10 Places to Eat in Boston
10 Places to eat in Boston
10 PLACES TO EAT IN BOSTON
- Neptune Oyster
Neptune Oyster offers great seafood including the award winner lobster roll, presented with mayo or hot with butter. Along with this, Neptune offers a small menu that contains seasonal delights from the sea. Basic dishes here include Ipswich fried clams that will burst in your mouth and Steamed Wellfleet littlenecks in the glorious wine sauce. This pot is busy and noisy and one has to wait in long lines but it is worth it to have one of the lobster rolls in town.
- O Ya
O Ya is cult-classic sushi and omakase restaurant. It not only serves seafood but the tender wagyu beef strip loin along with Rolls and sashimi is stunning. Some dishes are intensely traditional but some exhibit surprising yet wicked flavors into the blend like foie gras and truffle. This spot is located in the Leather District and has won several awards including a James Beard for the chef (also Co-owner) Tim Cushman.
- Oleana
Oleana is a favorite among the Inman Square crowd and flaunts its innovative menu and pleasant wait staff. This cozy restaurant consists of one of the most romantic porches around with a seasonally rotating menu that provides a contrasting experience with the same hospitality regularly. Oleana operates with a cordials license and has a creative cocktail menu with a variety of sherry and aperitifs followed by the famous baked Alaska dessert. You may find lines before the opening of the restaurant but worth the wait, Chef Ana Sortun has developed a spot for eastern Mediterranean fine dining.
- Tasting Counter
Tasting Counter can be categorized into a special occasion destination offering the elaborate, multi-course experience of high-method plates that features most of the Massachusetts products. Stunning plates here are an octopus with charred strawberry and local beach-rose vinegar. The setup consists of a 20 seat counter, from where you can see everything that is going to be served to you. Chef Peter Ungar experiments like a pro and shows how free talent tastes.
- Pammy’s
This hospitable Cambridge restaurant owned by couple Chris and Pam Willis calls their place a ‘new American trattoria’. Yet, the influences from Italy are strongly reflected in the pasta dishes prepared with flour milled in the restaurant to the aperitivi. The space is warm and charming where you can enjoy the lumache with a gochujang-spiked Bolognese sauce in every pasta dish. You’ll love the squid ragu over ink-blackened spaghetti with cracks of almond and sweet fried peppers.
- Fox & the Knife
The opening of Fox & the Knife was a difficult task for top Chef Karen Akunowicz. Apart from being a top chef she also received a James Beard Foundation Award in 2018 for her performance at Myers + Chang. This place in South Boston starts with aperitivo-hour with sips from the whip-smart Amari list followed by homemade pasta briefed by Akunowicz’s previous career in Emilia-Romagna. The cozy and attractive vibe of the restaurant along with the star chef makes this place a smash hit.
- Myers + Chang
This is a place where you’ll find some of the best Taiwanese soul food and Southeast Asian street food around stateside. Some strong traits set this restaurant apart from others which are – favoring lighter sauces, and giving new twists to classics along with evolving new dishes with regional flavors. This can be evidenced in dishes like wok-charred Japanese udon noodles with black-bean oyster sauce, Indonesian fried rice with pork and pineapple, and blooming onion with a Filipino touch.
- No. 9 Park
No. 9 Park remains the crown jewel of Barbara Lynch’s culinary empire despite having strong competition from its newer siblings. This handsome and sophisticated restaurant down in the shadow of the Statehouse provides expert service and an appealing variety of regionally-inspired Italian and French dishes. The bar area is welcoming and is a favorite among industry types looking to loosen up with a cocktail or one from the city’s one of the most decorated wine lists
- Craigie on Main
Local founder Tony Maws remains at the peak of his game at his leader operation. For his delicious creations, the Chef-owner uses the best local as well as organic ingredients. The menu served is four-course where locals and culinary tourists fill the dining room. The bar area is known as COMB (Craige on Main Bar) offers an a la carte menu and monthly-rotating burger specials with classic, Craigie on Main Burger. Burgers are sold in limited quantities and are often sold out.
- SRV
SRV (Serene Republic of Venice) is Boston’s first Venetian –style osteria and wine bar. This place has a foot in both worlds, be it modern interpretations of Venetian Cicchetti or spectacular pasta. Along with this, the menu includes fried olives, calamari crostini with nduja, and salted cod baccala followed by a blend of Italian favorites (meatballs) and upscale Venetian offerings like homemade lumache pasta with shrimp, snails, and mussels. Italian wine and cocktails complement the menu.
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