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Around Peterborough | Local Lodging | Dining | Visiting with Children

Peterborough is “southern New Hampshire's year-round arts community” offering something for everyone every day.


AROUND & ABOUT PETERBOROUGH

Sirpois painting
Painting of Main Street, Peterborough by John Sirois
See MonadnockTravel.com for a complete listing of regional offerings

At Wits' End - a shop of delightful surprises

The Toadstool Bookshop - over 50,000 new & used books plus CD's & knowledgable staff for special orders

Belletete's Hardware and lumber - everything you need

Copies & More: full service copy center including Mariposa t-shirt production, shipping

Compucare: Sales, Service & House Calls!

Sharon Arts Center - contemporary art, crafts & workshops.

Peterborough Art Academy & Gallery (contemporary art & summer art camps)

Peterborough Fine Arts, nineteenth and early twentieth century

Renaissance Room, a gallery of wearable art with personable owner, Jacquie Perry

Red Chair Antiques, with a specialty in European pieces and French linens

Roy's Market, with a real butcher shop and friendly people throughout.

Sim's Press, full color process printing

Sterling Business Services, reproductions and shipping services

Jane's In-Stitches, affordable alterations & custom-embroidery, Mariposa/Peace Hats

Artisan's Nosh - New England made sourvenirs & foods

Maggie's Marketplace - organic foods & cookware

Morgan's Way - sophisticated fashion

Peterborough Community Theatre - first-run films, nightly plus matinees

Peterborough Shoe Store - Bob sells shoes the old-fashioned way: he fits them!

Precious Cargo, everything for newborn to age six. A grandmother's delight!

Hobb's Jewelers - confidence for over forty years

TC's Hallmark - gifts and New Hampshire souvenirs

Suley's Soccer

AND

Joseph's Coat: world clothing, crafts, toys, jewelry, folkart, puppets from cooperatives and individuals committed to fair wages and education for artisans in need. At their new location at 32 Grove Street. A portion of your purchase supports Mariposa Museum.


PETERBOROUGH INFORMATION

Sirpois painting
Painting of Peterborough Shoe Store by Barbara Busenbark
www.townofpeterborough.com

www.peterboroughchamber.com

Peterborough Basket Company Outlet

Historical Society Museum & Archives

MacDowell Colony

Monadnock Music summer music festival

Peterborough Players summer stock theatre

Peterborough Folk Music Society: larryames@monad.net

Monadnock Summer Lyceum Lectures, Sundays, 11am, Unitarian Church

Shieling Forest, High Street, community programs

Monadnock State Park (603) 532-8862


LOCAL LODGING

Holiday Inn Express, 175 Key Road, Keene, NH, Toll-Free: (800) Holiday

Jack Daniels Motor Inn, Peterborough, NH (603) 924-7548

Peterborough Manor Bed & Breakfast (603) 924-9832, proprietor Peter Harrison

Greenfield Inn, Greenfield, NH, proprietor Vic Mangini

www.monadnocktravel.com

www.nhlodging.org

www.southwestnh.com


DINING IN PETERBOROUGH

Sirpois painting
Painting of Jospeh's Coat PeaceCrafts in Peterborough by Barbara Busenbark
Avanti's Pizzeria, by the bowling alley

Acqua Bistro & Bar, open evenings Tues.-Sun for fine Mediterranean & Italian cuisine

Aesop's Tables (located in Toadstool Bookstore), breakfast, coffees, and homemade lunch Mon.-Sat.

BagelWorks, Grove Street Extension, off Rte. 202 South, Peterborough

Grappelli's Pizza on Rte. 202 North, Peterborough, intriguing specials!

Harlow's Pub, generous lunch and dinner plus live music in a real New England pub, Grove St.

Noni's Restaurant, breakfast, lunch and First Friday gourmet dinners, Grove St.

Peterborough Diner, one of the nation's best, by Depot Square

Peterborough House of Pizza: traditional, Rte. 202 South

Peterborough Pizza Barn, traditional, Monadnock Community Plaza, Rte. 202 South

R. A. Gatto's Seafood & Pasta, Tuesday-Saturday

The Cafe at Noone Falls, special lunches by the mill spillway, Noone Falls Mill, Rte. 202 South

Twelve Pine, gourmet take-out or eat-in 7am-7pm (closes early Sat. & Sun.)

Yen Yen's: Chinese food and lounge, Monadnock Community Plaza, Rte. 202 South


VISITING WITH KIDS

Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride Area 615 Francestown Rd, Hwy 47, Bennington NH 03442 (603) 588-3668

Stonewall Farm: a working farm and education center, Keene, NH

Friendly Farm, a family petting farm on Rte. 101, Dublin NH

The Butterfly Place, 120 Tyngsboro Rd., Westford, MA 01886 (978) 392-0955





When children are raised with respect and curiosity towards
other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war.


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Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center
26 Main Street ~ Peterborough, New Hampshire ~ 03458
Southern New Hampshire's Year Round Arts Community
603.924.4555


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