Best of Boston
Best New Restaurant
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»
2005 Best New Restaurant, Berkshires
Chez Nous
Lee
In his newly renovated restaurant, chef Franck Tessier serves extraordinary French cuisine including goat cheese—and—portobello timbale, scallops with saffron risotto, and chicken fricassée. Guests sit [...] read more»
2005 Best New Restaurant
Umbria
Boston
Does Boston need another Italian restaurant? If it's Umbria, the answer is a resounding yes. Chef Marisa Iocco is turning out flavorful cuisine from Italy's [...] read more»
2004 Best New Restaurant, North
Catch
Winchester
The most refreshing thing Catch has to offer is what it lacks. Pretense, for instance. Also thankfully missing is a menu full of confit of [...] read more»
2004 Best New Restaurant
Union Bar and Grille
Boston
Not quite a year old, Union has managed to root itself so deeply into South End culture, you'd think it has been around for decades. [...] read more»
2003 Best New Restaurant, North
197 East Main
Gloucester
After tenures at Sage and eat, chef Nick Speros has migrated north from Boston and opened 197 East Main. If you're smart, you'll follow him. [...] read more»
2003 Best New Restaurant, South
Fifty-Three South
Norwell
Don't let the trendy name fool you: Fifty-three South is far more nouvelle than nouveau. That's not to say this fetching bistro, opened at the [...] read more»
2003 Best New Restaurant, West
Ariadne Restaurant & Bar
Newton
It's not the easy parking or the sexy and refined décor that makes Ariadne our favorite newcomer—but those things help. Shimmering floor-to-ceiling raw-silk curtains in [...] read more»
2003 Best New Restaurant
UpStairs on the Square and Via Matta
In replacing their much-loved UpStairs at the Pudding (some considered it the real institution of Harvard Square), Deborah Hughes and Mary-Catherine Deibel had big shoes [...] read more»
2002 Best New Restaurant, South
Bridgeman’s Restaurant
Hull
Not since Paragon Park shut down has Nantasket Beach seen such an attraction. Nearly every night, the locals line up for the energetic scene at [...] read more»