Backwater Bar&Grille

Great setting, great vibes and very good food. The Backwater Bar & Grille is a literal oasis along the highway. I've eaten here three times now and everytime the service has been spectacular, the food really good and the beer nice and cold. The decor and clientele both make this place feel like one of the most beautifully American places in the Northeast.

Quiet restaurant on Queechy Lake.  Very quiet indeed, although it was just after lunch we were the only ones in the place.  When you walk in it looks like a old lodge with tons of old books.  Very rustic.  

I got the BBQ burger and it was big.  The sweet potato fries were fantastic.  We also got the Quesadilla which was also big, more-so very thick with filling.  The bowl of french onion soup was big enough that it could pass as almost a small meal on its own.

The food was great.  But with it being somewhat off the beaten path it doesn't get that much traffic.

Sit outside on the deck, watch the water ripple, enjoy one of the many offered beers, and enjoy!

Additionally we had a very satisfying dinner in a near empty dining room with the fireplace blazin'.  Good steak and side dishes.  Very friendly staff too.  They are happy to to turn down the TV volume from the bar in the adjacent room.