Longmeadow

See

• The cemetery at First Church Known as the Olde Burying Yard , dates back to the mid-late 1600s and contains a fascinating variety of old grave stones. Despite its age, the cemetery is in fine repair, owing to the active congregation at the First Church. (To any would-be vandals out there, don't even THINK of trying anything - aside from being reprehensible behavior, the cemetery is directly across the street from the Longmeadow Police station - and the Longmeadow Police have a reputation as being arrest-happy for even minor incidents.)
• Historical homes An interesting feature are all the houses along Longmeadow Street (Route 5) with red, blue, or green stars on them. These stars signify that the house is a historical site. The general understanding is that the different color stars represent different ages, starting at 100+ years. Empirical evidence would seem to show that green stars signify the oldest, as there seem to be far fewer of them.

The largest concentration of historical homes is around the area of the town green (an area approximately halfway through Longmeadow, directly on Route 5 (Longmeadow Street). This part of town was the first settled, and contains some absolutely breathtaking homes. One of the finest examples of this is a home known as the Young Estate . Apparently this home was built by the Young family who founded the WF Young Company. You might know of them by their product line, Absorbine Junior. The house is three stories tall and has servants quarters, a carriage house bigger than many other homes in town, a solarium, a series of vaults in the basement, and a large number of bedrooms. It is a privately owned home, but on occasion during "Longmeadow Days", guided tours of this historical home are offered.

Do

• Longmeadow Days - an annual arts and crafts show held over a weekend every May with all sorts of local vendors and historical activities.
• Bird watching - Longmeadow has a considerable amount of Audubon Society Preservation Land which contain walking trails and numerous opportunities for bird watchers and nature lovers alike.

Buy

The largest pocket of business enterprise is Longmeadow Shoppes in the 600 to 800 block of Bliss Road, which contains quite a few high-end specialty retail establishments as well as a few restaurants.

Eat

Take-away

• Li's Brother's Inn - Chinese food and Sushi delivered very quickly
• DeNardo's Pizza - actually in East Longmeadow, they deliver excellent Italian style pizza to Longmeadow addresses
• Quickie's - ribs and chicken and other movie night type foods. Orders will often take 45 minutes to an hour for delivery, but they're worth it.

Eat in / take out

You'll have to go there to eat in or take out yourself, but there are some decent restaurants in town.

• The Grapevine is home to delicious Greek fare and great pizza. It has a casual, family atmosphere, and is nicely decorated.
• "Iron Chef" One of three Asian restaurants, Iron chef is the best in town; Great sushi

Drink

Bars

See Hu Ke Lau in the Eat section

Max Burger has an active, lively bar on the weekends.

Package Stores

We New Englanders like to call them Package Stores, but most everyone else calls them Liquor Stores. Longmeadow has two.

Sleep

There are no hotels or bed & breakfast establishments in town. The closest choice is the Crowne Plaza in Enfield, Connecticut.