Clues for Annual Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt Follow Parade Theme

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt, a traditional popular feature of Fall Foliage Festival Week, returns this year and starts Saturday.

This year the committee has revealed that there will be 15 colorful leaves hidden in North Adams, Adams, Clarksburg, Cheshire, Florida and Williamstown. The first set of clues are listed below. 

When a leaf is found it should be brought to Pedrin's Dairy Bar during normal operating hours to claim a prize. One prize per household please. All leaves should be returned by Oct. 12. 

Prizes are generously donated by area merchants including Pedrin's, Boston Sea Foods, Craft Food Barn, Planet Fitness, Big Y, North Adams Museum, North Adams MoviePlex 8, Walmart and Wild Oats. 

A second set of clues will be announced in the event of unclaimed leaves. 

The committee has repeated the last two years' successful procedure whereby one plastic bag with a yellow or orange leaf should be removed and brought in and another with a green leaf should be left at the site so that subsequent hunters will know they correctly solved the clue but someone already claimed the prize-winning leaf. 

A complete list of winners, locations and sponsors will be released in October. 

As always, the leaf committee has included an invisible leaf hunt for homebound residents. Interested persons are asked to mail a postcard (or card in an envelope) with the number of the clue and the answer/s with their name, address and phone number, to the Mayor's Office of Tourism, City Hall, 10 Main St. North Adams MA 01247. Only mailed entries will be accepted. In the event of a tie, the earliest postmark will determine the winner. Answers must be received by Oct. 12.

This year's theme is "Games, Movies and Takeout" — the things that kept us going through COVID.

The first set of clues are:                                            

The children's card game War

1. North Adams

2. Adams

3. North Adams

4. Florida

5. North Adams

The classic movie 'On The Waterfront'

6. North Adams

7. Williamstown

8. Cheshire

9. Clarksburg

10. Adams

Takeout

11. North Adams

12. Williamstown

13. Adams

14. Cheshire

15. Adams

Invisible Leaf Hunt Clues (fill in the blanks)

1. War: During the Civil War local troops called the _________ ________, mustered in the yard of what is now _______ _________ on ________________Street in North Adams.

2. On the Waterfront: The YMCA ran _________ _____________. in North Adams at the ___________ ________________ also known as _________ __________.

3. Takeout: In Williamstown _______ __________ restaurant, although mainly eat-in, advertised ________________ flavors of today's popular take-out item _________ _______.

Good luck. Thanks for participating.  

North Adams License Board OKs New Italian Restaurant

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:47PM / Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The inside of the Mohawk, which is being revamped as a lounge to go with the new Italian restaurant in the former Grazie. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Moresi has a vision to bring a bit of the North End to North Adams.

 

He explained his plans to the License Commission on Tuesday as he applied for an all-alcohol license for Zio Roberto Ristorante and Taverna, which is expected to open in late May. 

 

The Mohawk bar and the former Grazie restaurant space in the Mulcare Building, which Moresi owns, will operate as a single entity — one side as a lounge, and the other as a full-service restaurant. 

 

"We're still going to call it the Mohawk. I mean, let me be clear from the start, in no way am I looking to operate a bar operation here," he said of the Mohawk. "There's no we've gone through the entire place. There's no jukebox, there's no pool table. We're really looking to create something very unique here, which basically is lacking in the area."

 

He has been describing the lounge as an Italian "speakeasy," or a private club open to the public — a space with overstuffed chairs and Chesterfield couches with an Italian theme. The focus will be on small plates, appetizers, craft cocktails, wines and bottled beer. 

 

"Then with the restaurant itself, we're really excited about this," Moresi said. "Obviously, I have the team here of both Nick [Moulton] and Pete [Belmonte], and we're just looking to do authentic Italian cuisine at this establishment. 

 

"As far as alcohol operations, bar operations, we still have the bar in the restaurant space, which also is a very popular spot for people to get a meal, appetizer and eat and socialize, so full bar service there."