Guidebook for Hinton
Food Scene
Our favorite worker owned, neo-hippy, kind-of-shabby joint, especially good for breakfast. Tends to be crowded and noisy on weekend mornings with locals and students. Worth it though. Most ingredients are organic and local sourced. Try the excellent blueberry pancakes (specify real maple syrup) or vegan breakfast dishes like “Lambert’s Platter.” How many places can you find a velvet painting of Bob Dylan hanging on the wall? Confusingly, sign says up front reads “Hippies use side door.”
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The Little Grill Collective
621 N Main StOur favorite worker owned, neo-hippy, kind-of-shabby joint, especially good for breakfast. Tends to be crowded and noisy on weekend mornings with locals and students. Worth it though. Most ingredients are organic and local sourced. Try the excellent blueberry pancakes (specify real maple syrup) or vegan breakfast dishes like “Lambert’s Platter.” How many places can you find a velvet painting of Bob Dylan hanging on the wall? Confusingly, sign says up front reads “Hippies use side door.”
Casual, moderately priced, and very popular place featuring all the Thai favorites. Good deserts and wine too. Large dining room and easily accessed big parking lot behind the building.
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Taste of Thai
917 S High StCasual, moderately priced, and very popular place featuring all the Thai favorites. Good deserts and wine too. Large dining room and easily accessed big parking lot behind the building.
Top Pick: Hip, brick-walled Italian eatery serving wood-fired pizzas, sandwiches, pasta and drinks. Nice ambiance and easy parking right across from the free Water Street parking deck in the heart of downtown (access parking deck from W. Bruce Street).
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Bella Luna Wood-Fired Pizza
80 W Water StTop Pick: Hip, brick-walled Italian eatery serving wood-fired pizzas, sandwiches, pasta and drinks. Nice ambiance and easy parking right across from the free Water Street parking deck in the heart of downtown (access parking deck from W. Bruce Street).
-This is a higher end restaurant ($25-$40 entrees) with very nice but casual ambiance and great food. A favorite spot for dinner. Reservations recommended. Located in downtown Harrisonburg’s historically renovated City Exchange Produce Building. The dining room features fresh, hand selected, seasonal foods and deserts prepared by in-house chefs. There is also a large and very nice BAR to the left as you enter, and is worth a visit even if you don’t want to eat in the dining room. The bar features craft beers and moderately priced ($10-$18) burgers and other dishes. Happy hour at 4:00.
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Local Chop & Grill House
56 W Gay St-This is a higher end restaurant ($25-$40 entrees) with very nice but casual ambiance and great food. A favorite spot for dinner. Reservations recommended. Located in downtown Harrisonburg’s historically renovated City Exchange Produce Building. The dining room features fresh, hand selected, seasonal foods and deserts prepared by in-house chefs. There is also a large and very nice BAR to the left as you enter, and is worth a visit even if you don’t want to eat in the dining room. The bar features craft beers and moderately priced ($10-$18) burgers and other dishes. Happy hour at 4:00.
A small, casual, inexpensive place in a strip mall serving really great Mediterranean fare such as kebabs and sandwiches with house-baked pita bread. Great for lunch or dinner. Order the chicken or lamb kebab, their specialty, with all three sauces.
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Xenia A Kebab Grille
219 Burgess RdA small, casual, inexpensive place in a strip mall serving really great Mediterranean fare such as kebabs and sandwiches with house-baked pita bread. Great for lunch or dinner. Order the chicken or lamb kebab, their specialty, with all three sauces.
Top Pick: An excellent American café, especially good for weekend Brunch, but a good choice anytime. Great service and moderately priced. A block from Court Square and other downtown attractions. “Our space, our meals and our service reflect what we believe a creative American restaurant can be. Our menus explore a broad spectrum of styles, traditions and flavors while celebrating the bounty of the Shenandoah Valley—meals made with fresh ingredients and thoughtful flavors.” They have a great bar, too.
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Food.Bar.Food
126 W Bruce StTop Pick: An excellent American café, especially good for weekend Brunch, but a good choice anytime. Great service and moderately priced. A block from Court Square and other downtown attractions. “Our space, our meals and our service reflect what we believe a creative American restaurant can be. Our menus explore a broad spectrum of styles, traditions and flavors while celebrating the bounty of the Shenandoah Valley—meals made with fresh ingredients and thoughtful flavors.” They have a great bar, too.
