Best of Boston
Best Restaurant, General Excellence
2011 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
Rialto
Cambridge
If there's anything we've learned from fine dining's shift toward farm-to-table cooking, it's that the integrity of one's cuisine is just as important as high-end [...] read more»
2011 Best Restaurant, General Excellence, West
Il Casale
Belmont
The rustic ambiance of chef Dante de Magistris's ode to homestyle Italian cooking belies the refined dining experience here. Service is warm and knowledgeable—and the [...] read more»
2011 Best Restaurant, General Excellence, Nantucket
Straight Wharf Restaurant
Nantucket
The Straight Wharf remains one of Nantucket's toughest reservations. Perhaps guests know that the celebrity contingent (regulars include Brian Williams) might be on hand. But [...] read more»
2009 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
O Ya
Boston
It's been two years since chef Tim Cushman's refined sushi operation made a stealth entrance onto the scene, gradually picking up buzz until being 'discovered' [...] read more»
2008 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
O Ya
Boston
We Bostonians didn't need Frank Bruni to tell us that O Ya is extraordinary. But when the New York Times food critic named it the [...] read more»
2007 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
The Old Inn on the Green
New Marlborough
This renovated B&B began as an 18th-century stagecoach stop, and to this day there are no electric lights in the dining rooms—only a sea of [...] read more»
2006 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
No. 9 Park
Boston
The name really ought to be No. 10, because chef Barbara Lynch's Beacon Hill institution offers perfection every time. Foodies find inspired pairings of seasonal [...] read more»
2005 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
No. 9 Park
Boston
It should be called No. 1. Barbara Lynch's spot tops our list as the best in the city for inspired, seasonal cuisine like bacon-wrapped trout [...] read more»
2004 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
Clio
Boston
For those times in life when you have been very, very good, there's Clio—proof that fine dining doesn't have to be stuffy, and luxury doesn't [...] read more»
2003 Best Restaurant, General Excellence
No. 9 Park
Boston
It's one thing for a restaurant to generate buzz during its first year in business. It's quite another to be the talk of the town [...] read more»