Recommended Places to Visit: Northbridge

Recreation

Mini-Golf

West End Creamery
481 Purgatory Road


Water Bodies
Swans Pond
~481 Purgatory Road

Whitins Pond
Carr Road and Purgatory Road

Linwood Pond
670 Linwood Avenue

Carpenter Reservoir
321 Carpenter Road

Arcade Pond
Arcade Street and Main Street

Riley Pond
196 Castle Hill Road


Dams
Fish Pond Dam
Carr Road and Purgatory Road

Linwood Pond Dam
670 Linwood Avenue

Whitin Mill Dam
~23 Douglas Road


Hiking
Lookout Rock
Quaker Street between Forsythe Farm Road and Wolf Hill Road

Architecture

Monuments

War Memorial
Providence Road and School Street

Whitinsville Common
Church Street and Linwood Avenue

Places of Worship

St. Peter's Parish
39 Church Avenue

St. Patrick's Church
7 East Street

Village Congregational Church
25 Church Street

Trinity Episcopal Church
33 Linwood Avenue

Blackstone Valley United Methodist Church
61 Linwood Avenue

United Presbyterian Church
7 Spring Street

Soorp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Church
315 Church Street

Rockdale Congregational Church
42 Fowler Road

Fairlawn Christian Reformed Church
305 Goldthwaite Road

Pleasant Street Christian Reformed Church
25 Cross Street

Schools
Northbridge Middle School
87 Linwood Avenue

Town Facilities
Whitinsville Social Library
17 Church Street


Historical Buildings
Cotton Mill Apartments
17 Douglas Road

Whitin Mill
~23 Douglas Road

Whitinsville Bank Building
8 Linwood Avenue

Aldrich School
14 Hill Street

Old Whitin Machine Works
~3 Whitinsville Road

Old Centre Congregational Church
Benson Road and Hill Street

Linwood Mill Apartments
670 Linwood Avenue

Restaurants

Tried:
Thai
Divine Thai
123 Church Street
Recommended Dishes:
Winter Shrimp
Chilli Duck
Divine Fried Rice

November 9th 2013: A Day of Waterfalls and Arrows

Today, I had an appointment with friends to do archery at Ace Archers in Foxborough. Before that, I had some time, so I decided to do some sightseeing. My first town was Northbridge, where I visited a few water bodies,

Carpenter Reservoir

Riley Pond, 196 Castle Hill Road

Arcade Pond,
Arcade Street and Main Street

then on to more of the same in Sutton,

Meadow Pond, 55 Lackey Dam Road

which had the Lackey Pond Dam at 55 Lackey Dam Road.

Lackey Pond

In Uxbridge,

Whitin Pond, ~400 North Main Street

Pout Pond Beach, ~100 West River Road

Bazeley Pond, 126 Laurel Street

 it was the Capron's Pond Dam at 15 Mendon Street that caught my eye.

In Blackstone, I finally got my chance to see the lovely Blackstone River Gorge, located at the end of County Street.

I also passed by the Harris Pond Dam, consisting of 3 small waterfalls, located at 332 Privilege Street in Woonsocket RI.

After visiting the Caryville Dam at Pearl Street and Plain Street in Bellingham,

I decided to head to Rock N Coal Pizza in town to get some lunch. This bar restaurant is actually pretty big and spacious with decent decor.

For food, I decided to get the Coal Fired Wings (Lemon, carmelized onions, & rosemary), the Italian Burger (Sauteed mushrooms, salami, arugula, provolone, roasted red peppers & balsamic vinegar) and the Abbruzzi pizza (Rustic red sauce, abbruzzi sausage, fresh mozzarella & basil).

Abbruzzi

Italian Burger

Coal Fired Wings

Only the Italian Burger was decent tasting, and the fries were pretty good too. The wings were a little burnt, with not much flavor to it, while the toppings on the pizza were good, but the sauce itself was a little too sour.

Overall, I did not really enjoy my meal, and service was not to my liking as it made me late for my archery event by 20 minutes. This looks like a great place to grab a drink with friends though.

As aforementioned, I arrived late at Ace Archers in Foxborough. Everyone else had already started shooting, but it wasn't long before I was outfitted myself with a quiver of arrows and a bow.

They came in several degrees of tautness from very light to hard, with hard being the easiest to shoot with but the hardest to pull back into position. I decided to go with light for the day. 

