Guidebook for Mashpee
Essentials
Stop & Shop
71 Quaker Meetinghouse RdGeneral groceries. Adjacent CVS Pharmacy.
In the Mashpee Commons, a large shopping area with restaurants, cafes, boutiques, gifts, cinema.
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Stop & Shop
71 Quaker Meetinghouse RdIn the Mashpee Commons, a large shopping area with restaurants, cafes, boutiques, gifts, cinema.
Food Scene
Excellent deli and farm market. Take-out or eat-in hot food and sandwiches, gourmet snacks, best rotisserie chicken, desserts, beer, wine. Closes at 7:00 pm most days.
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Lambert's Farm Market
271 Cotuit RdExcellent deli and farm market. Take-out or eat-in hot food and sandwiches, gourmet snacks, best rotisserie chicken, desserts, beer, wine. Closes at 7:00 pm most days.
Asia Garden
315 Cotuit RdChinese, average food, inexpensive. Popular for take-out, not dining in.
This is a nice pub with a good selection of beers and very nice food, about 10 minutes drive from here.
Industry Ale House
79 MA-130This is a nice pub with a good selection of beers and very nice food, about 10 minutes drive from here.
Nice Irish pub with great selection of beer and really excellent food! About 20 minutes drive, near the Sagamore Bridge.
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Flynn's Irish Pub
119 Cranberry HwyNice Irish pub with great selection of beer and really excellent food! About 20 minutes drive, near the Sagamore Bridge.
Very good food, somewhere on the French side. Nice atmosphere for twos or more. At the Mashpee Commons.
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Bleu
10 Market StVery good food, somewhere on the French side. Nice atmosphere for twos or more. At the Mashpee Commons.
Some of the best fresh Italian food on the Cape. A bit pricey but worth it. At the Mashpee Commons.
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Siena
17 Steeple StSome of the best fresh Italian food on the Cape. A bit pricey but worth it. At the Mashpee Commons.
Outstanding French bakery and cafe in downtown Falmouth. About 25 minutes drive from here.
The "mother" bakery is the PB Boulangerie Bistro in Wellfleet.
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Maison Villatte
267 Main StOutstanding French bakery and cafe in downtown Falmouth. About 25 minutes drive from here.
The "mother" bakery is the PB Boulangerie Bistro in Wellfleet.
Fabulous Cambodian and other Asian food, including grill. About 20 to 25 minutes drive from here. On Route 28 south of the Bourne Bridge.
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Stir Crazy
570 MacArthur BlvdFabulous Cambodian and other Asian food, including grill. About 20 to 25 minutes drive from here. On Route 28 south of the Bourne Bridge.
Traditional Cape Cod seafood with great local decor (wood all around, fishing gear) and you can even eat at a real caboose in the back! This is where I take my mother for the best lobster roll on the Upper Cape! Uncle Bill's Country Store attached to the lounge has wonderful gifts, antiques, odd stuff, and cards. Worth a look even if you don't buy! About 20 minutes drive from here.
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Silver Lounge Restaurant
412 MA-28ATraditional Cape Cod seafood with great local decor (wood all around, fishing gear) and you can even eat at a real caboose in the back! This is where I take my mother for the best lobster roll on the Upper Cape! Uncle Bill's Country Store attached to the lounge has wonderful gifts, antiques, odd stuff, and cards. Worth a look even if you don't buy! About 20 minutes drive from here.
Old-style shack eatery. Deep-fried seafood, eat inside, outside, or up on the roof overlooking Falmouth Harbor. Take out. Reasonable price, very casual. Watch the sun set. Breezy and a bit chilly on the roof!
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Jim's Clam Shack
227 Clinton AvenueOld-style shack eatery. Deep-fried seafood, eat inside, outside, or up on the roof overlooking Falmouth Harbor. Take out. Reasonable price, very casual. Watch the sun set. Breezy and a bit chilly on the roof!
Reasonably good food. I go there for the spicy mango margarita, with chili powder on the rim...
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Anejo Mexican Bistro
188 Main StReasonably good food. I go there for the spicy mango margarita, with chili powder on the rim...
Outstanding, authentic Mexican food! Best on the Cape. Very casual, small, family restaurant. A bit tricky to find because it's in a little alley, not right on Main Street. Hyannis.
