Best of Boston
Best New Restaurant
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Kaia
Boston
High expectations? The acclaimed team behind Bar Vlaha and Krasi absolutely crushed them with their breezy ode to the Aegean. Providing an adventurous dive into [...] read more»
2024 Best New Restaurant
La Padrona
Boston
Yes, it’s practically brand-new, but — alacazam, alacazoo! — renowned chef Jody Adams and her prolific business partners, Eric Papachristos and Jon Mendez, have already [...] read more»
2023 Best New Restaurant
Comfort Kitchen
Dorchester
This sparkling 2023 addition to Upham’s Corner is appropriately named: You’ll leave feeling comforted and cared for with a belly full of rich Senegalese chicken [...] read more»
2022 Best New Restaurant
La Royal
Cambridge
The third time is most definitely another charm for husband-and-wife team chef JuanMa Calderón and Maria Rondeau. This year they followed up their nationally acclaimed [...] read more»
2019 Best New Restaurant
Fox & the Knife
Boston
Expectations were high for the self-owned debut from Top Chef contestant (and James Beard Award winner) Karen Akunowicz. And yet somehow the Myers + Chang [...] read more»
2018 Best New Restaurant
Pammy’s
Cambridge
Owners Chris and Pam Willis call it a New American trattoria; we call it perfection in a neighborhood restaurant. It’s the big smile from Pammy [...] read more»
2017 Best New Restaurant
Little Donkey
Cambridge
Throwing all of the rules out the window doesn't take talent, but getting away with it sure does. For their latest local hot spot, chefs [...] read more»
2016 Best New Restaurant, North
The Poynt
Newburyport
Don’t let the well-dressed crowds fool you: The Poynt is on the North Shore, not in the South End. Opened this fall by the owners [...] read more»
2016 Best New Restaurant, West
True West
Acton
A jolly gastropub in sleepy Acton? It’s a reality thanks to True West, the new sister restaurant of New Hampshire’s 7th Settlement Brewery. The pub [...] read more»
2016 Best New Restaurant, South
Cielo
Braintree
Authentic Mexican food? In Braintree? At long last, yes. Owners Roberto Leon and Guadalupe Fuentes lovingly plate real-deal Jaliscan dishes such as hearty torta ahogada [...] read more»
2016 Best New Restaurant
Yvonne’s
Boston
How to eviscerate the specter of the late, lamented Locke-Ober? Enlist the best up-and-coming talent, overhaul the three-piece-suited firmament, and don’t skimp on the razzle-dazzle. [...] read more»