
Recent Press for the Still River Cafe:
New
York Times
NewYork Times:
"EXTRAORDINARY" (highest possible rating)
"Still River is beautiful -- a clean, white, airy space punctuated
by 19th-century beams, set on a bucolic patch of Connecticut. The food
is as lovely as the dining experience is pleasurable. But what gives
palpable purpose to this excellence is the realization of the Brooks
family's risky dream of living a Connecticut life defined by the largesse
and the limitations of the land." Stephanie Lyness, 2007
urant
Hartford Courant:
"Raise High The Roof Beams"
“Connecticut’s newest ‘important’ restaurant,”
“provocatively special,” “a jewel box operation,”
“a sophisticated place for grown-up palates,” and yet “wonderfully
unpretentious.” November, 2006
Yankee Magazine:
Editor's Choice 2008
Norwich Bulletin:
4 stars (out of 4)
"One of the best in Connecticut. Ambiance, service and every morsel
worth savoring." October 2007
Connecticut Magazine:
3 1/2 stars (out of 4)
"Culinary virtuosity on dazzling display.... Words fail. Taste
tells. Eastford calls." August 2007
ZAGAT America's Top Restaurants 2008
Selected as one of America's Top Restaurants in the 2008 ZAGAT Guide
The 2007/08 ZAGAT Guide:
"Dining destination par excellence." Quiet Windham
County is actually buzzing because foodies are making a beeline to a
beautifully restored 150-year old barn in Eastford to dine at the Still
River Café, where a couple of ex-corporate lawyers grow most
of the organic ingredients used in their acclaimed cuisine." One
of "the year's most notable arrivals."
NECN's
TV Diner Review (Platinum Plate Award)
"One of the most elegant restaurant treasures for miles."
TV
DMystic
Times
"This may have been the best meal I have ever had." Lee White,
October 2007
Edible
Nutmeg
"A Marriage of a Farm and a Restaurant: a chef, a vegetable grower
and their field of dreams." Summer 2007
Channel 3 (CBS)
"Every Town has a Story"