Every place we've verified, town by town.

Bobby Byrne's Restaurant & Pub

Eat & DrinkMashpee

Cape Cod's eating, drinking and talking establishment since 1973, this Mashpee Commons institution pours from 11am to 1am, 363 days a year. The kitchen turns out classic pub fare with Irish soul: New England clam chowder, golden fish and chips, burgers, fresh seafood and the signature Cape Cod Reuben. Kids' menu, full bar, take-out and reservations welcome. Where Mashpee regulars settle in for comfort food, cold pints and good conversation at 6 Central Square.

Box Lunch Provincetown

Eat & DrinkProvincetown

Box Lunch is the "Home of the Rollwich" — a Cape Cod original since 1977, rolling its signature sandwiches exclusively in simple pita made of nothing but flour, water, salt and yeast. The Commercial Street shop is the Provincetown outpost of the Wellfleet original, with vegetarian, gluten-free and lighter options alongside the classics. Perfect grab-and-go fuel between the galleries and the beach.

Box Lunch Truro

Eat & DrinkTruro

Box Lunch's Truro shop is on Route 6 in the Truro Central Village plaza, in the Hillside Farmstand building, with red benches out front and picnic tables under Coca-Cola umbrellas on the side deck. The menu is built around the Rollwich, the pita-wrapped sandwich Box Lunch has made since 1977, plus a Truro chalkboard of hot breakfast, lobster brioche and fresh salads. There's a self-serve coffee station and pastries under glass at the counter. The board flags gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options.

Brooklyn Heights

Eat & DrinkSandwich

Brooklyn brings the borough to the bay at this Sandwich pizzeria, where authentic Brooklyn-style pizza meets NY street food in a true mom-and-pop kitchen. Fold a pepperoni slice or Caesar-salad pie, dig into Cuban hot dogs, loaded house tater tots with country gravy, hand-rolled stromboli, and empanadas built on local ingredients. Catering, fundraisers, and private parties welcome. A neighborhood slice shop pouring real New York attitude into every box.

Buffy's Ice Cream

Eat & DrinkChatham

Buffy's Ice Cream is the Tudor-style ice cream shop on Main Street in downtown Chatham, easy to spot by its hanging pink-cone sign and pink bench. Its own site says Buffy's has been serving Chatham's only homemade ice cream since 1994, and since April 2022 it has also been the home of Chatham Ice Cream Bars. Chalkboard menus list homemade flavors, ice cream bars and café drinks, and the counter is decorated with hand-painted comic panels. It's a classic stop for a cone on a summer walk through town.

C-Shore Kitchen + Bar

Eat & DrinkWellfleet

C-Shore Kitchen + Bar serves casual New American food built on fresh local seafood with a seasonal twist — in their words, "city chic meets flip flops." The oven-baked pizza is a local favorite, and the Chef's Whim appetizer changes every day. Local draft beer and house cocktails come out to one of Wellfleet's most spacious outdoor dining areas, a stone patio with a fire pit, plus a bright dining room inside. Reservations through Tock are appreciated but not required.

Cap't Cass Rock Harbor Seafood

Eat & DrinkOrleans

Cap't Cass Rock Harbor Seafood is the shingled lobster shack at Rock Harbor in Orleans, impossible to miss with its walls covered in colorful buoys and its red lobster sign. It calls itself a 'Super Cute Lobster Shack' and 'About as local as it gets,' serves breakfast and lunch/dinner menus, and is B.Y.O.B. The Cape Cod Chronicle reports it was first established in 1961 and that new owners kept its lobster roll, clam chowder and she-crab soup recipes the same. Out back, picnic tables under red umbrellas look over the marsh.

Cape Cod Coffee — Route 130

Eat & DrinkMashpee

On Route 130 in Mashpee, Cape Cod Coffee roasts in-house from beans sourced across twelve countries, all Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance certified and grown without pesticides. Taste the difference in single-origin pours, signature blends, chemical-free Swiss Water decaf, cold brew cans, and C-Cups, with apparel and gift cards alongside. Whether connoisseur or seasonal sipper, this is specialty coffee with the roastery right behind the counter.

Cape Roots Market & Café

Eat & DrinkHarwich

Cape Roots Market & Café is a market, café, deli and bar in downtown Harwich Port on Route 28. Owner Brooke has filled it with fresh produce, pantry staples, a bakery case and a deli counter, plus a cozy corner of armchairs by the big front windows and café tables out on the sidewalk. On Sundays there's an omelette bar from 9 to noon, and they cater events too. It's a local favorite and a true hidden gem, the kind of place you stop for coffee and leave with lunch and groceries.

Cape Tip Seafood Market

Eat & DrinkTruro

Cape Tip Seafood Market is the retail counter of Cape Tip Seafoods, in the Truro Central Village plaza on Route 6. It stocks local fish and shellfish and keeps lobster tanks, and staff will cook your lobsters at no charge. There are house-made 'Stuffy' clams, chowders and lobster rolls to go, and help building your own clambake. The family's own scalloper, the F/V Donna Marie, supplies its Provincetown dayboat sea scallops, and her life ring hangs on the market's side wall.

