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Our Five Favorite Places That We Visited Last Week

Monday: Free Soup And Games Night At Hope And Olive Restaurant, Greenfield, MA: Every first Monday at the start of each month, Hope and Olive, in conjunction with Gill's Wagon Wheel Restaurant, provides free soup, dessert, and bread to its customers in return for a donation to a local non-profit organization, such as the Survival Center in Turners Falls, that the Hope and Olive and Wagon Wheel collaborative has chosen to benefit. Not normally open on Monday nights, Hope and Olive hosts this monthly gathering, and it is a treat indeed. As you enter the building, the warm and cozy atmosphere greets you, with comfortable booths, warm, rich colors, and the sounds of laughter and community spilling from all corners of the restaurant. The bar stays open for specialty drinks, but water is provided for free, along with soup, bread and dessert. The soup is always luscious and blends interesting and exotic flavors, such as root vegetable with ham, spicy sweet potato, and corned beef and potato. On each Soup and Games Night, they provide two different kinds of self-serve, all-you-can-eat soup. The bread is also very good; I suspect that it's home-made. Hope and Olive also provides a tray of free dessert, such as brownies, cookies, and pastries, to accompany your meal. To top it all off, you can enjoy games with your family and friends while you eat. Hope and Olive provides some games, but you are welcome to bring your own from home. The best part of the evening is the various sounds of games and fun filling the space. It's great that the kindly folks at Hope and Olive and the Wagon Wheel bring the community together for some much needed fun in a way that benefits the entire community.

Free Soup and Games Night starts at about 5 pm and ends around 9.

Hope and Olive is only usually open on Mondays, only for Free Soup and Games Night on the first Monday of each month. Otherwise, they are open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner. I suggest you come by another time, too, and not just for the free Soup and Games Night, but to enjoy their full menu, full of amazing food!

--LGP

Hope to see you there!