2 Best Restaurants in Hanover, Lake Sunapee Region

With its stone fireplace, cathedral ceiling, and rustic-elegant barnlike interior, this inviting restaurant in the venerable Lyme Inn turns out farm-fresh modern American fare with international influences. Try the blackened scallops with an orange-chili-butter sauce or sliced-duck salad with shaved fennel and a ginger dressing, before moving on to herb-crusted swordfish with a saffron-sherry butter sauce.

This softly lighted, conversation-filled space inside a converted freight warehouse just across the river from New Hampshire, is a refined yet unpretentious bistro and has helped turn White River Junction into a foodie hub since it opened in 2009. The kitchen sources significantly from local purveyors to create satisfying dishes like duck-confit strudel, mussels in a red coconut curry, and cocoa-dusted sirloin.