No Longer Traditional
It took me a year or two to go to Cedar Street Restaurant after it replaced the much-loved Le Bearn, a traditional French restaurant which owed more to Escoffier than Alice Waters.

That was a year or 2 of my loss. Cedar Street serves the very best of fusion. Your choices include spring rolls and risottos, and sauces flavored with chipotles. The unique menu gives everyone in the family a choice. (And my family includes a vegan, a lacto-ovo vegetarian who eats some seafood and a big-time steak-loving carnivore.)

The menu is divided by ingredients rather than course, the first being vegetarian, the second page seafood and the third meat and poultry. The menu changes frequently to accommodate the freshest of seasonal vegetables.

Although the restaurant can be a little loud when full, the service is prompt and unintrusive and the food wonderfully prepared. I've never had an entree or appetizer I didn't enjoy although the side vegetables are sometimes unimaginative.

The desserts are prepared by their own pastry chef and are not to be missed. Order your dessert with your meal if you want their not-to-be-missed molten chocolate cake, or one of their fruit cobblers or crisps.

All in all Cedar Street provides satisfying and eclectic food, and is well-worth the trip to Sturbridge.    [05 Aug 2002 13:16:39]

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Recommended Dishes: portobello Napoleon, smoked duck breast salad with figs and blackberries, steaks, vegetarian spring rolls

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Best Restaurant in Sturbridge
Food always good--many choices for all types of eaters.
Great service.    [25 Aug 2003 21:11:33]

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Recommended Dishes: duck, ravioli, specials, desserts

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Don't Miss This Experience
Service - excellent.

Food - wonderful menu. Prepared to perfection.

Coffee - not so good - bitter. But, it is the same coffee that was offered by previous owners. Does not stand up to the dinner.

I highly recommend this dining experience.    [20 Sep 2004 11:57:53]

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Excellent Food Served in Abundance
My wife and I ate at the Cedar Street Restaurant as we were en route back to Washington, D.C., after a New England trip. We were very satisfied with the experience. The dining room was cozy, the service was friendly and attentive, and the food was excellent. What portions! No chance of going away with questions about value for money here.    [22 Nov 2004 20:36:28]

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Recommended Dishes: cognac-pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream and drizzled with mulled cider syrup

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Fabulous!
My husband and I had dinner there last night. The atmosphere is cozy, the food was fresh and flavorful, the portions were suprisingly large. Everyone was curteous and professional.    [19 Aug 2007 09:19:27]

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Recommended Dishes: Chedder stuffed pork loin, baby iceberg salad with a ginger dressing

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Not to be missed!
I hosted a "welcome" dinner for 50 people at the restaurant the night before my son's wedding. People ordered from the full menu, i.e. it wasn't edited to make it easier on the kitchen, and the food and service were extraordinary. Everyone raved about the food, and I thought the wine list was very good, and fairly priced. The waitstaff were both knowledgeable, and gracious. It was a wonderful dining experience from a chef who obviously cares about good food.    [22 Aug 2007 19:06:47]

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