Boston Area

Cambridge Morning 6/1/2019 Woke up at the crack of dawn to drive my friend Jen to the airport. I love driving in the early morning or late at night when the roads are quiet and one seems to fly, ...

Driving from the Back Bay to Newton for a friend’s birthday. She wants a chocolate cake, but doesn’t like “fluffy” cake. Any good suggestions for a denser chocolate cake that doesn’t need to be pre...

DH and I will be visiting Boston in late June We like to find restaurants using the Calvin Trillin method (i.e. asking a local "if you were beamed to Antartica for 6 months, then found yourself bac...

Where in Boston or the Cape can I find crab boil spices like Zartarains

by BostonBestEats 6 months ago

Post a pic of something delicious you ate in the Boston/MA area... In honor the 4th year of these threads, here's the most ridiculous thing I've eaten in a long time: FANCY TACO: Iberico de F...

by BostonBestEats 4 months ago

Has anyone seen Castelvetrano olives for sale in the Boston area? Formaggio Kitchen doesn't mention them on their website. I suppose I could use Cerignola, which they do carry.

by BostonBestEats 1 year ago

TALES OF TROQUET (Act 1, Scene 1) Late Sunday night I noticed Troquet on South had posted an Instagram video entitled: "A sneak preview of tomorrow night's opening of our annual Summer Wine Sale...

My wife and I went here for our 5 year anniversary dinner, and it was AMAZING. We had the omakase at the sushi bar, and were blown away. The exquisite touches on each dish, layers of flavor, and pr...

Two of us throughly enjoyed the Cuina Catalana prix fixe last week. I can't eat much at one sitting and via email inquiry they graciously allowed a reservation for one of us for the full prix fixe ...

As of mid-June my wife and I have lived in our new digs in Newton Center. While we miss Brighton (we’d lived there for nearly 30 years), we were excited to see how many restaurants are within a ten...

It's that time of year, so I'm searching! Have seen them at Barcelona in Brookline, but where else and how are they served?

by BostonBestEats 2 years ago

I've been to newly opened NORTH SQUARE OYSTER three times already for cocktails or lunch (only open ~7 weeks), and it is fantastic! The Chef was apparently ex-exec chef at Clio. I loved the coc...

by BostonBestEats 24 days ago

I thought I'd start a new thread to list restaurants in the Boston area that LEGALLY permit BYOB, since the last thread is quite old. Please don't post the name of a restaurant that lets you do ...

Want to take my husband on a culinary trip back to the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, where he was born and raised as part of his retirement party. I can prepare some traditional dishes but would lov...

by BostonBestEats 1 month ago

Fox & the Knife (I guess we are still not over the "XXX & YYY" naming fad), the latest from Top Chef contestant and James Beard Award winner Karen Akunowicz (ex-Myers + Chang) was just ranked #7 on...

by hotoynoodle 23 days ago

If you feel a particular way about this particular thing go support some local businesses, drink some delicious pink and help a good cause. #RoseForResistance MODS: please do not bury this on...

Not sure if I will check this out but I suspect it will be a mob scene!

by TroyTempest 2 months ago

Last weekend I was in Boston, and we decided to go to the North End for Italian food. I was craving a Martini, and was told that they didn't have gin. So, I asked if there was scotch. Another no...

I'd like to make fried oysters. The ones commonly available that are meant to be eaten raw are way too small and will shrink into nothing once cooked. Do you know where I can find some big oyster...