PITTSFIELD — A group of high school students from Pittsfield recently learned that two is better than one.   Full Story

PITTSFIELD — What makes for a memorable dining experience? Is it that mouth-pleasing piece of tuna or beef cooked so perfectly and accompanied by such wonderful, innovative side dishes that you're   Full Story

BECKET — Arriving for the first time at the Dream Away Lodge is like discovering a room in your own house that you didn't know existed — not just a room but an attic or closet chockablock   Full Story

CUMMINGTON -- Blustery winter or hot summer, you step back in time at Remington Lodge, just north of Route 9 here in West Cummington. Have a drink before dinner in front of the stone fireplace in the barnboard-sided room while catching up on a   Full Story

We wanted to find out which restaurants rate with young Berkshirites, so we asked our Eagle food writers, who dine out often and are keen obervers of the county restaurant scene.   Full Story

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Some restaurants are busy because they are chic places to be seen, because they are in a fancy location or a famous hotel or because they are well-promoted.   Full Story

Bizen, the always-crowded Japanese restaurant at 17 Railroad St., has spread its wings, so to speak, with a beautiful new space next door. Opened in December, Bizen Kaiseki realizes owner Michael Marcus' dream of creating an authentic Japanese tearoom, that would celebrate the cuisine of Kaiseki.   Full Story

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Pearl's has quietly sailed into Great Barrington with no elaborate fanfare, parties, or fancy public relations and yet, only two months after their opening, you're hard pressed to get a weekend reservation and lucky to land one   Full Story

GREAT BARRINGTON -- The stretch of Route 7 just north of Great Barrington has been getting increasingly cluttered in recent years, so it is grand to see an eyesore not only salvaged, but also transformed into an asset.   Full Story

GREAT BARRINGTON -- With someone cutting sushi on practically every corner, Great Barrington's love affair with Japanese food has long seemed to eclipse other Oriental cuisines.   Full Story

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Falling in love with the Berkshires is an old story. Angel and Toni Espinoza, proprietors of the new Mexican restaurant Xicohtencatl on Route 7, have now joined the rest of us who call these green mountains home.   Full Story

LEE -- Leafy and flowering potted plants greet you on the walkway to the Bombay Bar & Grill. Inside the door, you can be momentarily confused, because you are actually at the reservation desk for the Black Swan Inn and it seems incongruous to find   Full Story

That oddly named restaurant, From Ketchup to Caviar (K to C), on Route 7, in Lee, is gone! Frank Tessier, co-chef at K to C, and his wife, Rachel Portnoy, have taken over the lease and the kitchen and renamed it Chez Nous. It's a mix of upscale Berkshire dining and pure French bistro minus the butcher's white paper tablecloths.   Full Story

LENOX -- Sinking a 20-foot putt, getting the brass ring while riding on a carousel and finishing the Sunday Times crossword puzzle are all herculean tasks equal to getting a week-end reservation at Bistro Zinc.   Full Story

Until this winter, few would consider eating at Church Street Cafe a bargain. In fact, its dinners can be pricey. But since November -- on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday -- you could enjoy a three-course, "Berkshire Bistro Night" meal here for   Full Story

LENOX -- It was a friend from Lenox who tipped me off that a new little eatery had opened on Church Street, joining what can arguably be called the town's restaurant row. This fits the game plan of owners Nick and Devon Caplan, who hope that   Full Story

LENOX -- Lenox may be a dining mecca in the Berkshires, but a good sushi restaurant was clearly missing. No longer. Fin Sushi & Sake Bar has taken over the space formerly occupied by the Village Snack Shop, and, after magical   Full Story

LENOX -- Remember when catching those allusive little lightning bugs in your hands and stuffing them into your mom's wide-mouthed mason jar was your favorite summertime activity? Laura Shack, owner/chef of Lenox's new hot dining spot, also   Full Story

LANESBORO -- There's still time to catch the soft days of summer. Vacation time may be gone for most of us, but September is generally balmy -- balmy enough to eat on a deck overlooking the water, as my sister wistfully hoped for one afternoon.   Full Story

LENOX — Prime Steakhouse & Bar in Lenox is the newest restaurant in Lenox. Or is it? Although much has changed -- including a totally revamped interior and a menu-shift toward beef -- enough menu staples remain from its heritage as Antonio's   Full Story

NORTH ADAMS -- Nuevo Latino cuisine, traditional Latin cooking with a modern twist, has taken a long time to reach Berkshire's culinary scene, but now, with the opening of Cafe Latino in the space that was Eleven at Mass MoCA, we have real cause   Full Story

Expanding the dining options
NORTH ADAMS — Chef-owner Alexander Smith wasn't having a mid-life crisis when he decided to take on a four-month renovation at the restaurant he originally opened in 2001 — Gramercy Bistro.   Full Story

NEW LEBANON, N.Y. -- The little strip of Route 20 and 22 that makes up this town's commercial center has been home to a wide range of eateries. Some notables, like Lenny's, Shuji's and Xanadu, have come and gone.   Full Story

NEW MARLBORO -- If you're an obsessive-compulsive home chef, you start worrying about Thanksgiving dinner the day after the goblins have finished trick-or-treating. Roasting the vegetables, preparing the wild rice, cooking the soup and   Full Story

PITTSFIELD -- The expanded farmhouse cattycorner from Dan Fox Drive on Route 7 near the Pittsfield-Lenox line has long been feeding local diners and tourists, in most recent memory as South Mountain Grille. The latest incarnation of the property is Asters, named as a nod to the original eatery on the site, the popular Yellow Aster.   Full Story

PITTSFIELD -- Brix Wine Bar is the type of place you visit when you have an appetite for tasty tidbits accompanied by all-world wines and you want to feel like you're someplace other than   Full Story

PITTSFIELD — Fans of Kim's Dragon Restaurant on West Housatonic Street were quite upset when the place closed a year ago after an oil tanker and dump truck collided in front of the restaurant, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the parking lot.   Full Story

PITTSFIELD -- Elizabeth's is one of Pittsfield's fairly well-kept culinary secrets. Forgive me, if you are among its loyal following who don't want it publicized   Full Story

PITTSFIELD -- Every once in a while you walk into a restaurant and can feel its excitement and energy. The imprinted golf shirts sold at the desk advertising the newly opened Kneebone's Steakhouse and the waiting line snaking around its overflowing bar are all pretty good indicators that this restaurant is here to stay.   Full Story

PITTSFIELD -- "Oooh, it's like a grotto," my mother said as we descended into brick-lined half-basement Trattoria (trat-tor-EE-a) Rustica in the Central Block. We entered on the McKay Street side, near the parking garage, but the restaurant is also accessible downstairs from the Central Block at 75 North St.   Full Story