Restaurants
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Add Spice To Your Life
Mixing It Up in the Kitchen
By: - Dec 08th, 2018During the busy summer season in the Berkshires we eat and run. Winter is for more elaborate, experimental meals. On every level it means putting more spice in your life. Since Labor Day we have been having fun experimenting in the kitchen.
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Dining in Gloucester
Bounty of the Sea
By: - Oct 02nd, 2018A visit to Cape Ann presents a number of fabulous dining options. It's best to stick with seafood which comes fresh from the docks. The only problem is being confined to three meals each for an all too short seven days.
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Traditional Kegel's Inn
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Church Supper in Pittsfield
German Dinner at Zion Lutheran Church
By: - Sep 30th, 2017Last night we enjoyed a fabulous German dinner with 200 or so other celebrants at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. For just $12 there was a traditional feast of hand rolled, beef rouladen with red cabbage, noodles, and a vegetable medley. That ended with delicious Black Forest cake.
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Zinc in Lenox
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Le Central Oldest French Restaurant In San Francisco
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San Francisco’s Chinatown
Largest in the Nation
By: - Jul 29th, 2017It was a relatively short walk from our hotel in San Freancisco to the entrance of its vast Chinatown. We explored and returned several times for fabuous meals.
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Meng’s Pan Asian in North Adams
Makeover of Former Sushi House
By: - Jul 14th, 2017The ever popular Sushi House in North Adama has been relaunched as Meng's Pan Asian. With an attractve design makeover and tweaked menu it was packed when our local arts group gathered for its usual Thursday night meeting. One of the best local, family friendly, affordable restaurants just got a whole lot better,
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Blantyre in Lenox a World Class Destination
Relais & Chateaux Rated
By: - Jul 28th, 2015Blantyre in our backyard, is only minutes from Tanglewood and the arts of the Berkshires. Rooms are beautiful and wine and gourmet food is affordable.
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Grazie in North Adams
Italian Cuisine Steps from MASS MoCA
By: - May 15th, 2016There have been several incarnations of restaurants at 26 Marshall Street opposite the North Adams campus of MASS MoCA. On a Saturday night four foodies visited the recently launched Grazie Italian Ristorante. There were mistakes but overall we plan to return to an affordable Northern Berkshire dining option.
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Gloucester's Duckworth's Bistrot
Fails to Live Up to Its Reputation
By: - May 03rd, 2017During high season it's challenging to get a reservation at the renowned Duckworth's Bistrot the most widely touted destination for fine dining in Gloucester. Due to lapses of attention it proved to be a disappointing experience. There is no excuse for soup served at near to room temperature and incinerated meat. You expect more from a top chef.
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Tito’s Mexican Grill in Pittsfield
Caveat Emptor
By: - Apr 27th, 2017With two restaurants in Ohio Tito's has opened in Pittsfield. This is a high concept franchise with enticing decor and intetior design which is a bait and switch offering numbingly mediocre ersatz Tex Mex cuisine.
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Luciano’s Upscale Cuisine
A Taste of Italy in Wrentham off 495
By: - Apr 14th, 2017Just a hop skip and jump off 495 in Wrentham is Luciano's one of the great Italian restaurants in he Northeast. Founded in 1991 the food and ambiance is on a par with the best of Vegas or New York's Little Italy. The decor is over the top to complement impeccable service and divine cuisine. Be sure to ask for a table with your back to the wall.
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Montano's in North Truro
Affordable Family Style Dining
By: - Apr 06th, 2017Montano's is a family style Italian restuaranrt on Route 6 in North Truro not far from Provincetown. We arrived late for the early bird specials which end at 6 PM. But wednesday was pasta night with all of their offering at just $13. For another $5 we added the house salad. My sauce featured boar's meat and her pasta was created with duck ragu.
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Top Rated Mews in Provincetown
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Fanizzi’s by the Sea
Provincetown Waterfront Dining
By: - Apr 04th, 2017Early in Spring, while the town with narrow streets still sleeps, we found that Fanizzi’s by the Sea 539 Commercial St, Provincetown is open year round. On a Sunday night we popped in for the early bird specials. A window table with its harbor view was delightful.
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Karoo Restaurant
Taste of South Africa on Cape Cod
By: - Apr 01st, 2017The name Karoo derives from a semiarid region of South Africa. In local dialect the term translates as “land of thirst.” But you will find the cuisine of Chef Sanette Groenwald, of Afrikaner Dutch heritage, to be no mirage. This a great place for exotic cuisine on Lower Cape Cod.
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Lobsta Land in Glostah
Disappointing
By: - Sep 21st, 2016During visits to Gloucster dining at Lobsta Land has always been an inviting option. Not this time however.
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Pigeon Cove Tavern
At Emerson Inn, Rockport, Mass.
By: - Sep 04th, 2016With a magnificent ocean view from the terrace Pigeon Cove Tavern at the Emerson Inn in Rockport coudn't have been better. There was a perfect mix of fine dining, ambiance and impreccabler service.
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A Restaurant Find: Pleasant & Main
Housatonic's Gem.
By: - Aug 13th, 2016Located in the hamlet of Housatonic, is Pleasant & Main, a restaurant with charm, character and wonderful food at reasonable prices.
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Bright Ideas Brewing at MoCA
Last Call at 7 PM in North Adams
By: - Jul 23rd, 2016It seems like a win win. Bright Ideas Brewing offers uniqely crafted beer, ale and root beer in a high concept industrial space on the Mass MoCA campus. On every level from eccnetric hours, to noise levels and a flub on food it's time to rethink the business plan.
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Gloucester's The Rudder
Popular Restaurant on Rocky Neck
By: - Jun 01st, 2016The artist's colony of Gloucester's Rock Neck, with views of the inner harbor, is a popular destination. There are two dining options The Rudder and The Studio both under the same management. Arriving early preseason we were offered a half price menu and seating on the porch.
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Lunch at Upscale Blantyre in Lenox
A Surprisingly Affordable Special Treat
By: - Jul 31st, 2015Blantyre means elgance, old world charm and to most of us, perceived, high prices. Think again. Lunch with wine and sunset views with a glass or bottle of Port and a cheese plate won't set you back as much as you would expect.
