Island Creek Oyster Bar in Boston is serious about their oysters. The first thing you’ll notice is the oyster bar proper, a sparkling mountain of ice studded with twelve to eighteen different varieties of oysters and subtly highlighted by a …
I’m munching on some really good ciabatta-style rolls, sipping my perfect Americano cocktail, awaiting the Pea Soup with Gooseberry Crème Fraîche and the Really Good Lobster Soup at City Table in the Lenox Hotel, one of the grand dames …
Crediting it’s website, Mistral’s name is “inspired by the wind that sweeps through the South of France.” What better day to sample their classic French Onion Soup than on a unseasonably spring like day in early February as the light …
The downstairs bar at Forum, recently opened on Boylston Street in Boston, rolls back from its glass façade like a sensuous cave. The look is ultra modern, ultra chic: a broad expanse of white brick, dramatically up lit, stretches opposite …
On a dreary and chilly Boston September day, the folks at What’s the Soup sent me to check in and report back on the soup scene at Deuxave, located at the corners of Mass Ave. and Comm Ave. in Boston’s …
Sushi. Wood-grilled steaks. Chinese comfort-food standards. Dim sum. Shabu-shabu. Any one of these could be a restaurant concept all on its own. How do you combine them into a cohesive whole? Simple. By doing them all excellently. I didn’t try …
After eating and having a few drinks at Anthem, located in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, I will definitely be adding this casual-chic destination to my list of “go to places” in the city. The handsome, dark wooden tables and large wrap …
So here’s what they do: they take lardons of bacon, render them until they’re incredibly crispy. Then they take the rendered fat, let it solidify into a smooth, translucent spread—which they call bacon schmaltz. Then they slather a crispy, thin …
Entering Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new restaurant, Market, in the swanky W Hotel, on a crisply sunny October noon, is like walking into a Mondrian painting in warm browns, grays, golds, and black. Soaring windows screened by gridded ochre curtains cast dappled …
Boston wouldn’t be Boston without Newbury Street. This popular Back Bay destination for tourists and locals alike contains some of the best shopping and eating in the city. While you’re taking in the sights, I recommend a stop for lunch or dinner, or …