Top pick: Cozy restaurant with twenty seat capacity (about 7 tables) in historic Ice house building in downtown Harrisonburg,VA. Order the chicken or beef Rendang! BoBoKo serves traditional Indonesian food using fresh South East Asian spices ingredients such as ginger, galangal, lemongrass, coconut milk, nutmeg, lime leaves and chili pepper to create unique, warm, rich flavors. Menu will include some Indonesian fusion options blending Indonesian and Western ingredients. They proudly serve Shenandoah Valley Organic chicken, Fresh vegetables and herbs from Harrisonburg farmers market on Saturday lunch and dinner.
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BoBoKo Indonesian Cafe
217 S Liberty StTop pick: Cozy restaurant with twenty seat capacity (about 7 tables) in historic Ice house building in downtown Harrisonburg,VA. Order the chicken or beef Rendang! BoBoKo serves traditional Indonesian food using fresh South East Asian spices ingredients such as ginger, galangal, lemongrass, coconut milk, nutmeg, lime leaves and chili pepper to create unique, warm, rich flavors. Menu will include some Indonesian fusion options blending Indonesian and Western ingredients. They proudly serve Shenandoah Valley Organic chicken, Fresh vegetables and herbs from Harrisonburg farmers market on Saturday lunch and dinner.
This place has a terrific all you can eat lunch buffet that is pretty cheap ($10.50). It is located right on Court Square in the heart of downtown. You can park next door in the metered lot, or in the free municipal parking around the corner on W. Bruce Street (access from S. Liberty Street ).
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Taj of India
34 S Main StThis place has a terrific all you can eat lunch buffet that is pretty cheap ($10.50). It is located right on Court Square in the heart of downtown. You can park next door in the metered lot, or in the free municipal parking around the corner on W. Bruce Street (access from S. Liberty Street ).
-Might be the world’s best hand-made ice cream. Limited flavors. A Harrisonburg institution. Perfect on a hot summer night. This is where the locals go.
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Kline's Dairy Bar
58 E Wolfe St-Might be the world’s best hand-made ice cream. Limited flavors. A Harrisonburg institution. Perfect on a hot summer night. This is where the locals go.
Great little coffee shop very popular with JMU students for good reason. Great coffee, handmade desserts and good light sandwich type fare. Likely to be busy.
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Greenberrys-Harrisonburg
400 S High StGreat little coffee shop very popular with JMU students for good reason. Great coffee, handmade desserts and good light sandwich type fare. Likely to be busy.
-A cool little place with great coffee and hand-made desserts. Also serves light lunch fare. It’s tucked away in the Ice House complex across from municipal parking. (Same complex as Boboko).
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Black Sheep Coffee
80 S Liberty St-A cool little place with great coffee and hand-made desserts. Also serves light lunch fare. It’s tucked away in the Ice House complex across from municipal parking. (Same complex as Boboko).
Nice little bakery with 4 or 5 tables right next to the parking deck downtown.
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Bella Gelato
49 W Water StNice little bakery with 4 or 5 tables right next to the parking deck downtown.
Sushi Jako
182 Neff AveBest sushi in town!
Sightseeing
If coming from I-66 out of D.C. or from I-64 From Richmond, consider picking up Skyline Drive. All along the drive you pass through Shenandoah National Park and look West across the bucolic Shenandoah Valley all the way to the Allegheny range - Those mountains you see in the distance across the Valley is where you are headed to Rawley Springs. You would exit Skyline Drive near Elton (ignore the icon on the map that is farther North) and take rt. 33 West to Rawley Springs. It's a lot slower than taking rt. 81 (speed limit 35mph) so you should leave yourself plenty of time to stop at the pullouts and take in the views.
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Skyline drive
If coming from I-66 out of D.C. or from I-64 From Richmond, consider picking up Skyline Drive. All along the drive you pass through Shenandoah National Park and look West across the bucolic Shenandoah Valley all the way to the Allegheny range - Those mountains you see in the distance across the Valley is where you are headed to Rawley Springs. You would exit Skyline Drive near Elton (ignore the icon on the map that is farther North) and take rt. 33 West to Rawley Springs. It's a lot slower than taking rt. 81 (speed limit 35mph) so you should leave yourself plenty of time to stop at the pullouts and take in the views.
