In Keene Valley:
The Noonmark Diner - a beloved and very popular classic diner. Breakfast, lunch and dinner and ice cream 7 days a week.
The Great Range - known for fine dining, it's wine list and art exhibition; serves lunch and dinner, call before you go 518-576-9069
The Ausable Inn - a landmark that's been here forever, dependably open all year, lunch and dinner, bar - it's annual Halloween Party is not to be missed.
The Valley Grocery (sandwiches to go) - you can buy your lunch here
The Green Point Foods - For breakfast there's coffee and a ready-to-go food items. For lunch, pick up a pre-made sandwich or some soup and have a seat. It is a place you can hangout. They have wifi. Frozen home made dinner items.
On 9N towards Elizabethtown
Baxter Mountain Tavern - on the top of Spruce Hill, a very popular place for lunch, dinner, bar, 7 days a week
In Keene:
ADK Cafe - Serving fresh local foods, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, 7 days a week in downtown Keene. The whole menu is available for take-out. There is a full bar.
Cedar Run Bakery and Market - Opens early and sells coffee and baked goods as well as take-out lunch items and soups. There is no table service, but there are afew places to sit and have coffee or a sandwich. Offers extensive home made frozen "take and bake" items for dinners
Stewarts - Breakfast and lunch/supper are available here, and ice cream creations, open early-to- late every day.
In the Area:
Essex Provisions is where Stephanie Wilbur is cooking these days. When you're dying for her coffee cake, it really isn't far to drive and the lakeside spot is very nice.
For a special localvore treat check out DaCy Meadow Farm, in Westport. It is owned by the Keene Central School Superintendent and her husband. Their farm-to-table meals are great for events and, if you are lucky, you can get a seat or a table at one of their special meals prepared by star chef Kevin McCarthy.
The Lake Placid News and Aditrondack Daily Enterprise publish a "North Country Dining Guide" that covers LP and Saranac Lake. There are also a variety of places in Elizabethtown and Wesport that a popular with local residents and visitors.
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