Best of Boston

Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Turner’s Seafood

Melrose
Don't let the corporate, almost chainlike interior keep you away: This spot's the real deal. Slurp fresh, cold oysters at the rowdy raw bar, or [...] read more»
2008 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Catch

Winchester
There's not a whole lot to Catch, a handful of tables in an unremarkable corner of Winchester. Not that we care: Chef Chris Parsons's palpable [...] read more»
2006 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Catch

Winchester
In our fish-fanatic city, it seems unlikely that many diners would chose to trek to a landlocked town for seafood. That a lot of people [...] read more»
2005 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Catch

Winchester
It's not at the end of a pier, and there's no water view in sight. But all matters of geography aside, the landlocked Catch in [...] read more»
2003 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Woodman’s of Essex

Essex
This is what you might call seafood in the rough: You stand at the counter, shout your order, eat it, and leave. But paper plates [...] read more»
2002 Best Seafood Restaurant, North

Periwinkles

Essex
Glowing candles and a well-scrubbed interior may keep it more refined than your average fish shack, but Periwinkles' sea fare is straight-off-the-boat fresh. The crabmeat [...] read more»