Best of Boston

A lot of Indian restaurants in Boston play it safe with a similar playbook (don’t worry, we still love you, tikka masala), but Ssaanjh throws the rulebook out the window, hopscotching across the subcontinent with dishes that actually surprise you—like tuna papdi chaat built around tandoor-baked ahi. The colorful St. Mary’s spot nails the trifecta: vegetarian-friendly enough for your pickiest friends, inventive enough for food geeks, and photogenic enough for your most camera-happy crew.