City Guide: 10 Best Boston Restaurants

June 8, 2018 0 0

Think about the best restaurants in Boston, MA and chances are that seafood is the first word to come to mind. And while the top dining selections in Beantown do serve up some mean clam chowder along with some truly mighty lobster rolls, specialty venues also offer more modern takes on traditional New England favorites. You’ll also find that the town’s best eateries – which come in every shape, size, and form – will conjure up an array of dramatic dinners, inventive Middle Eastern cuisine, great Italian options, and a whole lotta other tasty dishes. (Hello, Pauli’s overflowing lobster rolls and Committee’s mouthwateringly creative takes on Greek tapas.) Here are 10 places you’ve got to visit if you’re looking for some of the best restaurants in Boston, MA.

Name	Location	Description
Juliet	257 Washington St., Somerville	A finalist for Bon Appetit’s best new restaurants, Juliet serves up inventive cuisine in equally inventive ways. Unless you belly up to the six a la carte seats, you make reservations for an event — like a celebration of chicken and apples or a steakhouse. The events change, and they’re always worth it.
Legal Sea Foods	Mulitple Locations	The motto is, if it isn’t fresh, it isn’t legal. And at any of the Legal Sea Foods locations, the seafood you get is very, very fresh indeed. So much so that Legal’s CEO and president, Roger Berkowitz, got named to the James Beard Awards’ Who’s Who of Food and Drink in America.
The Table at Season to Taste	244 Massachusetts Ave	“Top Chef” alum Carl Dooley didn’t make it to the final five on a fluke — he’s an amazing, award-winning master, and the best thing to order here is the prix fixe four-course tasting menu, which shows off his French techniques using seasonal ingredients.
Oleana	134 Hampshire St	The small plates in this spot come with big flavors, and the chefs here — both executive Ana Sortun and pastry Maura Kilpatrick serve up such inventive food that they’ve been honored as James Beard semifinalists.
Giacomo’s	Multiple Locations	No matter the weather, the lines stretch down the block for this Italian eatery (at all locations, really, but especially at the North End ristorante). This cash-only place is truly magnifico.
Myers & Chang	1145 Washington St.	Addictive Asian small plates are served in a funky, diner atmosphere here. Fresh foods are melded with exotic (and equally fresh) spices, and the best day to go is Cheap Date Night (Monday and Tuesdays), when $45 gets two people an eclectic and ever-changing tasting menu.
Sarma	249 Pearl St., Somerville	Modern Middle Eastern cuisine, featuring small plates called meze, is served exceedingly well in this beautifully decorated restaurant. Chef/owner Cassie Pluma’s been a semifinalist in the James Beard Awards.
Loyal Nine	660 Cambridge St., Cambridge	Since opening its doors two years ago, this restaurant’s already made several “best of” national and New England lists for its creative approach to seafood made with local ingredients.
KO	256 Marginal St.	“Ken Oath” is Australian slang for reaffirming your admiration for something, and here the admiration is mutual: Aussie-inspired dishes made with New England ingredients. Especially good are the meat and vegetable pies.
Eventide Oyster Co. Fenway	1320 Boylston St.	Chefs Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley, who won this year’s Best Chef Northeast for their restaurant in Maine, have opened a more casual oyster eatery here — it serves up great oysters and brown butter lobster rolls in casual environs.

Cheat Sheet

There’s zero chance you’ll go hungry in town with help from the best restaurants in Boston, MA:

• Eater – The 38 Essential Boston Restaurants, Summer 2017
• Boston Magazine – Best Restaurants in Boston
• Ten Best – Boston’s Best Restaurants That Bring Guests Back through Their Doors

 

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