Toro
Ken Oringer's Barcelona-inspired tapas bar on Washington Street in the South End: croquetas, grilled corn, bone marrow and paella. MICHELIN...
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Regina Pizzeria (The Original, North End)
Regina Pizzeria on Thacher Street is where the Regina name began in 1926, and it still greets guests as "Boston's Original Pizzeria." The br...
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Carmelina's
Open-kitchen Sicilian comfort food on Hanover Street since 2012, from chef Damien DiPaola: lobster ravioli, Sunday Macaroni and seafood past...
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Giacomo's Ristorante
Cash-only North End institution since 1985, known for fresh in-house pasta, the Giacomo and Fracomo sauces and the Zuppa di Pesce.
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Mamma Maria
Mamma Maria fills a 19th-century brick townhouse on North Square, and instead of one dining room it has five, spread over two floors. The Ro...
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Neptune Oyster
A small walk-in-only North End raw bar on Salem Street since 2004, known for New England oysters, the Neptune johnnycake and a hot or cold l...
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Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse at 75 Arlington Street is where Steve DiFillippo's restaurant group began. In 1985, at 24, he bought a f...
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Santarpio's Pizza
East Boston pizzeria and barbecue on Chelsea Street: Italian cheese pizzas and lamb, steak tip and sausage skewers with hot cherry peppers.
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o ya
Tim and Nancy Cushman's prepaid chef's-choice omakase tasting menu in the Leather District, booked on Tock.
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Photo: Uni via GoogleUni
Uni is chef Ken Oringer's Japanese restaurant inside The Eliot Hotel on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay, built around sashimi, nigiri and maki alon...
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Photo: Brooks Jones via GoogleWoods Hill Pier 4
Woods Hill Pier 4 is a farm-to-table restaurant at the end of Pier 4 in the Seaport, overlooking Boston Harbor, with its entrance facing the Instit...
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Photo: Jimmy Shen via GoogleRow 34
Row 34 is a seafood restaurant and raw bar in Fort Point, set in a renovated Boston Wharf Company textile warehouse that was built in 1908 and beca...
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Photo: ZAGAT via GoogleAbe & Louie's
Abe & Louie's is a classic American steakhouse on Boylston Street in Back Bay: prime aged Midwestern steaks, fresh seafood with seasonal produce, a...
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Photo: Joshua Rosen via GoogleGrill 23 & Bar
Grill 23 & Bar has been Back Bay's independent steakhouse since 1983, when Ken Himmel, then developing Copley Place, opened a classic steak-and-sea...
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Photo: Ostra via GoogleOstra
Ostra, Spanish for oyster, is a contemporary Mediterranean seafood restaurant from chef and owner Jamie Mammano, opened in November 2013 at One Cha...
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Photo: Mistral via GoogleMistral
Mistral is chef and owner Jamie Mammano's French Mediterranean restaurant on Columbus Avenue, open since 1997 and named for the wind that sweeps th...
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Photo: Zac Wolf (Zac Wolf Photography) via GoogleSRV
SRV, short for Serene Republic of Venice, cooks the food of Venice's wine bars on Columbus Avenue in the South End. The restaurant calls itself Bos...
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