Recommended Places to Visit: Gardner

Recreation

Water Bodies
Lake Wampanoag
Camp Collier Road

Swimming Pools

Greenwood Memorial Pool
69 Park Street


Museums
Gardner Heritage State Park
25 Lake Street

Gardner Museum
28 Pearl Street

Hiking

Dunn State Park
289 Pearl Street

Architecture

Schools

Mount Wachusett Community College
444 Green Street

Monuments

War Memorial
Parker Street and West Street

WWI Memorial
Central Street and Cottage Street

Giant Chair
130 Elm Street

Giant Chair
372 East Broadway


Giant Rooster
95 West Street

Places of Worship

Holy Cross Catholic Parish

50 Lovewell Street

First Baptist Church
14 High Street

St. Joseph Catholic Church
358 Pleasant Street

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church
135 Nichols Street

Unitarian Universalist Society
66 Elm Street

First Congregational Church
28 Green Street

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
634 Pearl Street



St. Paul's Episcopal Church
79 Cross Street


Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
166 Cross Street

First Bible Baptist Church
7 Church Street

Logos Church
9 Wasa Street


Mission Street Congregational Church
15 Mission Street


Bethany Baptist Church
72 Ryan Street

Town Facilities

City Hall
95 Pleasant Street

Post Office
69 Pleasant Street

Levi Heywood Memorial Library
55 West Lynde Street

Heywood Hospital
242 Green Street


Historical Buildings
Olde Post Office Building
144 Central Street

Old Fire Station #3
Cherry Street and Elm Street


Old First Lutheran Church
209 Lawrence Street


Old Church
122 West Street

Restaurants

Tried:
Chinese

Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge
360 Timpany Boulevard
Recommended Dishes:
Beef Negimaki
Thai Mango Beef



Western

Gardner Ale House
74 Parker Street


Mexican
South Side Grille and Margarita Factory
242 West Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Steak and Mushroom Quesadillas

May 15th 2013: Dinner at Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, Gardner

Today after work, I decided to head to the town of Gardner for dinner at Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, a primarily Chinese restaurant in town.

Before the sun set though, I decided to visit a few places first, passing by Stuart Pond in Sterling,

and a few places in Leominster including the Grand View Country Club which had great views from the top of the hill,

Bartlett Pond,
Wachusett Street near Elm Street

Grand View Country Club,
454 Wachusett Street

View from Grand View Country Club

Fall Brook Reservoir,
~100 Wachusett Street

before going to the Living Stone Foundation in Leominster first to check out the stone monuments engraved with Christian sayings strewn all over the place in a somewhat disorganized manner. Pictures follow.

The Main Building

The next destination town on the list was Fitchburg

Crossroads Community Church

Fitchburg Church of the Nazarene,
800 South Street

St. Francis of Assisi Church

before I headed into Ashby to find the Trap Falls located within the Willard Brook State Forest on Townsend Road near Bernhardt Road, which were pretty beautiful as you can see from my picture below.

From here, I spent the rest of the day sightseeing in Ashburnham,

Ashburnham Community Church,
84 Main Street

St. Anne's Church,
162 Center Street

Apostolic Lutheran Church

People's Church

Winchendon

Bethany Bible Chapel

and finally Gardner before heading to dinner.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
634 Pearl Street

Old First Lutheran Church,
209 Lawrence Street

Logos Church, 9 Wasa Street

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Old Church, 122 West Street

Big Red, 95 West Street

First Bible Baptist Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Mission Street Congregational Church

Bethany Baptist Church

The restaurant is located within a strip mall, and okay decor wise.

After looking at the menu, I decided to get the Beef Negimaki (Grilled and sliced pieces of beef with scallions, and cheese, served in teriyaki sauce) for appetizers, and the Thai Mango Beef for my main dish.

Beef Negimaki

Thai Mango Beef

Both were presented pretty well, but flavor wise, they were just okay, especially because there were scallions in the Negimaki.

With that, my short but productive sightseeing trip in northern central Massachusetts after work came to an end.