How many Massachusetts towns have a food guide on this site?

Fifteen Massachusetts places have their own food guide here, from Provincetown on Cape Cod to Pittsfield in the Berkshires, with Salem, Northampton and Worcester among them. There are also pages that cover the whole state, such as family-friendly eating and keeping a record of the best food you try.

What's the best way to keep track of restaurants I want to try in Massachusetts?

Mosey is a food app for finding, rating and sharing places to eat by the dish. For a Massachusetts trip, make a list, add each place with a note, and invite friends to add theirs. You can also follow friends to see what they rate, and tag each rating so the good places are easy to find later.

What is Best in town in the Mosey app?

Best in town is a set of quick questions in the Mosey app about places near you, such as the best coffee, pizza or tacos, asked one at a time. You pick a place and give it stars, and every place you rate helps the next person find somewhere good. It is a way to start rating in a Massachusetts town with few ratings.

Can I add a Massachusetts restaurant that is not in Mosey yet?

Yes. Places that are new to Mosey are added when you rate them or put them on a list, and the Mosey team then checks their details. That means a small Massachusetts bakery or a seasonal clam shack you love can still go on your list today, even if nobody else has rated it.

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Food in Massachusetts: A Guide to Every Town We Cover

Mosey · November 11, 2026 · 7 min read

Food in Massachusetts runs from lobster rolls on Cape Cod and Portuguese bakeries on the South Coast to farm stands in the Berkshires and college-town breakfasts in the Pioneer Valley. Every Massachusetts town we cover is linked below, the US food guides take you further afield, and the Mosey app lets you rate what you eat by the dish and keep lists to share.

How is food in Massachusetts divided by region?

Roughly into six. Boston and its neighborhoods are the biggest. The North Shore brings Salem and its harbor. The South Coast is fishing and Portuguese cooking around New Bedford, with Plymouth nearby. Cape Cod runs from Hyannis to Chatham to Provincetown. The Pioneer Valley is Springfield, Amherst and Northampton, and the Berkshires are the western hills. Worcester and Lowell hold the middle and the north with their mill-town food. Each region below has guides written around the searches people really make.

Which Massachusetts towns to eat in have a guide?

Every page is listed here, grouped by town. The pages that cover the whole state come first.

Pages for all of Massachusetts

Food in Amherst

Food in Boston

Food in Cape Cod

Route 6A Restaurants, Cape Cod's Bayside Road

Food in Chatham

Food in Edgartown

Edgartown Restaurants

Food in Falmouth

Food in Gloucester

Gloucester MA Seafood and Waterfront Dining on the Harbor

Food in Great Barrington

Food in Hyannis

Food in Ipswich

Food in Lenox

Food in Lowell

Food in Martha's Vineyard

Ice Cream on Martha's Vineyard

Food in Menemsha

Menemsha Lobster and Chowder on Martha's Vineyard

Food in Nantucket

Food in New Bedford

Food in Newburyport

Food in Northampton

Food in Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs Restaurants and Circuit Avenue

Food in Orleans

Orleans and Eastham MA Restaurants

Food in Pittsfield

Food in Plymouth

Food in Provincetown

Food in Rockport

Rockport MA Restaurants and Bearskin Neck Lunch Guide

Food in Salem

Food in Sandwich

Sandwich MA Restaurants and Cape Cod Canal Picnics

Food in Springfield

Food in Vineyard Haven

Vineyard Haven Restaurants

Food in Wellfleet

Food in Woods Hole

Food in Worcester

What can you do with the Massachusetts food guide in the Mosey app?

Rate a place with a place and stars, then add the dish, the tags and a few words if you wish. Make a list for a day trip, name the places and say why each belongs, and share it with the friends coming with you. Follow people whose taste you trust and see what they rate and save. Answer the Best in town questions for the town you are in. Once Top 3 reaches your town, name your three favorites for a question and work towards a Local Champion title.

If a place you love is not in the app yet, add it when you rate it and the Mosey team checks its details. A town with few ratings is a chance to be the first.

How do the Massachusetts tool guides fit together?

Four pages in the list above are about the Mosey app rather than a town. One is about keeping a record of the best food you eat, with lists and the Top Rated list. One covers the family tags and how to use them on a day out. One explains following people and the Friends' picks layer on the map. One explains Top 3 and the Local Champion title for Massachusetts towns. Each links back to this page.

Where should you start with Massachusetts food?

Start with the trip in your calendar. A weekend on the Cape begins in Hyannis, a leaf-peeping drive in the Berkshires begins in Great Barrington, and a day out from Boston might be Salem or Plymouth. Then rate what you ate, because the next hungry visitor has the same problem you had an hour ago.

Download the Mosey app after your next Massachusetts meal, rate it by dish, and start a list of the towns you want to eat in next.

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Common questions

How many Massachusetts towns have a food guide on this site?
Fifteen Massachusetts places have their own food guide here, from Provincetown on Cape Cod to Pittsfield in the Berkshires, with Salem, Northampton and Worcester among them. There are also pages that cover the whole state, such as family-friendly eating and keeping a record of the best food you try.
What's the best way to keep track of restaurants I want to try in Massachusetts?
Mosey is a food app for finding, rating and sharing places to eat by the dish. For a Massachusetts trip, make a list, add each place with a note, and invite friends to add theirs. You can also follow friends to see what they rate, and tag each rating so the good places are easy to find later.
How is food in Massachusetts divided by region?
Massachusetts eats in roughly six regions: Boston and its neighborhoods, the North Shore around Salem, the South Coast around New Bedford and Plymouth, Cape Cod from Hyannis to Provincetown, the Pioneer Valley around Springfield, Amherst and Northampton, and the Berkshires in the west. Worcester and Lowell add mill-town food in between.
What is Best in town in the Mosey app?
Best in town is a set of quick questions in the Mosey app about places near you, such as the best coffee, pizza or tacos, asked one at a time. You pick a place and give it stars, and every place you rate helps the next person find somewhere good. It is a way to start rating in a Massachusetts town with few ratings.
Can I add a Massachusetts restaurant that is not in Mosey yet?
Yes. Places that are new to Mosey are added when you rate them or put them on a list, and the Mosey team then checks their details. That means a small Massachusetts bakery or a seasonal clam shack you love can still go on your list today, even if nobody else has rated it.