Williams Sugar House - Deerfield

I found this place simply by googling Western Mass sugar shacks and I 'm so happy I did. Definitely an experience worth trying at least once. There 's something about eating homemade food with backyard ingredients that is just the bees freakin knees! We came here for breakfast on a Sunday morning-the last Sunday morning of the season-and it was such a great choice. They have these amazing maple frosted donuts that are sooo delicious. I got decent sized stack of pancakes and a side of sausage. They were both as good as I could 've hoped, but the syrup was what I 'll go back for. You could just tastes how clean and fresh it was. I didn 't get a chance to check out the gift shop, but there 's always next time. It 's just a matter of waiting on the trees to do their thing!

Went Saturday at 1:30pm. That is a good time. They close at 3pm, busy time is over, no wait. Plenty of time to check out the sap boiling in the back room while waiting for breakfast. We ordered everything on the menu just about. And I finished every bit. This was the most delicious breakfast I have ever had. French toast, Belgian waffle, pancakes all cooked perfect and then I smothered it all in that sweet syrup. The sausages were plump and meaty. But the standout was the bacon. They said it was new this year. Best I have ever had bar none. And of course we finished with sugar on snow. I mentioned it was our first and a gentleman came out from the back and gave a demonstration at our table. So this will be our regular stop, along with the Yankee Candle village stores. We also turned off the main road into Deerfield historic district right near the restaurant. Very nice old houses.

It's rustic, which is nice. Went today, which was a Sunday around 10:30am. Was busy. You order your food at the counter, which is fine, except there were no tables available and people were standing next to tables awkwardly waiting for the occupants to vacate. Not a fan. I found them rather pricey. Coffee has free refills, but is $2.25 and it's a small cup (like 1/2 cup size so multiple trips are required (which could be a management move to keep visits short . I had the waffle which I found ordinary at the over $6 tag. The bacon looked (and tasted like the paper thin, precooked bacon you can buy at the store. I'm a maple fanatic. Deserts, cooking, baking, can't get enough. So I can say as an unpaid (and unproven maple professional, that their maple products are very good. Expensive, but good. Proof? I got a maple cream donut. Maple cream was delicious! The donut? Stale, like the plain donuts in a box of mixed flavors. I get the farm and maple products are the bread and butter, and I appreciate adding the food. But either the prices need to be realistic for the quality or the quality (better recipe? needs to go up. I don't think the physical set up is efficient for either eating or observing. Truth be told, I never left the main room to see the operation. I came for the food and left disappointed.

Small operation with extra friendly staff. Tried the pancakes with maple syrup and they were delicious. Staff was knowledgeable and willing to provide information on the maple syrup process.

I felt it was worth the two hour drive. It 's not fancy but a sugar house isn 't supposed to be. It 's a pop-up restaurant that exists for a few short weeks during sugaring off season. I 'm giving five stars for the totality of the experience .....the rustic wood building, the smell of wood smoke as you get out of your car, the perfectly cooked pancakes, and the friendly people who work here. It 's a slice of Americana and an old way of doing things that hopefully isn 't going anywhere, you should get out and experience it if you haven 't yet. They have a really good menu ....pancakes (tender fresh, right off the grill), blueberry pancakes, waffles, English muffin with maple cream, eggs, sausage, bacon, maple donuts and you can even get fresh 'sugar on snow ' in a bowl!