The Ultimate Five-Star Foodie Road Trip
From the mountains to the coast, 10 great New England dining destinations.
The Lost Kitchen, a remote restaurant in a renovated Maine mill, may have the hardest-to-score reservation in New England. / Photo by Greta Rybus
Edited by Scott Kearnan
Six states, 10 restaurants, and hundreds of miles of road. A culinary adventure exploring some of the biggest questions of our time, such as: Where can you get real-deal tacos in New Hampshire? Is New England’s best French bistro in Connecticut? And does food really taste better when you eat it in a fancy barn?
The dining room at Hen of the Wood. / Photo by Shem Roose
Hen of the Wood Remains a Sturdy, Stellar Icon in Vermont’s Dining Landscape
Here’s why the famed farm-to-table’s first, Waterbury restaurant still earns every accolade.
James Beard Award-nominated chef Erin French at work in the Lost Kitchen. / Photo by Greta Rybus
Photo by Nicole Franzen
Find Out What It’s Like to Visit the Lost Kitchen, Maine’s Most Mysterious Restaurant
The remote, mill-set legend is one of the toughest places to score a reservation in America.
A peek inside the kitchen at chef Guy Birster’s RSVP. / Photo by James R. Anderson
Run to RSVP, Connecticut’s Secluded French Restaurant Designed Like a Private Dinner Party
There’s no menu—and nearly no staff—at this A-plus surprise secreted away in the countryside.
The Berkshires’ whimsical Dream Away Lodge. / Photo by Sheppard Bear
The Dream Away Lodge Is the Funkiest, Most Fanciful Restaurant Hidden in the Berkshires
Follow wooded country roads and the sound of bluegrass music to this quirky, wistful winner.
Inside the colorful Vida Cantina. / Courtesy photo
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Is the East Coast’s Best Mexican Food at Vida Cantina, a Former Friendly’s in New Hampshire?
A nationally-lauded chef perfects tacos, enchiladas, and more amid Granite State strip malls.
A Neopolitan-style pizza at Ransom Tavern. / Courtesy photo
It Pays to Visit Ransom Tavern, Now Serving Some of Vermont’s Best Pizza Inside an Artsy Inn
A young gallerist has opened a Brooklyn-cool restaurant to help reinvent her rural hometown.
New England-meets-Nordic cuisine at the innovative the Buffalo Jump. / Courtesy photo
At the Buffalo Jump, a Once-Notorious Chef Remakes His Image—and Cape Cod Cuisine
Alongside his wife-partner, Brandon Baltzley launches a winning new act in a storied career.
The beautiful barn-set restaurant at the White Barn Inn. / Photo by Brea McDonal Photography
Maine’s White Barn Inn Restaurant Turned a One-Time Hay House into a High-End Legend
Here’s how seasonal harvests and a novel new chef keep the fancified grange feeling fresh.
A farm-set dinner at Gibbet Hill Grill. / Photo by Amy Severino
At Groton’s Bucolic Gibbet Hill Grill, a Citified Chef Is Growing an All-New Garden of Delights
Hell’s Kitchen alum Brendan Pelley brings a new spark to a classic Central Mass steakhouse.
Getting ready for dinner at Birch. / Photo by Jesse Burke
A Massively Talented Chef Makes Providence’s Pint-Sized Birch Restaurant a Chic Surprise
Ben Sukle, a James Beard Award nominee, serves frameable dishes to a fashionable counter.
