Guilford Travel Guide

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Since 1861 Bishop's has been serving the local community by providing excellent quality fruit and vegetables. Bishop's Orchard is more than a farm it's also a winery, a bakery and a market. Bishop's Orchard has a great market & bakery selling fresh produce, fruit, cheeses, bread, pies, cakes, cookies, prepared foods and fresh flowers. Their winery specializes in fruit wines derived from peaches, cherries, strawberries, pears and apples. The Orchard also has pick your own fruit and visitors can pick their own: Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Peaches, Pears, Apples and Pumpkins.

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A pleasant little cafe facing the green, an ideal spot for a relaxing coffee (or whatever) and cake.

The coffee (they roast and blend their own) was good, the cake (I had the cinnamon bun) was scrumptiously sticky, the ambience was .....well...pleasant.

They've got a good selection of sandwiches too, at very reasonable prices.

Definitely worth a visit, imo.

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Bishop's Market is the place to shop for fresh fruit, vegetables, breads, cheeses, prepared foods, meat, juices, snacks, pies, cookies, fresh flowers, plants, herbs and wine. Liz is a stickler when it comes to the best fruit and vegetables possible. The market has a good selection and everything is fresh. The market grows many of their fruit and vegetables and the rest are shipped in from various sources.

We are often in this part of Connecticut visiting friends or passing through back from a road and this is a mandatory stop.

What to buy: Our last visit here we bought some of our favorite Organic Lemonade by the Farmer's Daughter. It is very tasty with no addidives or artificial ingredients. Liz bought a large bag of red cherries; one of her favorite fruit. I wanted some fresh carrots and found a two pound bag to snack on. We also found my favorite cheese; port wine in a log that was rolled in crushed walnuts. Yum, love that with some tasty water crackers.

What to pay: Affordable