Four restaurants in the region made the cut.
The well-traveled food writers at The New York Times have once again put out their list of America’s 50 best restaurants for the year, published this week, with a few New England restaurants able to celebrate some recognition from the paper of record.
It’s a small showing, to be sure, with bigger states earning more restaurant spots than the region combined, and two New England states didn’t even make the cut (again).
But the four restaurants from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island have commonalities and differences: They’re all newer restaurants, having opened at the earliest in 2020. The restaurants and the people behind them are award-winning, having made other top-restaurant lists and earning James Beard wins or nods.
And even though this is New England, the food at these restaurants isn’t just seafood (though there is plenty of seafood on these menus): We’ve got farm-to-table, new American, and Korean, too.
Here’s the full list of New England restaurants among the 50 best eateries, according to the Times.