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Dining & Lodging

Dining at Tanglewood

Whether you're looking for a sit-down meal, a drink before a concert, or a quick snack, there are plenty of dining options across the Tanglewood campus.
A colorful spread of food on a picnic table outside of the shed at Tanglewood

Meals-to-Go

Simplify your Tanglewood dining plans with Meals-to-Go. Place your order at least 48 hours in advance and grab your food at the Taste of the Berkshires when you arrive.

Meals-to-Go Menu

Panoramic Picnics

Panoramic Picnics offer a pre-show luxury picnic experience with mountain views. Packages include a spot to eat on the Highwood Lawn, an array of pillows and blankets for your comfort, and a server to take beverage orders. Reservations for two or four people are available from gate open until the start of the concert.

Panoramic Picnics Menu

Cindy's Café

Located in the Linde Center for Music and Learning, Cindy's Café offers casual lunch and a gourmet dinner buffet. Please note that dining at Cindy's Café is only available by reservation to patrons with tickets once the grounds have closed to the general public ahead of a ticketed performance.

Lunch:
12pm–2:30pm Monday through Friday
No reservations necessary

Gourmet Dinner Buffet:
Friday and Saturday evenings with hours starting at the time gates open until the start of that evening's concert. Reservations are required and it is highly encouraged to make them no later than 48 hours in advance. There may be room for walk-ins the day-of, but space is not guaranteed without a reservation

Tanglewood Café

Tanglewood Café offers a variety of walk-up food counters including Shed Pizza, Shed Burger, Shed BBQ, Shed Cantina, Salad Bar, and West St. Deli Works. 
No reservation necessary.

Taste of the Berkshires

Quick-service food featuring four area restaurants: 
MadJack’s BBQ
Sassy’s Catering (Mexican-American street food)
Nejaime’s (Greek fast casual)
Lucia’s Latin Kitchen (Latin-American cuisine)
No reservations are necessary for the dining options in Taste of the Berkshires.

Concessions

Beer Garden
A variety of beer, wine, and packaged cocktails, plus assorted snacks.
All alcohol must be consumed within this space.

Craft Beer
A variety of beers on tap and wine, plus assorted snacks. 
All alcohol must be consumed within this space.

Scoop Tent
Cups of scooped ice cream and bottled beverages.

Snack Bars 
Offering beverages, ice cream, coffee, and assorted snacks. The primary snack bar is located at the Shed entrance, with ancillary snack bar locations behind Tappan House and near Lions Gate.

Highwood Manor House

Offering a 3-course dinner, before that evening's concert.

Tent Club

Guests may bring food to the tent club, but all alcohol must be purchased and consumed within the tent.