New England offers many cheap eats restaurants and this information includes information on the best diners, cafes, ice cream spots, and family and “college town” restaurants in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
For a mid-sized town, Norwood, Mass. sure offers an outstanding variety of restaurants. Located about 10 miles southwest of Boston, many locals opt to dine out in Norwood instead of the big city knowing they can get a great meal — often at a reasonable price — and easily...
Summer in York Beach, Maine seems to truly arrive when The Goldenrod reopens for the season, making and selling all that wonderful salt water taffy. Granted that reopening returns in May but our innate New England senses tell us otherwise that summer and The Goldenrod go together hand-in-hand. This...
If driving Route 93 in southern New Hampshire and craving pizza, skip the familiar “20 minutes please” order-taking response and head to a place that can cook pizzas in two minutes. The Common Man Roadside service center on the south and northbound sides of Route 93 in Hooksett has...
Chicken salad remains a staple for sandwiches and wraps but rarely goes beyond the predictable. Michael’s Deli and Cafe in Wrentham, Mass. has done something about that. Its Willow Tree Thanksgiving sandwich/wrap features a heaping portion of the famous locally-made chicken salad and adds homemade stuffing and cranberry sauce....
Many of us eat scones but sometimes wonder why we do that. Often, these baked goods come across as dry, hard as a hockey puck and beyond the taste of stale bread. Not so with the Ever So Humble Pie Company’s version out of a storefront located in a...
Presidential candidates love to go to diners to mix it up with the common folk, but we also recommend the campaigners visit authentic working-class local restaurants as a further way to connect. Much like a diner but without the familiar dining car architectural style and neon and chrome, local...
Evelynn Sidiropoulos could barely contain herself when the Walpole Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony took place on June 7, 2018, at her new business, Red Cherry Cafe in Walpole, Mass. At the moment when Evelynn knew the official opening of her business was something very real, she became...