Best Old House Neighborhoods 2009: Food Lovers

Unique, tight-knit neighborhoods are precisely what we looked for in selecting the winners of our second annual Best Old House Neighborhoods contest—places that might not be on your radar but deserve to be. Like last year, we relied on our good friends at PreservationDirectory.com to help us contact thousands of neighborhood groups, real estate agents, and preservation societies to get their takes on the best places to track down, fix up, and fall head of heels for older homes.

These nine places are not only great for old houses; they also boast great local restaurants and farmers’ markets that lend themselves to a built-in foodie culture.