Restaurants in Berkshires

1. Casa Lucia

Here on Lenox's restaurant row, the post-preppie crowd of regulars and weekend refugees from the city is attired in country cashmere and tweed,...

2. Bizen

Pronounced "bee- zen," this was one of the first sushi restaurants to be introduced to The Berkshires. By most accounts, it remains the best. Its...

3. Gramercy Bistro

This quiet bistro has come up in the world over the last couple of years and now rules the North Adams culinary roost. It has expanded into the...

4. Zinc

Zinc leapt to the upper echelon of Berkshires dining nearly as soon as it opened. For one thing, it is the best-looking restaurant in town, with...

5. Church Street Cafe

Lenox's most popular eating place delivers fanciful combinations that please the eye and pique the taste buds. Menus change with the seasons, but...

6. Brix Wine Bar

What a refreshing antidote to the largely forlorn Pittsfield dining landscape! The enthusiasm of the owners and staff for their 34-seat enterprise...

7. Aegean Breeze

Readers who associate Greek cuisine with roadside diners or dingy blue-and-white storefronts in strip malls will have their preconceptions swept...

8. Pearl's

A share of the credit for Great Barrington's growing rep as a gastronomic destination has to go to this self-assured enterprise. Traditionalists...

Cuisines:
• American

9. Castle Street Cafe

This storefront bistro has ruled the Great Barrington roost for some time now, along the way installing what it calls a "Celestial Bar" in the...

10. Jae's

The cheerful Korean owner of this inn and restaurant swept from his homeland to Japan to Thailand to assemble his menu, and the result is both...