Day Trips with my Dog: Lambertville, NJ
Lambertville is definitely one of my favorite day trip locations in New Jersey. Based in Hunterdon County, it’s a walk-able town with lots of great restaurants, antique shopping, mom and pop shops, and hiking. But did you know it’s also dog friendly?
My husband and I took Peppy (aka #PeppytheDogNJ) for an afternoon out in Lambertville to generally walk around and see what we could find to do. Turns out there lots, and Peppy got to explore this cute town.
We started at the Lambertville Station Restaurant & Inn, a popular dining option that’s been around for three decades. Every dish features locally-grown and sourced ingredients. The building itself is restored 19th century train station situated on the banks of the Delaware River.
The Canal Side of the restaurant is dog friendly and your server will even bring over a dog bowl of water for your pup. I enjoyed a Summer Salad and my husband enjoyed a delicious burger. As the only dog in our section, Peppy received a lot of attention.
After lunch we walked around Bridge St, one of the main streets in Lambertville. We stopped at Lambertville Trading Co, a family owned coffee bar and specialty foods store. I enjoyed an iced coffee with coffee ice cubes which lasted me for a good portion of the day.
Post caffeine fix, we were ready to do some shopping. Some shops we stopped at included:
– Zinc ( 74 Bridge St), an interior designer shop with lots of cool finds
– A Mano Galleries (42 N Union St), located in an old 5 & Dime this cool gallery has great art, jewelry, accessories and more.
– Panoply (48 N Union St), unusual, offbeat, rare and out-of-print quality used books.
– Perch ( 53 N Union St) affordable home decor and unique gifts with farmhouse charm
– Union Jack (52 N Union St), British goods including food, decor, and goods!
We also went antiquing! Lambertville has many antique shops, each cuter than the last. You will definitely find things you won’t expect!
We loved browsing the People’s Store. And thank you to A Touch of the Past antiques for even allowing Peppy to shop!
Lambertville also has lot of mom and pop food emporiums including Le Chocolate Box, Savour, and a Tomasello Winery location. Chocolate, cheese, and wine…sounds pretty amazing.
We also made a quick stop at O Wow Cow, which does not allow dogs inside, so we enjoyed our cones outside. For more on O Wow Cow, click here.
Before we left we HAD to walk the bridge from Lambertville to New Hope, PA.
One of the best things about the bridge, besides the fact that you can walk to these two great towns, and is that you can be in two places at once! I enjoyed being in NJ and Pennsylvania at the same time (as did Peppy).
We couldn’t have asked for a better day! Be sure to add Lambertville to you “to-do list” and pay them a visit. I know we’ll be back for more exploring!
