I arrived at Oak Mountain Ski Center with the sun shining down on a bluebird day. As my eyes settled on the scene, they paused on an adorable, sky-blue hut in the foreground of the mountain with a sign that read “Hot Mini Cider Donuts.”
Fighting the urge for a donut stop, I stepped inside the main building and was welcomed by an inviting wooden interior and Laura O’Brien, who owns Oak Mountain with her husband, Matt, and his parents, Kevin and Elizabeth.
Laura started her tour at the Acorn Pub and Eatery, which was decorated with vintage ski art and had a wall of windows looking out onto the mountain. Above the bar hung a clock made from antique T-bar hangers, which Laura and Matt had welded themselves.
Despite its mountain charm, Acorn Pub and Eatery is an unassuming moniker for the place. The restaurant’s chef, Carolyn Abel, served 19 years as executive chef at Edgartown Yacht Club, in Martha’s Vineyard. Abel feeds a hungry
