Best of Boston

If ever there were an unstoppable force in Boston restaurants, it’s chef Lydia Shire, who’s been dazzling diners since the Ford administration. At Scampo, her signature lobster pizza has become the Boston food cognoscenti’s preferred bread-and-lobster combo: a thin crust topped with fresh lobster meat, lobster cream, and Italian cheeses—best enjoyed on that glamorous urban patio.