Recommended Places to Visit: Foxborough

Recreation

Parks

Town Common
South Street and Cocasset Street

Lane Homestead
89 North Street

Water Bodies
Hersey's Pond
32 Commercial Street

Cocasset Lake
27 Water Street

Sunset Lake
93 Granite Street

Crack Rock Pond
92 North Street

Lakeview Pond
36 Lakeview Road

Vandy's Pond
265 Cocasset Street

Glue Factory Pond
167 Morse Street


Camping
Normandy Farms Campground
75 West Street

Cocasett River Recreational Area
56-72 Mill Street


Archery
Ace Archers
131 Morse Street

Leisure Parks
Funway USA
2 Washington Street

Events
Electric Run

Magic of Lights

Shopping Malls
Patriot Place
Patriot Place

Bass Pro Shops at Patriot Place
1 Bass Pro Drive


Arts Performances

Orpheum Theater

1 School Street


Sports Complexes

Gilette Stadium
1 Patriot Place

Museums

Hall at Patriot Place

2 Patriot Place


Hiking
Recommended:
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
End of Forest Road

Cranberry Bog and Nature Trail
1 Bass Pro Drive behind Bass Pro Shops

Neponset Reservoir
End of Munroe Street

Beaumont Pond
End of Brookside Drive

Greeley's Pond
50 East Foxboro Street

Tried:
Governor's Meadow
End of Daniel Carpenter Court

Cocasett River Park
135 Mill Street

Wolf Meadow
100 Mill Street

Movie Theaters

Showcase Cinemas De Lux

Patriot Place

Architecture

Places of Worship

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
116 South Street

St. Mary's Church

Carpenter Street and Church Street

River Community Church
115 Mechanic Street

Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
212 Main Street

Bethany Congregational Church

3 Rockhill Street

Town Facilities

Fire Department
8 Chestnut Street

Town Hall
40 South Street

Brigham and Womens/Mass General Heathcare Center
Patriot Place next to Gilette Stadium


Commercial Buildings
Renaissance Hotel Foxborough
28 Patriot Place

Christmas Tree Shops (chain)

340 Patriot Place


Historical Buildings
Old Foxborough State Hospital
16 Chestnut Street

Memorial Hall
22 South Street

Reservoir on Powder House Hill
~40 South Street behind Town Hall

Pumping Station
25 Pumping Station Road

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Western

Citizen Crust 

229 Patriot Place

Recommended Dishes:

Kid's Noodle Bowl with Chicken

Bangkok BBQ

Greg's Favorite

Skipjack's (chain)
226 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Cioppino
Mayo Roll
Shrimp and Garlic Scampi
Lobster Bisque

Twenty8 Food and Spirits
28 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Asian Style Crisp Short Ribs
Cod Fillet

The Lafayette House
109 Washington Street
Recommended Dishes:
French Onion Soup Gratinee
Oyster Lafayette
Tournados Lafayette

Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro
201 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Vermont Rabbit

Bar Louie (chain)
232 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Loaded Fries
Crispy Calamari
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Meatballs al Forno


Dessert

Cupcake Charlie's (chain)
262 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:

Chocolate Raspberry Surprise
Orange Dreamsicle 
Chocolate Mint Madness
Butterfinger Blast


Japanese

Mai Pearl
121 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:

House Special Sake Maki

Chef Special Seafood Salad

Tried:
Indian
Pronti Sandwich Company
29 Washington Street
Recommended Dishes:
Amritsar
Agra Adventure
Delhi Dynamite


Japanese

Saga Hibachi Steakhouse and Sushi
295 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:

Beef Sukiyaki Udon
Millenium Roll

Asian Ginger
70 Central Street
Recommended Dishes:

All You Can Eat Sushi

Sashimi

Miso Soup

Vegetable Tempura

Gyoza

Shrimp Tempura
Crab Rangoon

Jumbo Soft Shell Crab

Philly Roll

Salmon Roll

Fantastic Roll

Vincent Roll

Snow White Roll 

Black Dragon Roll 

Special Rainbow Roll 

Dragon Roll 

Red Hot Roll

Foxboro Roll 

Classic Avocado Salad

T-N-T Roll
Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream

Western

Waxy O'Connor's (chain)
121 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:

Corned Beef and Cabbage Rolls
Craic Balls

CBS Scene
200 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Duck Bacon Flatbread
Ahi Tuna Nachos


Dessert
Berry Yogurt

268 Patriot Place

Italian
Antonia's Italian Cuisine
2 Foxborough Boulevard
Recommended Dishes:
Basilico

Deli
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop (chain)
282 Patriot Place
Recommended Dishes:
Slaw Be Joe

December 10th 2020: Magic of Lights, Foxborough

 Tonight, we had tickets to go see Christmas lights at Patriot Place in Foxborough.

