Pasture Day is a farm favorite! And for the first time since 2019, it will be back as we love it most: in person, with our community, together again on the farmstand lawn. After inspecting and repairing fence, the farmers are ready to let the girls out of the barn and into the field. Spring … Read more
Springtime on the Farm The leaves are just starting to unfurl to reveal that bright green new growth (my favorite color), you can almost taste the promise of asparagus and strawberry rhubarb pie, and Pasture Day is on the calendar for May 7! The bakery board is PACKED with orders for Mother’s Day and early … Read more
EDIT on 4/8: event cancelled due to rain. Hadley Parks and Recreation and Fire Department are bringing a VERY special visitor around town on Saturday, April 9! The Easter Bunny is parading through Hadley, and one of their stops is at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery! The fire truck and Easter Bunny are … Read more
Edit: The Easter Bunny will not be able to make it tomorrow, 4/9 due to the forecast. Even with this unexpected Bunny absence, we do hope you come visit us for breakfast, lunch, Easter sugar cookie decorating kits, coconut cheesecake, Carrot Ginger Soup, and to place your Easter Sunday orders! Easter order deadline is Tuesday, … Read more
Today is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! Yes you read that right! This event is celebrated the first Saturday in February! Join us for Maple Valley Creamery ice cream… Atop cinnamon swirls or a slice of pie! Grab an ice cream sandwich with your breakfast sandwich! Wake up with a Quake (a milkshake with … Read more
The Hadley Fire Department and Hadley Parks and Recreation Department are bringing a special visitor again this year! Traveling all around town, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be stopping by Barstow’s via firetruck on Saturday, December 18 around noon. Listen for the sirens and look for the lights! Barstow’s will offer free M&M cookies available for all! … Read more
It goes without saying that we missed a lot of things last year. And one of them was definitely Burger Nights! Summer sunsets with our community, great food, live music. But good news…. Burger Nights are BACK! Join us at Burger Night on Tuesday, July 27, 5pm-7pm. Born and raised right here on Barstow’s Longview … Read more
Off the Menu: OpenTable produces its Top 10 list for Western Mass Posted Jun 12, 2021 By Hugh Robert | Special to The Republican Best restaurant around? It’s a question the answer to which will vary widely depending on of whom it is asked. There was a time when such pronouncements were the prerogative of … Read more
June is Dairy Month! Local farmstands in Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland are celebrating with the Dairy Month Dairy Crawl! Visit the participating farmstands; Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, McCray’s Country Creamery, Flayvors of Cook Farm, Maple Valley’s Hadley Scoop, North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market, and Smiarowski’s Farmstand and Creamery; and purchase an ice cream to get your Dairy Crawl … Read more
June is Dairy Month! Local farmstands in Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland are celebrating with the Dairy Month Dairy Crawl! Visit the participating farmstands; Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, McCray’s Country Creamery, Flayvors of Cook Farm, Maple Valley’s Hadley Scoop, North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market, and Smiarowski’s Farmstand and Creamery; and purchase an ice cream to get your Dairy Crawl … Read more