| New
York 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, September 23, 2007
Connecticut Magazine - "The most thrilling out-of-the-way dining destination in recent years is the Still River Cafe in Eastford. ". . . serenely sophisticated barn-restaurant where farm-fresh ingredients are cooked and presented with exquisite finesse." July 2008
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
Connecticut
Magazine - "Culinary virtuosity on
dazzling display.... Words fail. Taste tells. Eastford calls."
August 2007
Norwich
Bulletin - **** stars (out of 4)- "One of
the best in Connecticut. Ambiance, service and every morsel worth
savoring." October 2007
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
Diner's 2006 "Restaurant Most Worth the Drive in New England"
Award
Mystic
Times - "I would have to agree that 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
WFSB
Channel 3 (CBS)
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