Massachusetts

Some candy shops sit in strip malls. Others sit inside a castle. On a busy stretch of road…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 6

Some road trips end at a museum. Others end at a buffet line where the crab legs keep…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 6

Somerset has a habit of making people forget their to-do lists. Down by the Taunton River, there is…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Some dishes are good enough to finish, and a few are good enough that people lean across the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Some families pass down recipes. Others pass down a bakery address, and the kids learn early that the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Ask anyone in Massachusetts where to get a good bagel, and get ready for a long answer. People…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Some people drive an hour for a concert, and some drive an hour for pancakes. In Watertown, Massachusetts,…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Some restaurants chase trends every few years, and some simply keep doing the same thing well until the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Three times a year, a quiet New England town turns into one long shopping street. Tents go up…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Roast pork sandwiches do not always get the spotlight in Massachusetts, where lobster rolls and roast beef tend…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Some of the best Mexican cooking in Massachusetts comes out of a small takeout counter in North Billerica.…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Some mornings call for more than a granola bar in the car, and Massachusetts has plenty of kitchens…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

Massachusetts has a quiet treasure that many folks drive right past: the neighborhood Portuguese bakery, where round and…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

In 1826, a Boston restaurant started serving seafood, and it never stopped. Nearly 200 years later, the same…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

In Sturbridge, Massachusetts, there is a building that was already welcoming hungry travelers five years before the Declaration…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Some Boston traditions have nothing to do with baseball. A few blocks from the runways of Logan Airport,…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Boston has given the country plenty of famous firsts, and one of them happens to be a dessert…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Some restaurants serve dinner. Others serve an entire era, with a side of spectacle. Along a busy stretch…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 30

Some Friday nights call for a pu pu platter with a little flame in the middle, a pile…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 30

Ask anyone in Greater Boston where to find a serious bowl of pho, and there is a good…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 30

Some nights call for a plate of spaghetti so big it needs its own zip code, topped with…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 29

Long before chain breakfast spots popped up at every highway exit, Massachusetts towns were eating eggs and hash…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 29

Once the first cool morning hits Massachusetts, a lot of us start craving the same thing, and it…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 29

Some people drive an hour for a concert or a ballgame, but a growing crowd in Massachusetts makes…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 28

In Fall River, a chourico sandwich is less of a menu item and more of a hometown habit,…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 28

In Massachusetts, a sandwich on a long roll is a grinder, and people here take that word seriously.…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 28

South of Boston, pizza means small, thin, crispy pies baked in round pans, with cheese pushed right to…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 27

Some apples end up in a pie. Others take a much longer road, from a branch on a…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 27

There is a line on a narrow Boston side street that forms before lunch and often lasts until…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 27

Some places earn their reputation one crowded lunch line at a time, and this roadside seafood counter in…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 26

A short line often forms outside a small storefront on a quiet side street in Salem, and the…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 26

Some breakfast spots survive on more than good food. They survive on loyalty, on regulars who have been…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 26

Some ice cream tastes better when it comes with a story, and this one has a story stretching…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 25

Deep in the quiet corner of north-central Massachusetts, a woodland trail winds past ferns, old stone markers, and…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 25

Somewhere in downtown Boston, a small indoor hall packs dozens of local vendors under one roof, and the…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 25

Saturday mornings in Massachusetts have a certain rhythm, and a lot of it revolves around the local farmers…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 24

Trading a big house with its endless mowing and gutter cleaning for a bright new condo by a…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 24

Some road trips end at a gas station snack bar. This one ends at a working dairy farm…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 24

Massachusetts has a hot dog tradition that goes way back, and it usually comes with a heavy scoop…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 23