Pioneering chef Peter Hoffman, a longtime leader in promoting local, sustainable food, attracts a devoted crowd at this casual restaurant that feels like a neighborhood joint. Despite Hoffman's pedigree, Back Forty displays plenty of humility. Prices on the short, rustic, greenmarket menu are low and the homey decor features a pastoral mural behind the bar and rusty farm tools on the walls. Begin with bar snack bacon and shrimp beignets washed down with a fine house cocktail like the rum and Concord grape fizz. The simple family-style dinner selections include a perfect grilled trout; a moist, shareable whole rotisserie chicken; and a wide array of seasonal sides including the cauliflower gratin and roasted brussels sprouts with dried cherries.
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