Taste Magazine's November Top Ten

 

Congratulations to The Green Monkey in Portsmouth, NH - #1 for November 2008! 1. The Green Monkey 2. Pesce Blue 3. The Dunaway 4. Victory 5. Jumpin' Jays 6. The Library Restaurant 7. Black Trumpet Bistro 8. Cafe Mediterraneo 9. Blue Latitudes 10. Radici

No surprises with the Green Monkey - if you haven't visited to say hi to Deb, you're missing out! Even a die hard meat-a-holic falls in love with the Monkey's Pad Thai. Plus, how can you not have fun at a place where your martini comes with a plastic monkey? Just be sure you don't collect a troop all in one night!

Another spot we visited recently was The Dunaway. Now not everyone is a fan or cares to have foam involved with their dinner (it is a rather baffling cooking technique - plus how does one get full eating air?), but the Dunway does it just right. Making the dish more interesting without leaving you wondering if you will be part of a Willy Wonka special from ingesting all that air (Fizzy lift anyone?). And right now there is an pre-fix tasting menu that features the oldest apple variety and a dessert sampling that is outstanding (and apply of course).

Reservations are best for either of these choices - and just figure the diet starts in the new year anyway!