Restaurants in The Berkshires

This offshoot of a growing northern Berkshire chainlet has the best of intentions: Use of less-toxic paints and recycled materials in construction, and local and seasonal ingredients in the kitchen. Reality insists that the menu sometimes includes items imported considerable distance…

The scene is as fizzy as prosecco at this wine-centric resto, especially in the summer months when diners bask in the breeze on the big covered porch. The menu ranges from paninis served on excellent, locally-baked foccaccia at lunch, to hearty dishes of roasted trout, chicken or…

There's truth in advertising when it comes to Aroma. It touts itself, in its ads, as the "best Indian restaurant in the Berkshires" and so it is. Never mind that there's not all that much compettion, the restaurant's owners act like they have something to prove, which means dinner…

Here on Lenox's restaurant row, the post-preppie crowd of regulars and weekend refugees from the city is attired in country cashmere and tweed, a taste no doubt honed at campuses of the Ivy League and Seven Sisters. The waitresses display a professionalism rarely experienced in these…

There's a surprising variety of options at this unpretentious little cafe—everything from breakfast burritos to quiche in the morning, and sandwiches and salads of all sorts for lunch. The daily frittata—a baked egg dish served with a daily changing selection of fresh veggies and…

Find this down an alley off Main Street, a few yards east of the Red Lion Inn, housed in what looks like a shed leaned against a larger building. Yellow and cream walls with pictures of French waiters constitute most of the decor. In high season, a line of hungry patrons often forms…

Public is a feel-good restaurant, with a clean uncluttered look, an attractive young waitstaff and 12 taps at the bar for a rotation of artisinal beers. But none of that would matter if the food here weren't so darn fine. Truly farm-to-table, the grub here is super-fresh and just…

This former stagecoach stop from 1760 and the adjacent 18th-century Thayer House are under the ownership of chef Peter Platt and Meredith Kennard. The five rooms in the main inn are authentically restored and evocative of their original years, with wide floorboards and period…