Recommended Places to Visit: Lunenburg

Recreation

Fruit Picking
Lanni Orchards
294 Chase Road

Camping
Shady Point Beach and Campground
701 Reservoir Road

Parks

Town Common
Lancaster Avenue and Leominster Road

Hiking
Recommended:
Laurel Bank Reservation
104 Pleasant Street

Valley Farm Conservation Area
128 Robbs Hill Road

Tried:
Robb's Hill

507 Burrage Street

Cowdrey Nature Center

1625 Massachusetts Avenue

Water Bodies
Marshall Pond
35 Highland Street

Hickory Hills Lake
248 Townsend Harbor Road

Lake Shirley
895 Flat Hill Road

Museums
Historical Society
10 School Street


Beaches
Whalom Park
Prospect Street

Architecture

Places of Worship

St. Boniface Parish
817 Massachusetts Avenue

Pilgrim Covenant Church
Beal Street and Chase Road


United Parish of Lunenburg
39 Main Street

Historical Buildings
Old Lunenburg Primary School
End of School Street

Town Facilities
Town Hall
17 Main Street

Public Safety
655 Massachusetts Avenue 

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Thai
Bangkok Hill
177 Massachusetts Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
Bangkok Shrimp
Drunken Noodle
Duck Salad

Mexican
Ixtapa Cantina Mexican Restaurant (chain)
308 Massachusetts Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
Ixtapa Trio Amigos
Sopapillas
Chimi-Cheesecake

Deli
Dragonfly Garden Cafe
3 Lancaster Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
Merry Berry Vanilla
Potato Salad
Garden Vegetable Wrap

Western
Bootlegger Restaurant and Lounge
50 Massachusetts Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
Seared Day Boat Scallops 
Apple Cinnamon Salmon 
Clam Chowder
Tiramisu 

Tried:
Western

Harley House Inn
909 Massachusetts Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
Farmer's Stew
Corn Fritters 
Seafood Pie
Lamb Chops with Mint Jus
Peach Pastry
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Mulligan Stew
Sherry Cake
Irish Lamb Stew  

August 10th 2019: Fruit Picking at Lanni Orchards, Lunenburg

This morning, we decided to go pick some fruit at Lanni Orchards in Lunenburg, hoping to pick some raspberries, but they were pretty much done for the season.

Instead, we resorted to pick blueberries, which were really small,

and peaches, which were just starting to ripen.

Really run down place though. Will probably not be back.

For lunch, we decided to go to Dragonfly Garden Cafe in town, a pretty nice cafe in a house.

We got the Merry Berry Vanilla (blueberries with low fat vanilla yogurt) drink

 and the Garden Vegetable Wrap (cucumbers, tomatoes, red cabbage, green leaf lettuce, zucchini, fresh herbs, cheddar), which came with a Pasta Salad.

Pretty healthy stuff, yet full of flavor. Not a bad meal to say the least.

February 9th 2019: Lunch in Lunenburg, Dessert in Fitchburg

After checking out the Hue Lam Meditation Temple

and Wat Lao Dhammaram Buddhist Temple in Fitchburg,

We decided to have lunch at Bangkok Hill in Lunenburg, which I visited a long time ago.

This time around, we got the Duck Salad (crispy duck with fresh green apple, carrot, red onion, peppers, mushrooms, and ground peanuts with chilli sauce)

and the Drunken Noodle (Wide rice noodle with peppers, onions, bamboo shoots, basil leaves, egg and chili pepper sauce).

The salad was small in portion, but flavorful, the duck being crispy, while the noodles were not bad either. Pretty Americanized though.

For dessert, we headed back into Fitchburg to check out Dutch Kitchen Bake Shop and Deli, which we thought would be a hole in the wall, but was actually quite nice when we got there, with a lot of customers too.

We got the Knotted Rolls,

Peanut Butter Cannoli, French Cruller and Pineapple Upside Down Cake,

The cannoli and the cake were delicious, although the donut dessert did not do it for me.

Maybe we will try the other stuff next time.

August 15th 2018: Visiting the Lunenburg Historical Society in the Morning

I started out this morning in Merrimack NH,

Wasserman Park

going on a hike at Horse Hill Nature Preserve, with the route I took being shown below in pink.

Nothing to see at either of the summits, and there wasn't much at the first crossing of the power lines,

or much at the White Pine Swamp area,

although the views of Long Pond were not bad,

as were those of Lastowka Pond.

Overall, a decent hike because of the ponds, even in the foggy weather. From here, I headed to Lunenburg MA to check out the Historical Society, which was finally open today.

Pretty interesting collection of stuff. One of the better historical town museums I have been to, though still small.

After work, I headed to the Harvard Square area of Cambridge, going to Oggi Gourmet, a sandwich place,

to get a Roast Beef Grilled Pressed Sandwich (with horseradish mayo, lettuce and tomato)

and a bowl of soup.

The sandwich was not bad, although the soup was nothing special.

I also went to Tom's Bao Bao nearby, which serves Chinese steamed buns,

getting the Seasonal Lobster Mini Bun.

Once again, nothing special.

August 8th 2018: 4 New Hampshire Towns in the Morning

This morning, I passed through Lunenburg,

Old Lunenburg Primary School,
End of School Street

Chelmsford,

Primrose School

Nashua NH,

Christmas Tree Shops

Round Pond, Amherst Street 

Merrimack NH,

St. John Neumann Church

Merrimack Valley Baptist Church

Stump Pond, 15 Craftsman Lane

and Amherst NH

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

to reach Hollis NH,

Silver Lake State Park

where I went on a hike at the Spalding Park Town Forest. The path I took here is shown below in pink.

Other than Dunklee Pond,

everything else was pretty much wetlands.

With that, I called it a day, heading to Shrewsbury to check out the newest restaurant there, Atlantic Poke, which operates in a Chipotle sort of way.

I got The Sashimi (tuna, salmon, edamame, seaweed, green onion, cucumber, Atlantic Sauce (house creamy sweet mayo sauce),

Not bad I guess. Overall though, it is worth a try, but for the price, probably not worth going back a second time.