Western Massachusetts.
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30 places
Rooms you can walk into, ranked the way I would send you.
Key: what the badges mean
★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.
The whole list.
Every room saved here, by where it is. 30 of them.
Deerfield and the North12
Franklin County works the river. Berkshire Brewing and Tree House both brew at South Deerfield, the People's Pint and Hope & Olive face Federal Street in Greenfield, the Rendezvous and Holy Smokes hold Turners Falls, and the Lady Killigrew sits over the water at the Montague mill.
Greenfield · 3
South Deerfield · 2
Turners Falls · 2
Gill · 1
Montague · 1
Northfield · 1
Shelburne Falls · 1
Sunderland · 1
Northampton and Amherst11
Main Street in Northampton holds the Dirty Truth, Local Burger and Zen within four doors of each other, and the Wine Witch pours further up. Amherst keeps the Moan & Dove on West Street and the Hangar on University Drive, and Bread Euphoria bakes out at Haydenville.
Northampton · 7
Amherst · 2
Haydenville · 1
North Hatfield · 1
Springfield and the Lower Valley5
The Student Prince has poured on Fort Street in Springfield since the 1930s, Fletcher's smokes brisket down in Longmeadow, and Vanished Valley brews beside Europa Black Rock at the same Ludlow address.
Belchertown · 1
Longmeadow · 1
Springfield · 1
The Berkshires2
Thistle & Mirth pours on West Street in Pittsfield, and Moe's Tavern keeps a beer list on Railroad Street in Lee.