Credit: photo by John Anderson

Their menu may list saisons and duck confit, but Hopfields ain’t no ostentatious gastropub. A communal bar in the front plus a formal dining room in the back make for the malty, French-inspired Choose Your Own Adventure of your drinking years’ dream.

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