“Spring” on Cape Cod – they’re wet and chilly, but blooming anyway!
Another of my faves to stop for a coffee or lunch is the West Falmouth Market. Whether it’s organic coffee, or fresh treats from Pain d’Avignon, or custom-butchered meat, or Hog Island pizza, or a memorable clambake in your backyard like we had for Abbey and Jon’s rehearsal dinner, this is the place!
Plus it’s right off the bike path, so you can really make a day of moseying around on two wheels, and include a stop at Chappy Beach. When I lived in West Falmouth, I was there every day. It’s an old-time village market with the best of what we want in 2015.
Straight from the ovens at Pain D ‘Avignon to the West Falmouth Market
Award-winning chili not to be missed!
Owners and customers go back generations in many cases, but newcomers and casual visitors are just as welcome.
Since I moved to Brookside 18 months ago, I spend a lot of time in Falmouth coffee shops when I’m in between appointments.
When I’m in Ballymeade or North Falmouth, the “Brew” is my place for coffee or lunch. Love everything they make, the warm and inviting atmosphere, the newspaper to read, the outside deck in good weather, and the cozy upstairs when it’s chilly outside.
Winner of Cape Cod Life “Best Coffee Shop on Upper Cape”
Have you ever eaten shad roe? Do you know what it is? It’s the egg sac of the shad who are swimming upstream to spawn in our local rivers right now – but they won’t be here long.
Prep is easy – just sauté in butter, add a little salt and pepper, and dig in. Doesn’t get any more local or fresh than this!
The Cataumet Fish Market is selling this spring treat for $12.99 a lb.
What it looks like if you’ve never seen it.
We want spring, badly, but the truth is that on the Cape, we have a few spring-like days before summer, and that’s all.
I get in the mood, though, doing a ruthless sweep through my closet and bringing the spring things that haven’t seen the light of day for a year or two to Sharon at Consignment Classics at The Courtyard in Cataumet, and to Lynn at The Buyway Boutique in the Queens Byway.
Today I was at CC. I already feel lighter! Resisted buying more than I delivered, usually a losing battle.
