Cold River Package & Market — Local services in Charlemont

Not worth the money. I completely understand that some menu items are not available by the end of the week, but we were never told by our server that anything was not available before ordering. Once our order was taken, our two sandwiches and one side came out (sandwiches come with two sides each) and we were told the other three sides ran out. Our server told us we he could take them off our bill, we opted to switch one of them to something available and take it to go, and take the other two we would not receive off the bill. After waiting another 20 minutes after this, our server was clearly avoiding our table and I went inside to get a coffee and see why we were still waiting. At this point I learned that our server had taken it upon himself to just cancel the side we had wanted to go and rung up our meal. I was in a rush at this point because this had now taken well over an hour and I paid for our meal. Looking back at the bill, I found that only $2.00 had been taken off for the three sides that we never received!! Not to mention the fact that we never even got silverware, had to ask for napkins and the barbeque tofu wrap was terrible; watery with little barbeque sauce and in no way grilled. All in all it was an entirely frustrating and...

This was a fantastic experience! Upon entering I was pleasantly greeted and asked if I'd like to have a seat inside or outside. It being a beautiful Friday I chose outside. A server (A trainee, one upbeat smiley Lindsey and her cheery shadow Vess) were there in no time at all. Beer selection is good (Lefty's Honey Brown Ale on tap, yum!) and it took my a while to make a choice for eats, seeing as their menu and specials offer quite a few choices. I opted for the beef ribs, garlic mashed and broccoli. Beer was delivered promptly and my meal followed about 10-15 minutes later. My jaw dropped when I saw the platter being delivered! Now, the special read 2 pounds of ribs, but reading that in no way prepared me for the Flintstone sized, mountain of wonderful being set down in front of me!! The broccoli was perfect, (not that blanched or overcooked mush that some places serve) Garlic mashed taters, just right! And those ribs!!!! After cutting off my first bite I realized 3 things:

1. I could put the knife away. No need for one. A fork sufficed! Meat just about melted!
2. The flavor was perfect! Fantastic, tender, how BBQ should be kinda good!
3. I had a long way to go! (Can you say leftovers? LOL) After this wonderful experience I will absolutely...

Breakfast items expired and are still in the refrigerator. I bought a muffin and it tasted rotten, then realized a computer-generated label on the bottom that says "packed on 8/1, sell by 8/8" There is another small label next to it that says "by 8/26". When I brought it back to the counter staff, the lady said they froze the item on 8/8 and took it out again from freezer with a new date. So the muffin was made more than 3 weeks ago. The muffins were in a case and the label is at the bottom. So one won't be able to see the label until after you have bought it. My child picked up a pack of trail mix and now realized the "best by" date is 7/15 - more than...