Craigie On Main

Craigie On Main

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Tony Maws shuttered the old subterranean Craigie Street Bistrot last fall so that he could take over a bigger, brighter space with an added bar, near MIT. This new Craigie is allowing Maws to do more of what he does so well: producing made-from-scratch (down to the butchering) French fare with occasional Asian accents, using only farm-fresh and seasonal ingredients. To wit: crispy fried Maine clams with baby potatoes and preserved lemon; octopus à la poêle; cod cheek tempura; and a host of excellent pig dishes, from sausages to pork jowl "croutons."

ORDER THIS: Vermont organic suckling pig.

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Best of Boston 2009 Locavore
Tony Maws isn't one of those chefs who tries to make it look easy. In his new Central Square digs, the open kitchen takes center...

Best of Boston 2007 Restaurant, General Excellence
Just when you thought Craigie Street couldn’t get any better, it finds new ways to impress. Chef Tony Maws sends you a handwritt...

Best of Boston 2006 Restaurant, French
French food can be oh-so fussy. Unless Tony Maws is behind the stove. Maws passes on clichéd classics in favor of unusual ingred...

Best of Boston 2006 Chef, General Excellence
Tony Maws is the anticelebrity chef. Undistracted by fame and fortune, he is laser focused on ferreting out the finest ingredients fr...

Best of Boston 2005 Restaurant, French
The image of a French chef wandering a farmers’ market to determine what’s for dinner might seem a quaint and continental...

Best of Boston 2004 Restaurant, French, Affordable
Hidden in the quiet, tweedy folds of residential Cambridge, this neighborhood restaurant is part exquisite cuisine, part delicious lo...

Best of Boston 2003 Chef, Up and Coming
If ever there was a feel-good pill for these challenging times, chef Tony Maws's cooking at Craigie Street Bistrot is it. Troubles fa...

Craigie on Main

Rating

Overall (10)	Food (10)	Service (10)
Decor (10)	Value (10)	Average (10.00)

Review
Check out my blog for a full detailed review including pictures: http://indulgeinspireimbibe.blogspot.com/2010/02/craigie-on-my-birthday.html
Posted by Kristen: Feb. February 25th, 2010 at 9:04 AM

Craigie on Main

Rating

Overall (4)	Food (5)	Service (5)
Decor (4)	Value (1)	Average (3.80)

Review
My husband & I were also huge admirers of the Craigie Street. We went to the new locations four times. The disappointment came on the fourth time. We went for a wine dinner by a California winemaker, whom we admire. We were charged $200/person; only to find out that the same winemaker had a wine dinner the evening before at Ten Tables for $50/person. Both dinners included wine. We were disappointed that Craigie on Main would charge so much for the dinner. Clearly, it was not the winemaker who was responsible for the dinner price.
Posted by Mercedes: May. May 29th, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Craigie on Main: just another competent restaurant in the Boston area

Rating

Overall (2)	Food (3)	Service (3)
Decor (4)	Value (1)	Average (2.60)

Review
Craigie Street was my favorite place in the Boston area, a place that celebrated food, the experience of food and knowlegeable foodies. For the time that it was on Craigie St., my dream was to live in that neighborhood. I have rarely been as disappointed as I was on my first (and possibly last) visit to the new location. The food was competent, but undistinctive. The china is no doubt expensive, but too big for the food it was holding. The waitress answered all our inquiries about the food as if she were speaking to a six year old. In short, one could say that CraigieonMain is Craigie Street, without the soul.
Posted by Yueh: Apr. April 3rd, 2009 at 3:02 PM