Christmas Tree Shops

We decided to get dinner first at Citizen Crust, a pretty new restaurant in the area specializing in pizza.

For food, we got the Kids Noodle Bowl with Chicken (comes with veggies, Swedish fish and rice!) for our little one,

the Bangkok BBQ (Caramelized onion, sliced pork, ramen noodle, spicy kimchi, green onion, bone broth, bang sauce),

and the Greg's Favorite (Thinly sliced potatoes soaked in buttermilk, layered with Asiago & Mozzarella, rosemary-infused ham, arugula, olive oil).

The kid's noodles came with Japanese curry, but were pretty bland. The ramen wasn't anything special either. Thankfully, the pizza is among the best I have had to date. The only thing to come to this place for I guess.

From here, we went across the road to the parking lot there to go see the Magic of Lights, a drive -through Christmas lights display.

Don't think it was worth the 50 bucks we paid for it though.

March 12th 2018: To Barnstable and Back

I had to get something from Barnstable today, so I made my way there, passing through Taunton,

Congregation Agudath Achim

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

 and Middleborough

Tispaquin Pond

before staying in Wareham for a bit,

Evangelical Zion Church

Church in the Pines

Tremont Mill Pond

West Wareham Academy, 1073 Main Street

Decas Elementary School

Police Department

Lighthouse Gateway, 2516 Cranberry Highway

Parker Mills Pond

Center Park,
Main Street and Park Street

First Congregational Church

Wesley United Methodist Church

Town Hall. 54 Marion Road

Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall,
50 Marion Road

Fire Station #1, 273 Main Street

St. Patrick Church

Church of the Good Shepherd

Mary Besse Park,
Main Street and Sandwich Road

Tobey Hospital

Fire Station #4, 142 Minot Avenue

St. Mark's United Methodist Church,
391 Onset Avenue

Community of Christ

Leroy Ellis Playground Beach,
16 North Boulevard

Oniset Wigwam Spiritualist Camp

Riverside Beach

Indian Heights Beach,
End of Wychunas Avenue

Indian Mound Beach, End of Hiawatha Road

going for a hike at the Minot Forest, which is located behind the Minot Forest Elementary School.

The path I took here is shown below in pink.

Only partial views of the water bodies here though.

From here, it was on to Bourne for my next hike at the Lyman Reserve. The path I took  here is shown below in pink.

The Plymouth side was alright with views of Red Brook,

but the Bourne side was pretty nice with the beach and all.

From here, I continued on,

Old Bournedale Village School

Herring Run Recreation Area

Old St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church,
914 Sandwich Road

passing through Sandwich

Fire Department

100 Old King's Highway

Old Unitarian First Parish Church,
143 Main Street

First Church of Christ

Dexter's Grist Mill

Shawme Lake, 2 Water Street

Town Common,
Grove Street and Main Street

on my way to Barnstable

46 North Street

Old Fire Station, 44 Barnstable Road

330 Main Street

The Federated Church of Hyannis

Cape Cod Times

Aselton Park

Hyannis Post Office

Hyannis Village Green, 367 Main Street

422 Main Street

First Baptist Church

St. Francis Xavier Church

Horace Mann Charter School

to complete my errand for the day.

Here, I decided to grab a bite to eat at the Little Sandwich Shop,

getting the Original Shorty (american cheese, pickles, fried onions, ketchup, on a grilled roll),

which is actually like a mini McDonald's burger, just more tasty.

I  then went to visit the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, which was under renovations or the coming spring while I was there, but there was still stuff to see here.

Next, I went to visit the JFK Hyannis Museum. Just a collection of pictures really.

With that, I headed home for the day, getting dinner from Pronti Sandwich Company in Foxborough.

This Indian place used to be in Needham, under the name Pronti Bistro, which I visited a long time ago. This time around, I got the Delhi Dynamite (cilantro lime chicken, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and white yogurt chutney),

the Amritsar (chickpeas, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and sweet tamarind/mint yogurt chutney)

and the Agra Adventure (spicy eggplant, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and mint yogurt chutney).

Definitely not as good as I remembered it this time around. Not going back again. With that, a long day of going to Barnstable and back was at an end.