Mi Pueblo
577 Main StOutstanding, authentic Mexican food! Best on the Cape. Very casual, small, family restaurant. A bit tricky to find because it's in a little alley, not right on Main Street. Hyannis.
Inexpensive, but tasty grilled steaks, burgers, etc. Great for families or others traveling on a budget. About 10 minutes drive from here, near Mashpee Commons. This is a chain restaurant, so you can find several others on the Cape.
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99 Restaurants
14 Berry AveInexpensive, but tasty grilled steaks, burgers, etc. Great for families or others traveling on a budget. About 10 minutes drive from here, near Mashpee Commons. This is a chain restaurant, so you can find several others on the Cape.
Deep fried seafood, reasonably priced, by the Cape Cod Canal, near the Canal Power Station. Last time I was there the food wasn't as good as the sister restaurant in Falmouth, but the location is more interesting.
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Seafood Sam's
6 Coast Guard RdDeep fried seafood, reasonably priced, by the Cape Cod Canal, near the Canal Power Station. Last time I was there the food wasn't as good as the sister restaurant in Falmouth, but the location is more interesting.
Shopping
Shops, eateries, post office, movie theater, art galleries, grocery stores.
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Mashpee Commons
22 Steeple StShops, eateries, post office, movie theater, art galleries, grocery stores.
Arts & Culture
Whimsical primitive art (lots of mermaids!) by Marta and Ralph Cahoon, in their 1700s home, plus other nice American art. A 5-minute drive from my house.
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Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth RdWhimsical primitive art (lots of mermaids!) by Marta and Ralph Cahoon, in their 1700s home, plus other nice American art. A 5-minute drive from my house.
Outstanding exhibit on glass items made at the Sandwich Glass Factory, which no longer exists. The museum also has a glass-blowing demonstration, historical video and audio reenactments, and glass items for sale at the gift shop. Very inexpensive and fascinating.
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Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main StOutstanding exhibit on glass items made at the Sandwich Glass Factory, which no longer exists. The museum also has a glass-blowing demonstration, historical video and audio reenactments, and glass items for sale at the gift shop. Very inexpensive and fascinating.
A wonderfully restored 19th century summer mansion with gardens and art gallery. Its history is displayed, along with shows by local artists. The original stable is now a theatre run by the Falmouth Theatre Guild, and the mansion is set wihin the beautiful Beebe Woods beech forest with trails.
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Highfield Hall & Gardens
56 Highfield DrA wonderfully restored 19th century summer mansion with gardens and art gallery. Its history is displayed, along with shows by local artists. The original stable is now a theatre run by the Falmouth Theatre Guild, and the mansion is set wihin the beautiful Beebe Woods beech forest with trails.
Parks & Nature
Park three minutes south of me at the Sanuit Pond Preserve lot, just beyond the Shell gas station on Route 130, and walk into a system of trails in mixed woods. You can watch the herring run at the south end of Santuit Pond from about mid-April to end of May.
Santuit Pond
Park three minutes south of me at the Sanuit Pond Preserve lot, just beyond the Shell gas station on Route 130, and walk into a system of trails in mixed woods. You can watch the herring run at the south end of Santuit Pond from about mid-April to end of May.
Nice trails and a place to launch your canoe or kayak into the marsh. Check the tide tables to catch the incoming tide if you're headed inland, and vice versa. Don't get lost. The creek branches many times.
Scorton Creek Marshes
Nice trails and a place to launch your canoe or kayak into the marsh. Check the tide tables to catch the incoming tide if you're headed inland, and vice versa. Don't get lost. The creek branches many times.
Mashpee River Woodlands
Nice system of trails in the woods.
Car park, beach and trails, bicycle path. Walk on the beach or behind it on the dunes. Interesting sand-loving mushrooms in the fall. Breezy!
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Sandy Neck Beach
Car park, beach and trails, bicycle path. Walk on the beach or behind it on the dunes. Interesting sand-loving mushrooms in the fall. Breezy!
Shawme-Crowell State Forest
Great for looking at mushrooms in the fall!
Spend a day walking on the beach and dune trails, visit the nature center, take a swim.
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Cape Cod National Seashore
99 Marconi Site RoadSpend a day walking on the beach and dune trails, visit the nature center, take a swim.
A nice little bird sanctuary with a house for nesting barn swallows and plenty of bird boxes for tree swallows and eastern bluebirds. A huge variety of planted hollies and other landscape trees, and a pond with a trail around it. Besides the nesting birds, my favorite attraction is the rare Franklinia tree, native to the southern US but now extinct in the wild. In August it has large white and yellow, camillia-like flowers that attract bumblebees.
