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  1. The green chile enchiladas arrive with a tight zigzag of crema piped over the top, which tells you something about how seriously this neighborhood Mexican spot takes even the modest stuff. Chef Leo Madrigal slow-cooks the pork barbacoa-style until it's yielding enough to disappear into the green chile sauce. Corn tortillas, beans, pico-topped rice, melted cheese, the whole plate quietly assembled and not trying to impress anyone, which is exactly why it does.


    Address
    1530 E Wood St, Phoenix, AZ 85040, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  2. Address
    707 N Federal Blvd, Denver, CO, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  3. Address
    36889 N Tom Darlington Dr, Carefree, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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    Tock
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  4. Address
    410 W Pike St, Covington, KY 41011, United States
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    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday Noon–6 PM

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    2810 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  6. Rank 17014. Corvette Diner

    Throwback Diner


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    2965 Historic Decatur Rd, San Diego, CA 92106, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9 PM

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  7. A bakery and coffee café where a pastry chef known for laminated doughs and a coffee roaster behind some of the Valley's better seasonal lattes have joined forces, with a bread baker trained at San Francisco's Tartine rounding out the team. The collaboration covers a lot of ground, and the range of talent in one room means you can justify a second order before you've finished the first.


  8. Rank 17014. Crab Hut

    Seafood


  9. A counter-service wing spot on the west side where the fryer does most of the talking. Wings come out plump and crisp, then get sauced or dry-rubbed, and the curry dry rub has a way of turning fingers an incriminating shade of yellow. The rest of the menu leans into the fryer too, with onion rings, egg rolls, and beignets to round things out. Phoenix New Times named it the best chicken wings in Phoenix in 2025.



  10. Address
    3811 Fairmount St, Dallas, TX 75219, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  11. Address
    908 30th St, Denver, CO 80205, United States
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    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 9 AM–5 PM

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  12. Address
    75 Arlington St, Boston, MA, United States · Hyde Park
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–11 PM

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  13. Address
    26 Fan Pier Blvd, Boston, MA, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–11 PM

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  14. Address
    1 Harborside Dr, Boston, MA, United States · East Boston
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 5 AM–10:30 AM, 10:30 AM–10 PM

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    1250 Market St, Lynnfield, MA 01940, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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    236 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA, United States · Foxboro
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–11 PM

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  17. A hot dog shop tucked inside a bar on 16th Street, Der Wurst builds every preservative-free sausage on pretzel buns from a local bakery and links from Schreiner's Fine Sausages down the road. The menu leans into German biergarten energy, loaded dogs pulling from flavors across cultures, with names that will make your grandparents set down their reading glasses. Phoenix New Times named it the city's top spot for hot dogs in 2025.



  18. Address
    647 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    Resy
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  19. Address
    500 Harborview Dr, Baltimore, MD 21230, United States
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    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

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  20. There's no sign out front, which is either a design choice or a test. Dick's Hideaway is a small New Mexican-leaning bar and grill tucked along 16th Street, where seated at the bar you can feel the heat off the open-flame grill. The bloody marys and margaritas have a following, and the green chile burger earns its real estate on the menu. Getting a table for five on a Friday requires more optimism than planning.


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    6008 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85016, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 7 AM–Midnight

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  21. Rank 17014. Domaselo

    Bakery


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    2691 SW 11th St, Miami, FL 33135, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 7 AM–9 PM

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    421 N 7th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  23. Dorothy Lane Market is a gourmet grocery store that Dayton has kept to itself for years, and Cincinnati finally got its first location. The butcher shop has a dry-aging chamber you can actually see, the cheese selection is serious, and there's a wine bar tucked in if you need a reason to linger. Bring a tote bag and a budget, because you will not be leaving with just one thing.


  24. Rank 17014. Double Wide

    Dive Bar

    The patio seating is made from repurposed toilets and road signs, which tells you everything about the vibe before you've ordered a drink. Double Wide is a Deep Ellum dive bar with a trailer park aesthetic, cheap and stiff pours, and a music venue across the patio hosting bands and DJs on most nights. Wildsam named it one of the 50 most essential bars in America, which somehow feels both surprising and completely correct.


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    3510 Commerce, Dallas, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  25. Address
    7535 N Kendall Dr, Miami, FL 33156, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 AM

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  26. Address
    2537 S Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX 75227, United States
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    Open now, until 8 PM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  27. Rank 17014. El Tataki Sushi

    Mexican Sushi


  28. Rank 17014. El Tianguis

    Mexican


    Address
    2810 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    1450 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96814, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  30. Rank 17014. Elvira’s

    Innovative Mexican



  31. A three-tiered cake stand of sandwiches, scones, and petits fours, served on antique bone china, is the move at this afternoon tea room tucked into the small desert town of Carefree. Thirty-plus loose-leaf varieties anchor the menu, and the kitchen also runs a proper lunch of jacket potatoes, smoked salmon quiche, and tea sandwiches. There's even a scaled-down Nursery Tea for children who have outgrown imaginary cups but not PB&J.


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    201 Easy St, Unit 103, Carefree, AZ 85377, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

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    OpenTable
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  32. Address
    5950 Royal Ln, Unit A, Dallas, TX 75230, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    424 E 36th St, Unit 2, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–2 AM

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  34. Rank 17014. Feta Cowboy

    Mediterranean


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    1840 E Warner Rd, Unit 108, Tempe, AZ 85284, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10:45 AM

    Friday 10:45 AM–9 PM

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  35. Address
    1316 Adams St, Unit 112, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  36. Address
    1949 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  37. Address
    5580 NE Fourth Ct, Unit 4B, Miami, FL, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 8 AM–Noon, Noon–4 PM

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  38. Rank 17014. Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen

    Elevated Southern



  39. Address
    14 Garfield Pl., downtown, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  40. Rank 17014. Fuchai

    Korean




  41. Address
    5310 Junius St, Dallas, TX 75214, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10 AM–10 PM

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    186 Winthrop St, Medford, MA 02155, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 7 AM–11:30 AM

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    416 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  44. Green Chili is a casual Indian spot in a Rivergate strip, beneath Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, across from a Hooters and next to a church that used to be a Circuit City. It's easy to miss, which is how Nashville Scene ended up naming it the Best Tucked-Away Indian Restaurant. The servers will joke with you about the spice levels, and the owners also run the Japanese steakhouse in town, so apparently they just know hospitality.


