Best of Boston
2024 Best Seafood
Moëca
The décor at this neighborhood spot maybe deep blue and gray like the New England sea, but the seafood dishes here are filled with influences from distant shores — an Italian semolina gnocchi, a Thai-inspired yellowfin tuna crudo, and a buttermilk deep-fried monkfish that puts southern-fried chicken to shame.
1 Shepard St., Cambridge, 617-945-0040, moecarestaurant.com