Gua Shenandoah
261 Caverns RdGrand Caverns
5 Grand Cavern RdA pilgrimage spot for Civil War history buffs.
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New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
57 George Collins PkwyA pilgrimage spot for Civil War history buffs.
For one of the most day-long scenic drives you will ever enjoy, take Rt. 33 west to Franklin West Virginia. Take rt.220 south. Take a right on rt. 642 towards Bluegrass Virginia. In the village of Bluegrass, turn left on rt. 640 and go through the amazingly lovely Bluegrass Valley. At Hightown, take rt. 250 East toward Monterey VA. Have lunch in Monterey at "High's" for some real local flavor. Take rt 220 north back to Franklin. and pick up rt 33 East back to Rawley Springs. Alternately, from Monterey you could continue on rt 250 East to Staunton, back up rt 11 North (checking our the Factory Antique Mall in Verona) toward Harrisonburg, have dinner, and back to Rawley Springs on rt 33 West.
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Monterey
For one of the most day-long scenic drives you will ever enjoy, take Rt. 33 west to Franklin West Virginia. Take rt.220 south. Take a right on rt. 642 towards Bluegrass Virginia. In the village of Bluegrass, turn left on rt. 640 and go through the amazingly lovely Bluegrass Valley. At Hightown, take rt. 250 East toward Monterey VA. Have lunch in Monterey at "High's" for some real local flavor. Take rt 220 north back to Franklin. and pick up rt 33 East back to Rawley Springs. Alternately, from Monterey you could continue on rt 250 East to Staunton, back up rt 11 North (checking our the Factory Antique Mall in Verona) toward Harrisonburg, have dinner, and back to Rawley Springs on rt 33 West.
Great views from the top of one of the highest peaks in the Allegheny range. Nothing up there but a small parking lot, but the drive is pretty and the view spectacular.
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Reddish Knob
Great views from the top of one of the highest peaks in the Allegheny range. Nothing up there but a small parking lot, but the drive is pretty and the view spectacular.
You really should take the short drive (about 10 miles) up to the top of Shenandoah mountain, which is the border between Virginia and West Virginia. Just take a left from Rawley Springs Rd onto Rt 33 west and go straight to the top. The drive itself is really great through George Washington National Forest and up the winding mountain road to the top where, just over the state line, there is a parking lot on the left from which you can get spectacular views to the west. The High Knob Fire Tower trail begins from this parking lot, and the fire tower also offers incredible views. The hike is under three miles round trip. Go!
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High Knob Fire Tower Lookout
High Knob TrailYou really should take the short drive (about 10 miles) up to the top of Shenandoah mountain, which is the border between Virginia and West Virginia. Just take a left from Rawley Springs Rd onto Rt 33 west and go straight to the top. The drive itself is really great through George Washington National Forest and up the winding mountain road to the top where, just over the state line, there is a parking lot on the left from which you can get spectacular views to the west. The High Knob Fire Tower trail begins from this parking lot, and the fire tower also offers incredible views. The hike is under three miles round trip. Go!
Entertainment & Activities
This planetarium is on the JMU campus and offers year-round shows that are open to the public.
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John C. Wells Planetarium
91 E Grace StThis planetarium is on the JMU campus and offers year-round shows that are open to the public.
These guys rent canoes for trips down the Shenandoah river. There will pick you up at the other end so you don't need two cars.
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Shenandoah River Adventures L.L.C.
415 Long AveThese guys rent canoes for trips down the Shenandoah river. There will pick you up at the other end so you don't need two cars.
Shows art movies but also has notable live theater and music.
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Court Square Theater
41-F Court SquareShows art movies but also has notable live theater and music.
Arts & Culture
Really wonderful venue for music, theater and dance, attracting top performers. Highly recommended.
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The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
147 Warsaw AveReally wonderful venue for music, theater and dance, attracting top performers. Highly recommended.
Home of the American Shakespeare Center and an amazing venue modeled on the original Blackfriars playhouse of Shakespeare's time with a thrust stage. Take in downtown Staunton, a very charming main st, and local restaurants before the show.
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American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
10 S Market StHome of the American Shakespeare Center and an amazing venue modeled on the original Blackfriars playhouse of Shakespeare's time with a thrust stage. Take in downtown Staunton, a very charming main st, and local restaurants before the show.
Parks & Nature
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
780 University BlvdJMU Arboretum.
Riverside park with pavilions and charcoal grills. Just around the corner.
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Riven Rock Park
6 Last Left LnRiverside park with pavilions and charcoal grills. Just around the corner.