Cape to Cape Espresso Bar

Coffee & BakeriesWellfleet

Cape to Cape is a seasonal espresso bar tucked in the back of the Simeon Atwood Building on Commercial Street in Wellfleet, near Uncle Tim's Bridge. Two close friends, Wyatt Medeiros and Pamela Stahl, pull handcrafted drinks from a local roaster's beans — cortados, flat whites, turmeric lattes and a Red Cappuccino of South African rooibos with cinnamon and honey. The small menu puts unexpected twists on classic dishes, with breakfast favorites and lunches inspired by flavors of Africa, Cape Cod and beyond.

Captain's Choice

Eat & DrinkTruro

Captain's Choice is North Truro's easygoing hangout at 4 Highland Road, where the dancing-skeleton logo sets the tone. Open every day from 4 to 9 with happy hour from 4 to 6, plus Mahjong Mondays and live music nights billed as "shake yer bones." No reservations, no fuss — just show up.

Caroline's Bar & Grill

Eat & DrinkEastham

Caroline's Bar & Grill is a summer bar and restaurant at 4380 Route 6 in Eastham that calls itself "Eastham's Favorite Summer Destination." The idea, in their words, is to be the place you bring family and friends "everyday, anyday or on your special day" and your summer home away from home. The kitchen serves lunch and dinner, with a kids' menu, desserts and a drink menu. You can order online or reserve a table through their website. Caroline's is seasonal. The 2026 season has wrapped, and they plan to reopen in May 2027. Cape Cod Certified visited and photographed Caroline's in person.

Chatham Pier Fish Market

Eat & DrinkChatham

Chatham Pier Fish Market sits right on the historic Chatham Fish Pier, where the commercial fleet still comes in with the day's catch. The market says it sources directly from, and works side by side with, the fishermen who land that catch, and its kitchen turns out classic New England seafood to eat with a view of the harbor. Its Cook & Crack service steams lobsters (never boils them) and cracks them so they're ready to eat at the pier or carry home to a cookout. Grab one of the lobster-trap chairs out front and watch the boats work the harbor.

Chesca's Restaurant

Eat & DrinkEdgartown

Chesca's is a lively restaurant at 38 North Water Street in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, led by executive chef and owner Michael O'Brien. The dinner menu runs from clam chowder, crispy eggplant parm and gnocchi to pappardelle Bolognese, chicken Marsala, braised short rib, roasted Atlantic cod and a nightly catch of the day, with desserts like the bittersweet brownie to finish. The kitchen is gluten and vegan friendly; ask your server about options. Dinner is served six nights a week, 5:30 to 9pm, closed Wednesdays. Reservations are recommended, to-go orders are placed with the bartender, and bar seats are first come, first served. Cape Cod Certified visited and photographed Chesca's in person.

Chez Chloe Bistro

Eat & DrinkWellfleet

Chez Chloe Bistro is chef Philippe Rispoli's French restaurant on Lecount Hollow Road in South Wellfleet, in the space that was his PB Boulangerie Bistro. He named it for his daughter. Dinner is a three-course prix fixe of classic French cooking, with dishes like duck aux poivres, lobster gratin and Quenelle de Lyon reported by the Boston Globe. Look for the Eiffel Tower sign out by the road, the red South Wellfleet street clock, and a brick patio with colorful chairs beside the red cottage. Reservations are required.

Cliffhangers

Eat & DrinkAquinnah

Cliffhangers is a food stand at 21 Aquinnah Circle, up at the Aquinnah Cliffs on Martha's Vineyard. The owners call it the newest local "food shack" to hit the cliffs. There's outdoor seating, and on Thursday evenings in season the stand has hosted get-togethers at the Cliffs from 5:30 until sunset. Check their Facebook page for the latest before you head up. Cape Cod Certified visited and photographed Cliffhangers in person.

Coffee Obsession

Coffee & BakeriesWoods Hole

Coffee Obsession's Woods Hole shop sits on the corner of Water Street near the Steamship Authority, a handy place to grab a coffee and a quick bite before the ferry to the islands. It's the second location of a family-owned, independent coffee shop that started in Falmouth in 1992. Look for the oval blue sign on the shingled corner building; inside, breakfast and lunch are made to order and baristas pull specialty coffee drinks.

Country Fare Restaurant

Eat & DrinkFalmouth

Country Fare is a breakfast and lunch spot on Main Street in downtown Falmouth, under a striped awning with a chalkboard out on the sidewalk. Inside, a long red counter with wooden stools faces a wall of chalkboard menus for smoothies, açaí bowls, dirty sodas, milkshakes and root beer floats, and there's a case of fresh muffins and cookies by the register. Tables and booths fill the rest of the room.

Crabapples Restaurant

Eat & DrinkFalmouth

Crabapples is a beloved Falmouth institution for breakfast and family dining, open since the 1970s, known for its house-made soups, chowders, and mile-high apple pies. The dinner menu on Thursday through Saturday adds seafood and heartier New England plates. An unpretentious neighborhood restaurant that locals have been returning to for generations.