Recommended Places to Visit: Chicopee

Recreation

Events
Great New England Air Show
975 Patriot Avenue


Bowling
AMF Chicopee Lanes
295 Burnett Road


Waterfalls
Chicopee Falls Dam
Broadway Street between Grattan Street and Main Street

Water Bodies
Chicopee River
4 Springfield Street


Parks
Szot Park
687 Front Street

Chicopee Center Canal Walk
Front Street and Center Street

Hiking
Recommended:
Chicopee Memorial State Park
570 Burnett Road


Golf
Chicopee Country Club
1290 Burnett Road


Architecture

Monuments

Plantation Man (moved to 485 Springfield Street, Agawam)
295 Burnett Road

Aldenville Commons
Grattan Street and McKinstry Avenue

War Memorials
Front Street and Bonneville Avenue

Chicopee Lodge of Elks #1849
431 Granby Road

Sphere
9 Church Street

Painted Airplanes

Schools
Fairview School
26 Memorial Avenue

St. Joan of Arc School
587 Grattan Street

Chicopee High School
820 Front Street

Elms College
291 Springfield Street

Holyoke Catholic High School
134 Springfield Street


Places of Worship

Lifepoint Church
603 New Ludlow Road

St. Anne Church
30 College Street

Ste. Rose de Lima Church
600 Grattan Street

First Congregational Church
306 Chicopee Street

First Central Baptist Church
50 Broadway Street

Holy Name of Jesus Church
104 Springfield Street

Christ's Community Church
103 Springfield Street

Saints Helen and Constantine Greek Orthodox Church
30 Grattan Street

Chicopee Church of God
993 Chicopee Street

Church of the New Covenant
780 Chicopee Street

Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antigua
840 Chicopee Street

St. Stanislaus Basilica
566 Front Street

Crossroads Ministries United Pentecostal Church
40 Newbury Street

Grace Episcopal Church
156 Springfield Street

Town Facilities
Westover Air Reserve Base
975 Patriot Avenue

River Mills Senior Center
5 West Main Street

Post Office
28 Main Street

Chicopee Public Schools
180 Broadway Street

Chicopee Public Library
449 Front Street

Chicopee City Hall
17 Springfield Street

Historical Buildings
Old St. George Church
202 East Main Street

Old St. Patrick's Church
319 Broadway Street

Old Chicopee Academy
650 Front Street

Old Chicopee Public Library
31 Springfield Street

Old Holy Name School
33 South Street

Cabotville Industrial Park
165 Front Street

Ames Privilege Apartments
1 Springfield Street


Commercial Buildings

480 Burnett Road
480 Burnett Road


Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Indian
Priya Indian Cuisine
460 Memorial Drive
Recommended Dishes:
Chilli Bhaji
Lamb Cochin

German
Munich Haus
13 Center Street
Recommended Dishes:
Schnitzel Platter
Heisse Himbeeren
Munich Sampler
Sautéed Mayland Blue Crab Cakes


Western
Collegian Court
89 Park Street
Recommended Dishes:
Mushroom Caps
Polish Plate


Tried:
Chinese
Hu Ke Lau

705 Memorial Drive

Korean
Cana Korean Restaurant
159 Grove Street
Recommended Dishes:
Scallion Pajeon
Vegetable Stone Pot Bibim-Bap
Pork Belly
Beef Bulgogi
Fish Shaped Ice Cream Sandwich


Breakfast
Al's Diner
14 Yelle Street
Recommended Dishes:
Hot Chocolate
Junk Pile Omelette

Italian
Angelo's Family Restaurant
483 Grattan Street
Recommended Dishes:
Hawaiian
Chicken Bacon and Ranch Pizza
Chicken Bergamo Pasta

Western
Cavalier Restaurant
366 Chicopee Street
Recommended Dishes:
Ameijoas a Chefe
Shrimp a Casa
Cavalier Sampler
Camarao Mozambique 

Maximum Capacity
116 School Street
Recommended Dishes:
Peanut Butter Bacon Pizza
Garlic Parmesan Fries
Seafood Sampler

December 26th 2016: Hunting for Dinosaurs, Tigers and Airplanes

I headed out West today, passing by Spencer,

American Legion Post 138

 starting off with Breakfast at the Roadhouse Cafe, a diner in Belchertown. With my deal in hand,  I got a Hot Chocolate,

The Roadhouse Egg Casserole (Applewood bacon, Caramelized onions,  Chicken, Cauliflower,  broccoli, Tomatoes in Egg Casserole blended with Provolone,  mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Served with home fries),

Which came with a side of Coffee Cake,

And the Eggs Benedict (English muffin,  Canadian bacon, Poached egg, hollandaise sauce with home fries).

