Search results
Apr 9, 2024 · The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston. The definitive guide to where to eat in and around the city right now. by Eater Staff Updated Apr 9, 2024, 4:04pm EDT. Some of the best noodles in Boston...
- The Most Romantic Patios
Dine outside on charmingly secluded restaurant patios in and...
- Eater Boston Heatmap
10 Fan Pier Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210 (617) 860-6003 (617)...
- Italian Standbys
253 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA 02118 (617) 391-0902 (617)...
- Celeste
21 Bow Street, , MA 02143 (617) 616-5319. Visit Website...
- Fox & The Knife
28 West Broadway, , MA 02127 (617) 766-8630. Visit Website...
- Giulia
1682 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)...
- The Most Romantic Patios
- Row 34
- Picco
- Uni
- Celeste
- Blossom Bar
- Bagelsaurus
- Union Oyster House
- Craigie Burger
- Orfano
- Sofra
Of course there’s a lobster roll on this list—and to start things off, no less. Without eating one, you could hardly say you’d been to Boston. But there are plenty of bad (and overpriced) rolls in the city, so caveat emptor. Fact is, a lobster roll is a study in simplicity, a sum-of-its-parts wonder, so each part must be perfect: the buttery griddl...
Don’t miss the chance to savor the sheer deliciousness of a crispy and pillowy crust—made chewier and notably tangy thanks to two days of cold fermentation—topped with sautéed onions, shallots, and garlic; crème fraîche; Gruyère; and, yes, bacon. There’s no excuse for such decadence, except that the Alsatians have been making variations on the dish...
Tony Messina won his 2019 "Best Chef: Northeast" award from the James Beard Foundation based on the poetry of his sashimi compositions at Back Bay’s UNI. Think of combinations like Spanish sea bass with green chermoula, sultanas, and preserved lemon, or kingfish with strawberry, wood sorrell, and cucumber. Elsewhere on the menu, there’s Kalbi-Brais...
Boston loves its academics, and we especially love stories of brainy types who go into the restaurant business (see also: Joanne Chang). JuanMa Calderón and Maria Rondeau began their careers as filmmakers and architects, respectively, and Celeste is an extension of the pop-up restaurant they began hosting in their Cambridge home in 1993. The small ...
Michael and Den Duan came to America with dreams of life on the opera stage, but in time, they decided to open a restaurant just outside Boston, in Brookline, instead. Then, as in many family businesses, their son, Ran, stepped up to take it into the next generation. Ran took all that creative momentum and turned it toward the cocktail program—firs...
Step up to the menu at this tiny Cambridge bakery, and, before you faint from sticker shock ($24 for a baker’s dozen bagels!?), here’s an anecdote: A friend who splits her time between New York’s Upper West Side and Tel Aviv was in town for a visit. She’s a successful food writer, an expert on Jewish food, and happened to be staying around the corn...
Boston is a great oyster town, but no place has patina like this. The Union Oyster House is Boston’s oldest oyster house and is actually the oldest American restaurant in continuous service; as a matter of fact, as you slurp down your Cotuits, Wellfleets, or Duxburys, you’ll be in view of John F. Kennedy’s favorite booth (number 18). Around 1775, t...
Tony Maws is another Beard-winning chef whose fine-dining restaurant, Craigie on Main, has been a favorite of the Cambridge intelligentsia since it opened in 2008. At Craigie on Main, Maws delivers on both his love of precise French technique and his commitment to local sourcing, so when he developed a burger for the adjacent bar menu, it was made ...
Chef/owner Tiffani Faison is a star of the Boston dining scene. Or, more precisely, she’s a sun, big and bright and drawing others into her orbit. Her early adoption of West Fenway, with the 2011 opening of her Sweet Cheeks barbecue joint, established the neighborhood as a dining destination. Now, with her fourth restaurant, Orfano, just a couple o...
A year before Yotam Ottolenghi shook up the London food scene with his first eponymous café, Ana Sortun was opening Boston’s eyes to the flavors of Turkey, Greece, Syria, and North Africa at her first restaurant, Oleana. At Sofra, in the less-talked-about neighborhood of West Cambridge, she and pastry chef Maura Kilpatrick bring the same sensibilit...
- Amy Traverso
- Oleana, Inman Square. Mediterranean, Farm-to-table. A favorite for Bostonians to the point that many say “they could eat here for the rest of their lives,”Ana Sortun’s farm-to-table Mediterranean restaurant draws on the flavors from her many years traveling the Middle East and surrounding areas.
- Zuma, Back Bay. Japanese, Sushi. This sushi gem tucked away on the second floor of the Four Seasons One Dalton Boston is a must-visit for those seeking some of the best Japanese cuisine the city has to offer.
- Nightshade Noodle Bar, Lynn. Vietnamese, Cajun. About a 29-minute drive from Boston, you’ll never regret the trip out to 2023 James-Beard award nominee for “outstanding chef,” Rachel Miller’s eclectic restaurant “making very cool food” for cool people.
- Uni, Back Bay. Japanese, Sushi. Another Japanese and sushi favorite in Back Bay from acclaimed chef, Ken Oringer, Uni creates a cuisine of its own with its innovative twist on Japanese classics.
Best Dining in Boston, Massachusetts: See 233,150 Tripadvisor traveller reviews of 2,807 Boston restaurants and search by cuisine, price, location, and more.
Dec 7, 2023 · One can wine and dine in style over an eight-course dinner or casually snack on pizza and cannoli while sightseeing. Start your exploration of the North End with these excellent spots. Eater maps...
Best Dining in Boston, Massachusetts: See 233,035 Tripadvisor traveler reviews of 2,765 Boston restaurants and search by cuisine, price, location, and more.
Discover the Best Places to Eat in Boston. When you think of Boston's restaurant scene, you probably think of seafood: lobster rolls, clam chowder, crab cakes, or old favorites like baked beans and Boston cream pie. Sure, traditional comfort food has its rightful place in our hearts and appetites.
