OUR TOWN STUDIOS BABY CAKES CUPCAKES BUN’S RESTAURANT
GLOBAL VILLAGE COLLECTION
DELAWARE STATE PARK
CHELLEY BELLY STRAND THEATRE
FUNDAMENTALS CHOFFEY’S
WHIT’S FROZEN CUSTARD
DELAWARE
DAIRY DEPOT
BEEHIVE BOOKS HAMBURGER INN BARE BOWL MEAN BEAN CAFFEINE LOUNGE
MINGO PARK COMPLEX
AMATO’S WOODFIRED PIZZA
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KEIKOS BEAD BOX Our Town Studios ry). After these shops, you could hit up Global Village Collection for toys, clothing, jewelry and other goodies made by artisans in Third World communities. Or you could combine your visit with a trip to The Strand Theatre, an independent film house that has expanded to include an art gallery. The Strand often programs children’s movies during school breaks. And for more culture, you could see if The Arts Castle has any interesting one-day workshops or exhibits going on. Our Town Studios sells artwork from local artists who are developmentally disabled. Now there are plenty of good places to eat, but first the kids can work up an appetite at a local park. Delaware State Park, north of town on Rt. 23, has great hiking trails and a big playground with, as an added bonus, the Delaware Lake Dam, the top of which you can walk across (gushing water is always a plus with kids). In town, you have Mingo Park with soccer fields, a skateboard bowl and a goodsized playground (plus in the summer, the pool complex there offers day passes
for visitors). There’s also Blue Limestone Park on the west side of town with fields, picnic areas, a playground and a stocked fishing pond (for which you do need an Ohio Department of Natural Resources fishing license). Onto the eating. Dairy Depot, north of downtown on Sandusky, or Dari Point, east of town on Winter Street, are both ice-cream stands of the old-fashioned variety and well-loved by locals. In town, you’ll find newcomers Whit’s Frozen Custard and Baby Cakes Cupcakes. When you need protein, you’ve got either the Hamburger Inn (aka “The Hambo”), which is as authentic a greasy-spoons diner as you could hope for, or Bun’s Restaurant, a landmark American-style eatery on Winter Street. Amato’s Woodfired Pizza and Chelley Belly (for soups and sandwiches) are other local faves. And for Mom’s and Dad’s caffeine cravings (with oversized cookies and fruit smoothies for the kids), check out the Mean Bean Caffeine Lounge, right at the corner of Sandusky and William streets, or Choffey’s on West Winter.
BLUE LIMESTONE PARK
DARI POINT
ARTS CASTLE
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
AMATO’S WOODFIRED PIZZA 6 S. Sandusky St. 740-369-8797 amatoswoodfiredpizza.com ARTS CASTLE 190 W. Winter St. 740-369-2787 artscastle.org BABY CAKES CUPCAKES 47 N. Sandusky St. 740-417-4677 babycakescupcakes.com BARE BOWL 6 N. Sandusky St. 740-363-4804 thebarebowl.com BEEHIVE BOOKS 25 N. Sandusky St. 740-363-2337 beehiveat25.com
BLUE LIMESTONE PARK 7 King Ave. (off West William Street) 740-203-1450 delawareohio.net/departments/parks_recreation/parks _bike_paths.aspx BUN’S RESTAURANT 14 W. Winter St. 740-363-3731 bunsrestaurant.net CHELLEY BELLY 15 E. Winter St. 740-369-5792 CHOFFEY’S 17 W. Winter St. 740-417-9406 choffeys.com DAIRY DEPOT 390 N. Sandusky St. 740-363-5297 DARI POINT 303 E. Winter St. 740-362-1355
DELAWARE STATE PARK 5202 U.S. Rt. 23 740-363-4561 (seasonal for campground) dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/del aware/tabid/729/default.aspx FUNDAMENTALS 25 W. Winter St. 740-363-0290 funbooksandmore.com GLOBAL VILLAGE COLLECTION 37 N. Sandusky St. 740-363-6267 globalvillagecollection.org HAMBURGER INN 16 N. Sandusky St. 740-369-3850 KEIKOS BEAD BOX 20 S. Sandusky St. 740-369-2700 facebook.com/keikosbeadbox1
MEAN BEAN CAFFEINE LOUNGE 2 N. Sandusky St. 740-369-5282 MINGO PARK 500 E. Lincoln Ave. 740-203-1450 delawareohio.net/departments/parks_recreation/parks _bike_paths.aspx OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 61 S. Sandusky St. 740-368-2000 owu.edu OUR TOWN STUDIOS 57 N. Sandusky St. 877-345-6733 creativefoundations.org STRAND THEATRE 28 E. Winter St. 740-363-4914 thestrandtheatre.net WHIT’S FROZEN CUSTARD 31 N. Sandusky St. 740-362-0715 whitscustard.com
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