Best of Boston

After almost nine decades of extraordinary history—playing peacekeeper during race riots, serving everyone from presidents to Pullman porters—the Manjourides clan retired from the restaurant business, creating a tragic void in the South End. Fortunately, the family left Charlie’s in good hands with Stella chef-owner Evan Deluty, whose childhood memories of the eatery informed its latest iteration. The old wooden refrigerator might have been turned into the frame for a photo collage, but the recipes remain the same. And thank goodness, because it’s impossible to improve upon that legendary turkey hash.