Sipping in Style: The Coolest Speakeasies in Boston & the ‘Burbs
Prohibition, while likely quite inconvenient for those who lived through it, has become a trendy theme for bars in recent years. Speakeasies were once…
Food & Restaurants
Touring New England’s Wineries
Oenophiles need not despair when visiting New England. Napa Valley, Sonoma and the Bordeaux region may get all the press, but New England offers…
Dining with a Side of History: Historic New England Restaurants
There are few places in the country where you can enjoy dinner in the same restaurant as our founding fathers centuries before. But New…
Twice is Nice: Even More Local Restaurants with New Locations
Back in May, we told you about several New England eateries opening new locations. We were surprised at just how many places were expanding,…
Mobile Meals: New England’s Hottest Food Trucks
Food trucks are all the rage these days, combining restaurant quality with fast-food prices and convenience. You can find almost any treat on wheels…
New England’s Best Farmers’ Markets
Tomatoes are at their peak. Apples are beginning to ripen. Handmade cheese is always in season. What better way to spend an early fall…
6 Picks: Boston’s Seaport District
The Boston Seaport has firmly established itself as one of the city’s trendiest neighborhoods. We shared a list of things to do in this…
Cooking with New England Living TV: Boston’s Seaport District
Cooking with New England Living TV: Boston’s Seaport District Rich Vellante, Legal Sea Foods‘ executive chef and executive vice president of restaurants, was kind…
6 Picks: Portsmouth, NH
While there are many scenic, coastal New England communities, few are able to blend rich history with modern-day appeal as well as Portsmouth, New…
Discovering New England’s Distilleries
In the Mystic, CT of episode of New England Living TV, Host Parker Kelley visited with Bailey Pryor, the Founder and CEO of The Real McCoy…
A Closer Look: The Real McCoy
“While copy-cat rum runners would dilute their alcohol with wicked chemicals like turpentine, wood alcohol and prune juice, Bill McCoy never did. The sullied…
Craft Breweries in New England are Booming
Sales of craft beers have been skyrocketing for the past decade. Not surprisingly, that has meant a dramatic increase in breweries. Since 2009, the…
6 Picks: Boston’s Seaport District
Boston’s Seaport District, once a relatively sedate area that offered a handful of upscale restaurants but little else, has become one of the hippest,…
Best Brews: Indulge your addiction to local coffee shops
By Laurie Higgins Coffee shops became all the rage in the ’90s, thanks in part to television series like “Friends” and “Frasier,” and their…
Hop to it
Looking for a new brew to try? Look no further than Shipyard’s new year-round beer, Island Time Session IPA. An easy-drinking IPA, it is…
Gourmet to Go
Pain D’Avignon might be best known for its bread, but maybe not for long, thanks to its new line of individually wrapped pastries—some of…
Cheers!
Founded by brothers Will and Dave Willis, Bully Boy Distillers is Boston’s first craft distillery, and its 750-gallon copper pot still produces spirits in…
Tastemakers
Shipyard Brewery is now serving up freshly poured brews with a fresh new look, thanks to a recent renovation of its tasting room in…
Best Brews of Massachusetts
COFFEE OBSESSION Coffee Obsession in downtown Falmouth and Woods Hole are funky little coffee shops with a mishmash of tables and chairs. Coffee O’…
Best Brews of Rhode Island
COFFEE EXCHANGE The typical crowd is a mix of college students and working types; at night, after dinner, restaurant goers swing through (it stays…
