are the draw for locals and weekend day-trippers alike.

European-style sitting (eating with, gasp, strangers) is the norm on busy weekends--and makes for some great people-watching. We once saw members of an all-female Harley club and a local Finnish family with their umpteen kids in Sunday best cheerfully sharing table space.

Long picnic tables covered with red-checkered cloths are lined up in front of the food and ice cream windows. If your pooch is up to date on his tick meds, though, head to the tables scattered on the grass along Turnpike Road or at the edge of the woods. They're spaced farther apart, so you can enjoy your meal without your canine companion trying to levitate fellow diners' food from their plates with his eyes.

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