Brrrr! Pass the…Ice Cream! 🍨 Today, of all days, bitterly cold and wind blown, is National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! But don’t let the weather keep you away from this obscure/delicious holiday! We’re celebrating at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery 8am-noon with Quakes (a milkshake but with iced coffee) and Coffee Floats (iced coffee … Read more
Happy 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 iced coffee instead … Read more
National Chocolate Milkshake is celebrated on September 12. And here at Barstow’s, we celebrate milkshakes of all flavors nearly every day of the year. But in honor of this day, it’s time to enjoy a cold, thick, CHOCOLATE milkshake at your neighborhood dairy farm! Made with super premium chocolate Maple Valley Creamery ice cream and McCray’s … Read more
National Ice Cream Month (July) may be over – but August 2nd celebrate a not-forgotten favorite: an Ice Cream Sandwich! National Ice Cream Sandwich Day is celebrated on August 2! And while you can get an ice cream sandwich any day at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery – why not indulge in one today!? Pick … Read more
National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July (National Ice Cream Month!). Celebrate with local, super premium Maple Valley Creamery Ice Cream at Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery. Here are a few ideas on how to enjoy ice cream at Barstow’s today: After your hike up Mount Holyoke Before your drive up … Read more
By Gillian Follett | Special to The Republican Denise Barstow Manz is hoping to increase awareness of the Pioneer Valley’s dairy farms one scoop of ice cream at a time. Since 1806, generations of her family have been operating Barstow’s Longview Farm. Today, its farm store supplies fresh dairy, meat, baked goods and other products. Still, … Read more
You heard it here first! National Chocolate Ice Cream Day is on June 7! June is Dairy Month, so we are celebrating ice cream all month! You can join us, and 6 other farmstands, on our Dairy Crawl. Pick up your passport at any location and buy an ice cream to get a stamp! If you’re up … Read more
Local farmstands in Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland are celebrating June with the Dairy Month Dairy Crawl! Visit the participating farmstands: Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, Maple Valley Creamery’s Scoop at the Silos, McCray’s Country Creamery, Flayvors of Cook Farm, North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market, and Smiarowski’s Farmstand and Creamy; and purchase an ice … 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