Best of Boston

Best New Restaurant

2008 Best New Restaurant, South

Lynwood Café

Randolph
Lean, yeasty crust dotted with a few rounds of mozzarella is not what you'll find at Lynwood Café; A South Shore specialty, 'bar pizza' trades [...] read more»
2007 Best New Restaurant, Berkshires

Allium

Great Barrington
These days it's the rare restaurant debut that doesn't try to attract diners with hard-to-pronounce entrées and 'inventive' food pairings. But chef Joe Nastro's New [...] read more»
2007 Best New Restaurant, West

51 Lincoln

Newton Highlands
Make sure you get the watermelon steak with confit tomatoes. Or no, wait: You've gotta taste the romaine salad with made-to-order croutons—the greatest thing to [...] read more»
2007 Best New Restaurant, Martha's Vineyard

The Sweet Life Café

Oak Bluffs
This year French-American husband-and-wife team Pierre and Susan Guerin revamped the menu and ratcheted up the service at their Oak Bluffs café, effecting a vast [...] read more»
2007 Best New Restaurant

O Ya

Boston
Calling a restaurant "very New York" may not be a politically correct compliment in these parts. And yet, the label fits. With its sleek design, [...] read more»
2006 Best New Restaurant, South

Fifty-Three South

Norwell
Restaurants get made over more often than Ashlee Simpson. But the new incarnation of 53 South is more about-face than facelift. The eatery has moved [...] read more»
2006 Best New Restaurant

Rendezvous

Cambridge
Thinking different can be risky in the restaurant world. Steve Johnson's Rendezvous has bucked every convention and still succeeded. His takeover of a defunct Burger [...] read more»
2006 Best New Restaurant, Martha's Vineyard

Detente

Edgartown
Husband and wife Kevin and Suzanna Crowell's dream was to open a restaurant that offered impeccable food in an easygoing setting. And they've achieved just [...] read more»
2005 Best New Restaurant, South

Rustic Kitchen

Hingham
Yes, it's in a shopping plaza (albeit an upscale one). And yes, it's technically a chain. But step inside and such details fade away. The [...] read more»
2005 Best New Restaurant, West

Tomasso Trattoria

Southborough
First-time owners Tom and Mary Prince have assembled an A-team at their debut Italian restaurant: general manager Lorenzo Savona (formerly of Les Zygomates), chef Tony [...] read more»