Classic and Exemplary Restaurants and Food Establishments in the Commonwealth

Author: Matt

  • Student Prince Cafe and the Fort

    Student Prince Cafe and the Fort

    The Student Prince feels both elegant and ramshackle, a fine-dining institution that doesn’t seem unreasonable as the setting for a casual lunch of a beer and a schnitzel.

  • Lynwood Cafe

    Lynwood Cafe

    Biting into a pie at Lynwood, you understand South Shore bar pizza and the culture that birthed it in a way that is impossible to replicate anywhere else.

  • Le Petit Cafe

    Le Petit Cafe

    The family-run Le Petit Cafe is one of the oldest still-operating Cambodian restaurants in Lowell, the most-Cambodian of all American towns.

  • George’s Coney Island

    George’s Coney Island

    Worcester can do battle with any town in New England to claim the mantle of diner capital, but the crown jewel of Massachusetts’s second biggest city is a hot dog joint.

  • Pedrin’s Dairy Bar

    Pedrin’s Dairy Bar

    Each March Pedrin’s emerges just as it was, a time capsule designed to build memories that can be handed off to the next generation of Berkshires fish fry aficionados.

  • The Clam Box

    The Clam Box

    The most consistent and best fried clams in Massachusetts – and therefore the world – are at the Clam Box.