EDIBLE, YET CREDIBLE

If the food is very affordable and very good, Penny will find it. Our undercover parsimonious Penny Gourmet is on an endless search for the biggest taste with the lsmallest bite. Always alert, forever cheap -- that's Penny.

THE PENNY GOURMET AWARDS
with thanks from SeacoastNH.com

BECKY'S
Portland, ME
Not pretty, but tasty on the waterfront, opens at 4am. 

MOODY'S
Waldoboro, Maine
Where the world stops while traveling up the Maine coast

FOGARTY'S
South Berwick, ME
Ice cream, comfort food and in-house bakery since 1960

GILLEY'S
Portsmouth, NH
Lunch wagon to the stars in Portsmouth since 1912

CARMEN'S DINER
East Kingston, NH
Meal like gramma made and friend chicken too

THE ICE HOUSE
Rye, NH
Great ice cream, great fried food, great scenic drive

LOCO COCO's TACOs
Kittery, ME
Authentic Mexican food in a funky take-out

WHEELIES
Newmarket, NH
Hands down the best roast beef in the Seacoast

T&M RESTAURANT
Lwoell, MA
Fresh, very affordable aurhentic Vietnamese cuisine

RYE HARBORSIDE
Rye Harbor, NH
Size isn'teverything. Price,service &scenerycounttoo.

BOB's CLAM HUT
Kittery, ME
Best darned fried clams since 1956

EMILIO'S
Portsmouth, NH
One room, one man, one wife -- one fine institution.

DOS AMIGOS
Portsmouth, NH
Open late, tastes great, costs what good should

FLO'S FAMOUS HOTDOGS
York, Maine
A little shack, a little love, 35 years and counting

PETEY'S SUMMERTIME SEAFOOD
Rye, NH
Best chowder, bar none -- plus a bar

SAVARIO'S
Portsmouth, NH
Best pizza toppings, killer calzones