Local Flavor

In my neck of the woods (western MA), the following are the places that we like to frequent/drool over/sometimes even travel an hour to get to.  In my eyes they are the super-heros of my hood.  It took quite a while to try these all out and determine who would make this list and who would not.   I’ve attempted to break them out into categories for you, but some certainly fall into more than one.
general

• blue heron, Sunderland, MA
• hope and olive, Greenfield, MA
• sutter meats, Northampton, MA (they prepare one daily lunch special)
• the bistro box, Great Barrington, MA
• the gill tavern, Gill, MA

asian

• little trúc, food truck, catering & pop-up

french

• I’ve currently got no recommendation here.  Someone awesome should fill this gap soon 😉

italian

• homestead, Northampton, MA

latin flare

• bueno y sano, Amherst, Springfield, Northampton, West Springfield, South Deerfield MA
• mission cantina, Amherst & Easthampton, MA

pub

• daily operation, Easthampton, MA
• hillside pizza, Bernardston and South Deerfield, MA
• local burger, Northampton, MA
• the peoples pint, Greenfield, MA

raw

• iya, South Hadley, MA
• moshi moshi, Northampton, MA

breakfast

• esselon, Hadley, MA
• jakes,  Northampton, MA

bakery

• bread euphoria, Haydenville, MA
• florence pie bar, Florence, MA
• hungry ghost bread, Northampton, MA
• small oven bakery, Easthampton, MA
• woodstar cafe, Northampton, MA

catering

• blue door gatherings, Holyoke, MA

frozen

• mt. tom’s, Easthampton, MA