For all the architectural drama befitting its Theatre District locale (soaring ceilings, sweeping lines, sun-baked hues), Avila is a surprisingly comfy and laid-back place to...

When wine bottles serve as lamp bases and wine labels as wallpaper, you know you're in for a good glass of grape juice. The 25-page list at this quietly stylish rendezvous is...

New arrival Bouchée is a fairly decent replica of the model Parisian brasserie. The zinc, the tin, the marble, the leather, the tilework, the pièce de resistance of a sunken...

For years the city's only representative of genuine French cuisine, Brasserie Jo may still be its most authentic. If it's les plats classiques you crave - piquant yet succulent...

With name chefs blowing in and out of its kitchen, this dark, suave neighbourhood pioneer of alta cucina has hit its share of rough patches over the years. But its capacity for...

It's polished, it's chic, it's packed with designer-clad South Enders swirling wine goblets and nibbling on pâté, it's… a butcher's shop? Yes, indeed - as well as a cosy...

With a colorful history as a Harvard Square fixture run by a Spanish expat, this wee coffeehouse is where Cantabrigians go to get closer to Europe.

It glitters and glows, shimmers and shines - one look at Somerville's extravagantly decorated Spanish stronghold and you'll know why the surrealist icon is its patron saint....

Named after its young gun of a chef-owner, this cool Med eaterie has got the goods to generate a major happy-hour buzz: a spacious lounge, a seasonal patio, a front-row view of...

Poised to open at time of writing, Gaslight, Brasserie du Coin is the latest contender to the brasserie title. Rustic yet urbane, retro yet of-the-moment, evoking the Left Bank...

Set below street level on the back slope of Beacon Hill, this Italian restaurant is as quirky as its angle. Red paint, lace curtains and close-set tables define its design, and...

From the outside, it's a nondescript building on a major thoroughfare. Inside, Josh and Jennifer Ziskin's two-storey eaterie evokes a cosy Tuscan farmhouse, serving cuisine to...

Vintage posters and red banquettes, a zinc bar and a live jazz line-up - Ian Just's vrai, vrai français bistro has long been one of the lone bright spots in the nightly...

Little Maurizio's keeps a lower profile but higher standards than the majority of Hanover Street's eateries. Delivered by generally earnest waiters, along with the occasional...