Mass Audubon's Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary
Ashumet RoadA nice little bird sanctuary with a house for nesting barn swallows and plenty of bird boxes for tree swallows and eastern bluebirds. A huge variety of planted hollies and other landscape trees, and a pond with a trail around it. Besides the nesting birds, my favorite attraction is the rare Franklinia tree, native to the southern US but now extinct in the wild. In August it has large white and yellow, camillia-like flowers that attract bumblebees.
Free! Nice look at native sea creatures found around the Cape. Don't miss the feeding and informative training session with the handicapped but lively harbor seals in the outdoor tank, usually at 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. In summer, tough to find parking in Woods Hole.
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Woods Hole Science Aquarium
166 Water StFree! Nice look at native sea creatures found around the Cape. Don't miss the feeding and informative training session with the handicapped but lively harbor seals in the outdoor tank, usually at 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. In summer, tough to find parking in Woods Hole.
Everything Else
Large lovely gardens, classic car museum, a working indoor carousel, and a beautiful old building for changing displays of all types. It also houses the wonderful collection of Elmer Crowell's painted bird carvings. There's a cafe for simple food. For the adventurous, there is a zipline course in the trees just outside the garden.
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Heritage Museums & Gardens
67 Grove StLarge lovely gardens, classic car museum, a working indoor carousel, and a beautiful old building for changing displays of all types. It also houses the wonderful collection of Elmer Crowell's painted bird carvings. There's a cafe for simple food. For the adventurous, there is a zipline course in the trees just outside the garden.
History
Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum, Chatham.
https://www.capecodmuseumtrail.com/museum-directory/chatham-marconi-rca-wireless-museum/
A little treasure of history and communication technology!
This museum tells the story of Marconi, whose company built the station, and how the station's Morse code operators were able to communicate with ships across the world even a hundred years ago. And it tells the story of the secret role that the station played during WWII. You will also have a chance to practice Morse code and find out which is faster, Morse code or texting !
In 1914, Guglielmo Marconi built a trans-Atlantic wireless station in Massachusetts. The receivers were here in Chatham and the transmitters were forty miles west, in Marion. The station was paired with a station in Norway to provide wireless communication between the two continents, using Morse code. Before operations could begin, the plan was interrupted by World War I. After the war, the station was bought by RCA and, except during World War II, stayed in operation as a wireless maritime station for over seventy years.
During World War II, this was the site of the Navy’s top-secret “Station C”, which had the vital role of intercepting German U-Boats’ encrypted signals.
The museum’s exhibits feature the story of Marconi whose company built the station, how RCA’s Chatham Radio (call sign WCC) became the largest ship-to-shore station in the United States, the story of the secret role that the station played during WWII, and how your cell phone came to be. You will also have a chance to encrypt your own Enigma messages, and try your hand at a drone flight simulator!
847 Orleans Rd
847 Orleans RoadMarconi-RCA Wireless Museum, Chatham.
https://www.capecodmuseumtrail.com/museum-directory/chatham-marconi-rca-wireless-museum/
A little treasure of history and communication technology!
This museum tells the story of Marconi, whose company built the station, and how the station's Morse code operators were able to communicate with ships across the world even a hundred years ago. And it tells the story of the secret role that the station played during WWII. You will also have a chance to practice Morse code and find out which is faster, Morse code or texting !
In 1914, Guglielmo Marconi built a trans-Atlantic wireless station in Massachusetts. The receivers were here in Chatham and the transmitters were forty miles west, in Marion. The station was paired with a station in Norway to provide wireless communication between the two continents, using Morse code. Before operations could begin, the plan was interrupted by World War I. After the war, the station was bought by RCA and, except during World War II, stayed in operation as a wireless maritime station for over seventy years.
During World War II, this was the site of the Navy’s top-secret “Station C”, which had the vital role of intercepting German U-Boats’ encrypted signals.
The museum’s exhibits feature the story of Marconi whose company built the station, how RCA’s Chatham Radio (call sign WCC) became the largest ship-to-shore station in the United States, the story of the secret role that the station played during WWII, and how your cell phone came to be. You will also have a chance to encrypt your own Enigma messages, and try your hand at a drone flight simulator!