Hall
3 Washburn Square

Police Department
90 South Main Street

Restaurants

Higly Recommended:
Breakfast

Uncle Jay's Twisted Fork

509 Stafford Street

Recommended Dishes:

Hot Chocolate

Shrimp Scampi Omelette

Twisted Benedict

Tried:
Breakfast
B Law's Diner (closed)
15 South Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Egg Cheese and Bacon Sandwich
Hot Chocolate

Farmhouse Diner
15 South Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Mac and Cheese

Mike's Donut Shoppe
1181 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Honey Dipped Donut

Pleasant Street Diner
310 Pleasant Street
Recommended Dishes:
The Jason

Tiny Tim's Cafe

1137 Stafford Street

Recommended Dishes:

Hash

Italian
Northeast Pizza (chain)
1205 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Sweet and Sour Chicken Pizza
Chicken, Bacon, Ranch Dressing Pizza

Uncle Sam's Pizza
1072 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
BBQ Pit Pie
Pastrami Hot Sub

Dessert
Wicked Wings and Ice Cream
15 South Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Spicy Ranch Wings
Sticky Sesame Wings
Spicy Fried Pickles
Sundae

Western

Castle Restaurant
1230 Main Street

Eller's Restaurant
190 Main Street, Cherry Valley
Recommended Dishes:
Clam Chowder
Triple Sec Ravioli

Joe's Drive-In Restaurant
1673 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Veggie Burger

Hot Dog Annie's
244 Paxton Street
Recommended Dishes:
BBQ Hot Dog

Barber's Crossing (chain)
861 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Flowering Onion
Lobster Roll

Yankee Pot Roast

BBQ Texas Beef Ribs

Chicken Marsala

Castle Cantina Tapas Bar and Restaurant

1230 Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Tostones Rellenos

Aguacate Rellenos

Del Mar Paella

Papajotes

Karol Corner Take Out
610 Pleasant Street
Recommended Dishes:
Chicken Marsala

Rochdale Burgers, Subs and More (closed)
610 Pleasant Street
Recommended Dishes:
Spicy Thai Peanut Wings
Steak, Cheese, Mushrooms, Pepperoni Sub