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    707 Rivergate Pkwy, Goodlettsville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  45. Address
    3200 Linwood Ave., Mt. Lookout, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  46. The taxidermied animals have names, and some of them are not for sale because the owners simply like them too much to let go. Hail is a record shop and curiosity store in Covington where vintage vinyl shares floor space with mounted creatures sourced from antique dealers. Berry the Bear and friends are permanent residents; the records turn over. A useful stop if your living room needs both a new album and a peacock.


    Address
    720 Main St, Covington, KY 41011, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday Noon–7 PM

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  47. Halls Catch is a seafood restaurant on West End with a dining room dressed in iridescent fish-scale walls and a wave sculpture on the ceiling, which is a lot of commitment to a theme. The better trick is the back bar, tucked down a short hall, where walls of windows open onto a downtown skyline from an angle almost nobody sees. Nashville Scene named it Best Hideaway Bar with a View in 2025, so the secret is now technically printed.


    Address
    1600 West End Ave, Ste 108, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  48. The faux-elegant dining room sets an ambitious tone for an all-you-can-eat Asian seafood buffet, and Harbor mostly keeps up with it. Fresh oysters, soft-shell crab, rolls, sashimi, and nigiri anchor the spread, while crab rangoon and pork buns handle the comfort-food side. The soft-serve machine is conspicuously absent, but a freezer case of single-serving treats softens the blow. Phoenix New Times named it the city's top Asian buffet in 2025.


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    10030 N Metro Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85051, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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  49. Rank 17014. Harmony Plant Fare

    Vegetarian American



  50. Address
    1060 W Frankford Rd, Ste 200, Carrollton, TX 75007, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9:30 PM

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  51. A one-pound schnitzel is quietly doing a lot of the marketing here. Haus Murphy's is an old-school German restaurant in Glendale that has been around forever, serving bratwurst, sausage samplers, and house-made sauerkraut to a crowd that has clearly memorized the menu. The patio strings up lights and leans into a vaguely Bavarian mood, and the bar stocks the oversized bottled biers to match. Call ahead for a table.


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    5739 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    548 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  53. Address
    1436 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 9:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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    Resy
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  54. A passage hidden behind a wardrobe connects the two sides of this Ft. Thomas bookstore and café, which is either charming or a mild fire-code concern, depending on your disposition. The shelves lean heavily into fiction, especially romantasy, fantasy, mystery, and horror. There's a coffee counter on one side and a small bourbon bar on the other, which covers the full spectrum of how a reading session can go.



  55. Rank 17014. Hiw Kaow Thai Food Truck

    Lao Thai Food Truck

    A purple orchid tops every plate, which tells you something about how seriously this Thai street-food truck takes its work. Hiw Kaow roams the Valley without a permanent address, serving pad Thai with a Lao influence, crispy whole chicken wings, and a papaya salad sharp enough to make you check the truck's next location before you've finished eating. Follow its schedule; it moves around.


  56. Hometeam Pizza is a casual pizza spot on Alabama Avenue where the ranch gets nearly as much attention as the slices. The co-owner built it from sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk, then fussed with the spices until it came out pourable but not runny, which is a standard most bottled versions never attempt. Nashville Scene named it Best Ranch Dressing, and her husband says it's what she gets complimented on most, after the kids.


  57. Honeytree is an East Side meadery, which means you're drinking fermented honey in a taproom instead of ordering a flight and pretending to know what a Viking would have wanted. Mead tends to run sweet, and the ginger candied in house is what pulls their Sweet Baby Ginger back toward something you could drink at a normal pace. It won a Best of Nashville from the Scene for exactly that. Dress is whatever you wore to work.



  58. Address
    6460 E Yale Ave, Ste G-20C, Denver, CO 80222, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–8 PM

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  59. Address
    2205 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–9 PM

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  60. Address
    1220 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  61. Rank 17014. Ichimi

    Japanese Noodle Shop



  62. Inglewood Lounge is an East Nashville bar where the booths are tucked away and the lighting forgives everyone, which is the whole pitch for a first date. There's a covered patio, a dance floor for when things go well, and a bar menu with a piri piri chicken sandwich you can take to go when they don't. The U-shaped parking lot makes the exit easy. Nashville Scene voted it Best Place for a First Date in 2025.


    Address
    3914 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  63. Rank 17014. Iris Read

    Natural Wine Bar


  64. Guinness signs and hand-drawn maps of Ireland cover the walls of this Irish pub and restaurant in the far western suburbs of Phoenix. Fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, and a full Irish breakfast on weekends anchor the menu. Bartenders know regulars by name, and the event calendar stays busy with live music, karaoke, and trivia nights, which is a lot to offer a neighborhood that doesn't always get this kind of attention.


  65. A hay wagon rolls you out to the pumpkin patch, where you pick your own and pay by the pound on the way back. Irons Fruit Farm is an old-school u-pick operation outside Cincinnati, and come fall it draws families who treat the whole afternoon as the event. The apple cider alone is reason to linger at the main building after. A small tip: if your toddler proves uncooperative, the pumpkins near checkout have no idea.


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