Shopping for the holidays is a lot more fun when you can mix up the searching and buying with snack samples, wine tastings, holiday decorations, and more. If this sounds like your idea of a shopping jaunt, make your plans now to take the 2023 Cook Forest Gingerbread Tour. This popular annual event started in 1971 at the home of Pat MacBeth, a Cook Forest area matriarch, and by the early 2000s, it had expanded into a driving tour with lots of interesting stops for dining and holiday shopping.
From November 3-5, shoppers will find 20 miles of stores and restaurants all decked out for Christmas and offering holiday specials, door prizes, product samples, refreshments, a variety of interesting treasures by local artists and crafters, and all the joy of the season.
Stops on the 2023 Gingerbread Tour:
1. Briar Hill Rustic Furniture at 4169 Route 36, Leeper
2. The Nook Nacs Gift Shop at 3121 Forest Road, Vowinckel
3. Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 170 Theater Lane, Cooksburg
4. Cooksburg Dry Goods Gift Shoppe at 115 Riverside Drive, Cooksburg
5. Cook Forest Wines at 15361 Route 36, Cooksburg
6. Parker’s Indian Trading Post at 14171 Route 36, Clarington
7. Pickle Barrel at 13867 Route 36, Clarington
8. Evergreen Cabins & Mercantile at 13278 Route 36, Clarington
9. Quiet Creek Herb Farm at 93 Quiet Creek Lane, Brookville
10. Heirloom Quilting at 1225 Route 36 North, Brookville
11. Blackbird Distillery at 93 Blackout Alley, Brookville
12. Dan Smith’s Candies at Corner Plaza, 301 West Main Street, Brookville
13. Open House Shop at 285 Main Street, Brookville
14. Pink Missie’s This & That at 168 Main Street, Brookville
15. The Forest Nook Restaurant at3121 Forest Road, Vowinckel
16. Trails End Restaurant at 2738 Forest Road, Cooksburg
17. Colors of the Forest RV Resort & Campground at 374 Shiloh Lane, Clarington
18. Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church at 7230 Route 36, Sigel
19. A & M Family Dining at 234 Allegheny Boulevard, Brookville
Look for the four-foot-tall gingerbread man marking participating businesses as you explore the Tour. Find other interesting places to visit in the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors region by going to VisitPAGO.com.
