Located off Route 18 in Bridgewater, Prisco’s Market & Deli has a name that doesn’t quite indicate how much is going on here. Yes, there’s a mouth-water menu of hot and cold sandwiches (the meatball sub is a local star), as well as salads, wings, pizzas, calzones and fried dough, all complemented by a roadside ice cream stand for soft serve and hard serve, floats and Italian ice. But this is also a family attraction, with 18 holes of mini golf, batting cages, basketball courts and a charming gift shop.
At Bridegwater’s Scotland Industrial Park there’s a small but well-regarded craft brewery that was founded in 2015. Starting out as a homebrewing operation, Black Hat Brew Works has a three-man team consisting of two brothers, Paul and Scott, and their friend, Jason. The homey taproom here has ten beers on draft, and when we made this article there was a lineup of blonde ales, pale ales (try Fuzzy Bunny Slippers), a Belgian-style Tripel, a Witbier, a Stout and a Belgian Saison. There’s no kitchen at Black Hat Brew Works, but you can expect local food trucks on weekends, for anything from nachos to wraps to pizzas.