I love food! To me, food offers comfort and security. In addition, cuisine is a cultural expression and represents an opportunity to more thoroughly understand and appreciate a particular culture or region. When traveling I make it a point to taste local specialties as a way of enriching my travel experience. Someone recently suggested that I share my favorite restaurants with my readers because of my great interest in food. Keep in mind that food preferences are very different from person to person and also that a restaurant experience is about so much more than the food

Obviously there are many more places to dine in New England, besides those in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Since we have been all over the six-state region, we have discovered a number of places that we can recommend. Below is a list of our favorite other places for dining in New England:

1. Angelina’s Restaurant, 655 Main St., Ogunquit, ME

2. Dakota Steak House, 1035 South Street, Pittsfield, MA

3. Library Restaurant, 401 State Street, Portsmouth, NH

4. Monadnock Inn, 379 Main St., Jaffrey, NH

5. Old Village Inn, 250 Main St., Ogunquit, ME

6. Polly’s Pancake Parlor, 672 Sugar Hill Road, Sugar Hill, NH (wonderful for breakfast!)

7. Portsmouth Brewery, 56 Market St., Portsmouth, NH

8. Republic Cafe, 1069 Elm St., Manchester, NH

9. Ye Olde Union Oyster House, 41 Union St., Boston, MA

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