Except for the drink,  Which came nicely presented in a huge Mug,  everything else was just ordinary,  If not less, the casserole being really bland. Not coming back for sure.

With all the snow on the ground,  I decided not to do any hiking today, opting to go on a treasure hunt to find painted dinosaurs in the town of Granby instead.

Lucky Horse Farm

I also found one,  though a little different,  at the Happy Days Family Fun Spot, a mini golf place.

While passing through the town of South Hadley, I happened to spot a Painted Tiger outside Buttery Brook Park,

Which started me on my hunt for more of them in town,

Plains Elementary School

ERA

Peoples Bank, 494 Newton Street

Mosier Elementary School

Michael E Smith Middle School

Gaylord Memorial Library

Lecca Park, East Street and Morgan Street

Easthampton Savings Bank, 605 Granby Road

Clean Run

South Hadley High School

E Ink

Town Hall, 116 Main Street

Which led me over the Willimansett Bridge 

to the town of Holyoke,

Old Permalin Manufacturing Company,
15 Water Street

Old Norman Paper Company,
400 Water Street

where I was unable to find a Tiger unfortunately.

Resuming my travels,  I went into Chicopee for lunch at Priya Indian Cuisine. A pretty nice place, being located within the Days Inn Springfield/Chicopee.

I got the Chilli Bhaji (Chilli Pepper stuffed with ground peanuts in batter fried style)

And the Lamb Cochin (Tender Lamb stir fried in South Indian style with mustard, ginger, black peppercorns and coconut).

Although the Chilli was literally flavor less,  at least the Lamb Curry tasted really unique, unlike any curry I have had, in a good way of course.

Overall, I might just come back here again.

I spent the rest of my day looking for painted airplanes around town,  of which there were several.

McKinstry Market Garden

Don Roy's Auto Body

Peoples Bank, 610 Memorial Drive

Hu Ke Lau

Interstate Towing

Pioneer Packaging

King Ward Coach Lines

Essentra

Peoples Bank, 1936 Memorial Drive

Ted Ondrick Company

Westfield Bank, 435 Burnett Road

With that, a pretty fun day hunting for fiberglass statues in 3 different towns was finally at an end.

May 16th 2015: The Great New England Air Show, Chicopee

My friend and I woke up early today to head all the way to the town of Chicopee

Sphere 19 Church Street

for the Great New England Air Show, held at the Westover Air Reserve Base. I have wanted to come here in the part to check out the Tower here, but have not been able to do so as it is a restricted area, at least not until now.

A pretty big base, with lots of planes in display today.

Once we were done, we headed to Cana Korean Restaurant in town for lunch. A decent place with okay decor and somewhat small menu,

We got the Table BBQ Combo for 2, consisting of Scallion Pajeon (Korean pancake with scallions),

the Vegetable Stone Pot Bibim-Bap (Vegetable Bibim-Bap (White rice topped with vegetables, egg and gochujang (chilli pepper paste) ) served in a hot stone bowl),

the Pork Belly,

the Beef Bulgogi,

to be fried on the table BBQ provided,

coming with side dishes as well,

and finally the Fish Shaped Ice Cream Sandwich ( filled with vanilla ice cream and red bean paste) for dessert.

Not bad, especially the rice and the red bean dessert, although I had hoped the dessert would look more fancy.

After lunch, we decided to head to Brimfield, where we had passed by the ongoing annual Brimfield Antiques Show earlier this morning on the way to Chicopee. We walked around a bit perusing the sometimes quaint and unique wares,

but could only cover half the place before getting tired of it all and heading back to the car.

Not willing to wait in traffic, we decided to head to Quabbin Park in Ware instead, enjoying the sights there before finally heading home for the day.