Recommended Places to Visit: Winchester

Recreation

Farms

Wright-Locke Farm

78 Ridge Street

Museums
Sanborn House Historical and Cultural Center
15 High Street

Shopping
Mahoney's Garden Center (chain)
242 Cambridge Street

Hiking
Recommended:

Locke Farm Conservation Area

246 High Street

Tried:
Long Pond
South Border Road near Mystic Valley Parkway

Davidson Park
End of Brookside Place

Mount Pisgah
Andrews Road near Agawam Road

Smith Pond Conservation Area
Ridge Street near Tania Circle

Water Bodies

Judkins Pond
Skillings Road and Shore Road

Winter Pond
Woodside Road and Chesterford Road

Wedge Pond
Main Street and Lake Street

Mill Pond

500 Main Street

Parks
Chefalo Park
Washington Street and Mount Vernon Street

Bellino Park
Main Street and Swanton Street

Elliot Park
Main Street and Lake Street

Leonard Field and Pond

456 Washington Street


Beaches
Boorggaard Beach
4 Palmer Street

Shannon Beach

1 Mystic Valley Parkway

Architecture

Monuments

World War I Memorial
Mystic Valley Parkway and Main Street

Town Common
Church Street and Waterfield Road

The Clancy Group
2 Lowell Avenue

Places of Worship

Winchester Unitarian Church
478 Main Street

First Congregational Church
21 Church Street

Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church
34 Dix Street

Church of the Epiphany
70 Church Street

First Baptist Church
90 Mount Vernon Street

St. Mary's Church
158 Washington Street

Second Congregational Church of Winchester
485 Washington Street

St. Eulalia Parish
50 Ridge Street

First Church of Christ, Scientist
114 Church Street


Schools
McCall Middle School
458 Main Street

Lincoln Elementary School
161 Mystic Valley Parkway

Town Facilities
Public Library
80 Washington Street

Public Safety Building
32 Mount Vernon Street

Town Hall
71 Mount Vernon Street


Historical Buildings


Commercial Buildings
Northmark Bank
26 Mount Vernon Street

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:

Indian

Mitho Restaurant 

831 Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Gundruk Soup

Chicken Mushroom Tarkari

Lamb Tass

Western

TWK Kitchen
14 Thompson Street
Recommended Dishes:
Spicy Maki
Curried Lamb Leg
Crispy Boneless Fried Chicken Legs and Waffle
Creamsicle Creme Brulee

Italian
Lucia Ristorante (chain)
13 Mount Vernon Street
Recommended Dishes:
Ammazzafame
Pizza del Buongustaio


Tried:
Italian

Cafe Piazza Dolce (closed)
831 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Enzo's Margherita
Shrimp
Lamb
Clam Shrimp and Lobster Habanero
Home Made Sfogliatella

Deli
Cafe Zen
2 Lowell Avenue
Recommended Dishes:
The Miso Master


Western

Swanton Street Diner
72 Swanton Street
Recommended Dishes:
Goat Cheese Lamb Chops

Japanese

Sakura
910 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Una Coco Maki

July 25th 2021: Hiking in Sudbury, Concord, Lincoln and Winchester

 This drizzly morning, I started out early with a shor hike at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, where the path I took from the end of Moore Road to get to the water body here is shown below in pink.

Not bad for a short hike.

Next, it was on to Miller Farm in Concord, where the path I took to try to find the water body here is shown below in pink.

Couldn't get any views of the water body here at all, and I spent a few rounds trying to look for it.

From here, it was on to the town of Lincoln to hike at the Fiske Hill area of the Minuteman National Historical Park. The path I took here to check out the water bodies here is shown below in pink.

The first water body was nothing special,

then it was on past the visitor center, which was closed this early in the morning,

the Jacob Whittemore house, 

the Bluff,

the Hayward Well,

and Fiske Hill, where there were no views to be had.

Overall, still nothing special from this hike, though very historical.

Next, heading into Lexington, I visited MA France, the French grocery in town, 

getting the Almond Croissant

and the Apple Tart.

Unfortunately, I did not get to try either. I have had good stuff from this place in the past though.

From here, it was on to my final hike of the day at Locke Farm Conservation Area in Winchester, which is right next to Whipple Hill in Lexington, which I visited a while back. This time, the path I took to get to Locke Pond and Wright-Locke Farm is shown below in pink.

Locke Pond itself was not bad a look, although pretty swampy.

The other pond right next to the farm was even worse.

At this point as the farm was right there in front of me, I decided to venture out into it instead of back into the woods. Pretty decent farm.

An okay day for hiking in the rain, overall.

For dinner, we decided to get takeout from Shrewsbury Pizzaria, getting the Chicken Broccoli Alfredo pizza 

and the Shrewsbury Special Pizza (Pepperoni, sausage, hamburger, meatballs, green peppers, onions & mushrooms).

Pretty good pizza, although the chicken alfredo was a little on the salty side.

July 18th 2021: Breakfast in Malden, Lunch in Winchester

 Today, while in the new City Hall Plaza area of Malden at 215 Pleasant Street,

we decided to get some bites from the new Tous Les Jours location across the road.

We got the Coconut Cream Bread,

the Pain Aux Raisin,

the Crispy Almond Pastry,

the Green Tea Croissant,

and the Matcha Frappe.

Pretty good food from here as always.

For lunch, we decided to check out Mitho Restaurant, a Nepalese place in the town of Winchester which has taken the place of Cafe Piazza Dolce, which we visited once before in the past. The decor looks somewhat similar to before.

We got the Gundruk Soup (Cured sun-dried Mustard leaf blended with our tomato sauce and organic textured soy),

the Chicken Mushroom Tarkari (served with steamed basmati rice)

and the Lamb Tass (cast iron pan-grilled seasoned with dry-rubbed herbs and spices cooked to perfection and served with seasonal stir-fried fresh vegetables on olive oil and steamed basmati rice).

Pretty flavorful and unique, especially the soup. Definitely a better replacement for the Italian restaurant before it.

Very good day for eating in Malden and Winchester.

May 22nd 2021: Checking Out Ponds in Winchester

 Today, while waiting for my other half to be done with her errands, I decided to check out two ponds in Winchester, firstly Leonard Pond,

located at the back of Leonard Field,

then Mill Pond, 

which is right in front of the Town Hall and the Public Library. The first pond was just alright, but I never realized that there was a nice waterfall at Mill Pond.

August 16th 2018: More Thai at Thana Thai, Arlington

After checking out the Winchester Public Library in Winchester this morning,

We decided to get lunch at Thana Thai, a Thai restaurant in Arlington,

getting the Thai Iced Lemon Tea,

the Ba Mee Pu Moo Dang (Super jumbo crab meat, scallion, small soup, steamed egg noodles, u-choy, house sauce, roasted pork, garlic, cilantro, egg noodles.)

and the Grilled Chicken Curry (Special curry, bell pepper, coconut milk, basil, pineapple, grape, tomato, green pea, grilled chicken).

The drink wasn't to my liking, having sour plum in it, but the food was pretty good, although the chicken in the curry did not seem grilled. A little on the Americanized side though, this place.