1. Toting goodies in a handcrafted wooden bike basket (from $33) leaves your hands free to signal and steer. Peterboro Basket Company, Peterborough, NH. 603-924-3861; peterborobasket.com 2. The 070 ($79.99), New Balance’s first eco-friendly shoe, features recycled materials and reduced-waste design. New Balance, Boston, MA. 617-783-4000; newbalance.com 3. Cruise in style on a vintage–or vintage-looking–bicycle […]
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Vermont
Vermont Local Secrets 2010
Best Literary Stopover NAULAKHA, Dummerston Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book not in steamy India but in the sober kingdom of southern Vermont. His former home has been restored and is available to groups. 707 Kipling Road. 802-254-6868; landmarktrustusa.org Best Stargazing STELLAFANE CONVENTION, Springfield Quirky doesn’t begin to describe this annual convention of “amateur telescope […]
Vermont
Vermont Best Restaurants 2010
Best Use of Local Flavors BELTED COW BISTRO, Essex Junction Try the two-bite “sliders,” made with local pork and served with spicy kimchee slaw and ginger- and-scallion relish. Another seasonal highlight: butternut-squash soup, enhanced with a whisper of maple syrup. 4 Park St. 802-316-3883; beltedcowvt.com Best Community-Owned Restaurant THE BEE’S KNEES, Morristown When this hippie-ish […]
Vermont
Vermont Bests 2010
Yankee‘s Editors’ Choices for the best food, lodging, and things to do in the Green Mountain State are here. Don’t miss the Best Bargains and Local Secrets, too! You could win one of three fabulous New England getaways in our Editors’ Choice Photo Contest. Get details!
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Local Secrets 2010
Best Cure for What Ails You EAST SIDE PRESCRIPTION CENTER, Providence Though often described as “medicine,” the alcohol products here aren’t intended as such. An exceptional world wine collection ($10-$20 a bottle), with knowledgeable staff, great descriptions, and tastings. Don’t miss the chilled microbrews. 632 Hope St. 401-751-1430; eastsiderx.com Best Drink With an Ocean View […]
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Bests 2010
Yankee‘s Editors’ Choices for the best food, lodging, and things to do in the Ocean State are here. Don’t miss the Best Bargains and Local Secrets, too! You could win one of three fabulous New England getaways in our Editors’ Choice Photo Contest. Get details!
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Best Restaurants 2010
Best Pancakes LITTLETON DINER, Littleton Pancakes are the signature dish, served all day at this gleaming yellow diner, a welcoming landmark since 1930. Choose from whole wheat, buckwheat, or buttermilk, made with flour that’s stone-ground down by the river. 145 Main St. 603-444-3994; littletondiner.com Best Deli With WiFi WENDLE’S DELICATESSEN, CAFE & THEN SOME, Franconia […]
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Bests 2010
Yankee‘s Editors’ Choices for the best food, lodging, and things to do in the Granite State are here. Don’t miss the Best Bargains and Local Secrets, too! You could win one of three fabulous New England getaways in our Editors’ Choice Photo Contest. Get details!
Massachusetts
Boston Area Best Restaurants 2010
Best Pub MATT MURPHY’S, Brookline A no-frills, friendly spot straight out of an urban Dublin neighborhood. The cheese platter with soda bread is a meal in itself; and the fish-and-chips comes with spicy ketchup and pickled onions–all of it wrapped in newspaper. 14 Harvard St. 617-232-0188; mattmurphyspub.com Best Romantic Restaurant L’ESPALIER, Boston After years of […]
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Local Secrets 2010
Best Ocean Stroll ‘SCONSET BLUFF WALK, Siasconset This public path provides a front-row view of the Atlantic’s ceaseless undermining of the island’s sandy foundations. Dawn to dusk, you’ll stroll like an accidental gate crasher through the hedgerows and wind-sculpted arboreal bowers of neighboring seaside mansions. Begins at north end of Front St. 508-228-3643; nantucketchamber.org Best […]
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Best Lodging 2010
Best Inn for Foodies INN AT SWEET WATER FARM, Great Barrington The Berkshires may be full of cozy 19th-century inns, but none offers such an effortless blend of contemporary folk art, luxurious bedding, and gourmet food. The owner’s passion for showcasing local farms, with special help from the inn’s own egg-laying hens, bears fruit with […]
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Best Restaurants 2010
Best Paella VIVA, Glendale Sharing is at the heart of Spanish dining, and nothing invites communal eating more than a steaming pan of paella. The full-flavored paellas for two or more ($27 and up) at this rural hotspot are as bold and bright as the chili-red and saffron decor. 14 Glendale Road (Route 183). 413-298-4433; […]