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Guides

Where to Eat in Greater Boston for December 2024

New and exciting restaurants to check out, plus new reasons to visit older spots.


Guides

The Best Local Gifts You Can Eat

Slices of Roman al taglio pizza and Italian liqueurs and spritzes cover a table.
News

Cambridge Cocktail Bar Brick & Mortar to Become Italian Aperitivo Bar

Guides

27 Great Gifts for Fun Food People: Kitchenware, Merch, and More


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News

Restaurateur Garrett Harker Debuts the First of Four New Venues

All That Fish + Oyster opens in the Fenway, and the new Eastern Standard is on deck.

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Boston Magazine Events

Our Battle of the Burger Event Is Back for 2023

Break out your stretchy pants: The food fight of the year returns.

Boston Home

Design Master Ken Fulk Grandly Reimagines a New Restaurant for the Four Seasons Hotel

For Coterie, the former Boston resident pays posh tribute to the Public Garden.

Reviews

Review: Bar Vlaha Gives a Novel European Cuisine a Vivid Local Debut

With a focus on Greece’s mountainous north, the Balkan-inspired menu begs to be shared with big groups—if you can all score a table.

A crab shell is open to reveal crab meat topped with orange uni and a dollop of caviar.
News

311 Omakase Brings a High-End Japanese Feast to a South End Brownstone

Simplicity meets surprise at this fresh take on the traditional.

A large mural on a restaurant wall depicts a bear in a hat and a t-shirt that says urban wild, sitting in front of a colorful forest.
News

New Charlestown Entertainment Venue Urban Wild Has a Little Bit of Everything, Plus Giant Cocktails

Head down the rabbit hole at this wonderland of bowling, live music, bocce, comfort food, and more.


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50 Best Restaurants

50 Best Restaurants

An updated list of the top 50 restaurants in town that make Boston a true dining destination. These are the best places to eat in the city right now.

Best of Boston: Dining

Best of Boston: Dining

Here’s a look at the restaurant winners—and some other food- and drink-related businesses—for the Best of Boston awards.


Andrew Brady and Sara Markey will open Field & Vine in Somerville
News

The Field & Vine Team Will Open a New Somerville Restaurant Full of Wood-Fired Whimsy

June Bug, opening around October 2023, will be in Union Square, steps from its big sibling.

A hand uses chopsticks to pull noodles and a sliver of beef out of a steaming bowl of noodle soup, red with chili oil.
News

Zhi Wei Cafe Debuts Downtown with Lanzhou Noodles from Northwest China

Now open in Boston’s Leather District, the restaurant highlights Lanzhou beef noodle soup, tender lamb chops, and plump soup dumplings.

A blue, white, and gold mug is full of thick coffee and sits on a wooden table next to a slice of blueberry cake.
News

Sip of Joy Brings Friendly Café Culture Back to the South End

This family-owned, Turkish-American coffee shop will make you think twice about a Starbucks run.

A burger is topped with cheese and onions.
News

Oklahoma Burgers, Frozen Drinks, and Creative Comfort Food Arrive in Allston

Stillwater’s Sarah Wade debuts her second restaurant, Sloane’s, with daily brunch and lots of fun.

Slices of raw scallop are garnished with big toasted corn kernels and sliced green chili peppers, all sitting in a bright yellow broth.
News

Get Ready to Eat, Drink, and Celebrate at the 2023 Best of Boston Soirée

Here’s what you’ll be eating at Roadrunner in Brighton on August 9.

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Restaurant Guides

Restaurant Guides

Where to eat right now.

Reviews

Reviews

Trying to decide whether to visit the hottest new restaurant in town? Stay in the know with our reviews.


A brightly lit restaurant has a rustic, homey vibe, with wooden tables and chairs and Greek-style plates hanging on a wall.
News

Greetings from Mushroom City: Bar Vlaha Highlights a Less Familiar Regional Greek Cuisine

Four months in, Brookline’s hottest restaurant continues to draw crowds while showcasing mountainous central and northern Greece in a loving ode to the Vlach people. 

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News

Gufo Brings Modern Italian (and Bocce!) to East Cambridge

The team behind SRV and the Salty Pig is serving pasta and pizza at a new spot—and it’ll soon be a cafe by day, too.

A roasted chicken sits atop a bed of potatoes with a sprig of rosemary coming up out of it.
News

A New Umbria Debuts in Boston with Hearty Steaks and a Rooftop Lounge

It’s a North End revamp of a five-story downtown restaurant and club that closed in 2017.

A moviegoer in a pink denim jacket holds a Barbie doll after watching the "Barbie" film in Quezon City, Philippines on July 19, 2023.
Guides

Barbie-Themed Parties, Drinks, and Food Specials in Boston

Whether you’re a Barbie or just Ken (or even Allan), let’s go party at these local restaurants and bars to celebrate the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.