I did okay by the end, but the hour was all over too soon. Overall, I have to say this place is much more organized than Trader Jan's in Fall River, although we did manage to practise our shooting for much longer at Trader Jan's.

From here, we headed to Asian Ginger in town for another round of all you can eat sushi. This time, as I had already eaten beforehand, I could not eat much more, but that did not prevent anyone else from ordering a lot, including the Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream, which came separately, was well presented and tasted pretty good as well.

Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream

After a filling lunch, some of us decided to go watch Thor: The Dark World at Showcase Cinema De Lux Patriots Place. The show wasn't too bad actually, with a pretty interesting storyline with many twists. I look forward to even more Avengers movies in the near future. I t was at this point that I realized that I had left my camera back at Asian Ginger. Thankfully, my friend had taken it for me, and I got it back at the end of the day.

After the movie, we got hungry again, and after walking around Patriot Place and shopping (by the girls), we decided to check out Bar Louie, a pretty upscale bar restaurant which has locations all over America, in the same area.

For food, we decided to just get appetizers this time, getting the Loaded Fries (queso, spicy giardiniera, bacon, scallions), the Crispy Calamari (hand-battered calamari, cocktail sauce), the Spinach & Artichoke Dip (spinach, artichoke, parmesan, garlic, house-made alfredo, tortilla chips) and the Meatballs al Forno (premium meatballs, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmesan crostinis).

Loaded Fries

Crispy Calamari

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Meatballs al Forno

All the dishes were pretty good, especially the crostini and the meatballs, although the sauce for the fries was a little too spicy for all of us, and it was the only dish left standing at the end of the day.

With that, we finally called it a day, with me bringing my friend home and getting my camera back, then heading back, in preparation for another day of fun tomorrow.

October 28th 2013: Dinner at Brian's Restaurant, Northbridge

Tonight after work, I decided to have dinner at Brian's Restaurant, located in the town of Northbridge. This place is a small town bar restaurant, and the great thing about it is that you get free popcorn, soup and salad with the meal.

The Chicken Hawaiian I got was way too soggy however,

and it pretty much spoilt my meal. Definitely not a place that puts effort in pleasing its customers, partly because it does not have to I guess.

March 29th 2013: Dinner at 88 Wharf Waterfront Grill, Milton

Today after work, just like last week, I had to go pick my friends from NYC up from South Station in Boston, so I decided to have dinner at the 88 Wharf Waterfront Grill in Milton. Before that, I visited the old Whitin Mill area at ~23 Douglas Road in Northbridge,

Cotton Mill Apartments,
17 Douglas Road

Whitin Mill

Whitin Mill Dam

Uxbridge,

Rice City Pond,
Hartford Avenue East near Oak Street

North Uxbridge Baptist Church,

a few churches in Mendon,

Unitarian Congregation of Mendon and Uxbridge

Taft Public Library

Faith Baptist Church,
7 Main Street

Old St. Michael the Archangel Church,
29 North Avenue

Mendon Community Church

the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Hopedale,

and Millville, where the Udor Tower I took a picture of the last time I was here has been reconstructed.

St. Augustine's Church

St. John's Episcopal Church,
49 Central Street

Church of New Hope,
63 Central Street

Reconstructed Udor Tower

and the First Baptist Church at 1172 South Main Street in Bellingham

First Baptist Church,
1172 South Main Street

before the sun went down for good.

The restaurant is situated at Milton Landing by the water, and is pretty upscale.

For my groupon, I decided to get the soup of the day, a Lentil Soup, 2 appetizers, namely the Kickin' Shrimp (lightly breaded, tossed in sambal cream sauce) and the Cusabi Scallops (lightly breaded, tossed in cucumber wasabi sauce), and the Lobster L'American (sauteed lobster, haricot vert and fennel, mushroom ravioli, cognac cream sauce) for my main dish.

Lentil Soup

Kickin' Shrimp

Cusabi Scallops

Lobster L'American

The appetizers looked pretty similar but they were extremely scrumptious with distinctly different flavors, the shrimp being sweet while the scallops had the distinct horseradish taste. The soup was okay I guess, while the main dish was pretty dissappointing for a lobster dish, being a little bland.

Finally for dessert, I got the Crepe filled with Chantilly cream, blackberries and Strawberries.

Not too bad either.

With that, I headed to South End to pick up my friends and headed home from there.