The taupe and cream colour scheme says 'refinement'; the leopard-print rug says 'excitement'. The menu says both at once - and the cooking that first earned Ken Oringer his...

For some it evokes the Gare du Nord, for others New York's Balthazar - but among them all, this big, bustling American brasserie is a smash hit, accessible in every sense of...

While Todd English has gone on to become a fully fledged celebrity chef, his tiny pizzeria remains a sentimental favourite. These days it's a tad the worse for wear (chipped...

The small but perfectly formed Franklin is a neighbourhood hangout for the whole city. What's it got that your average corner joint doesn't? The culinary talents - and the...

Since it opened in the mid-1990s, Gargoyles has gone from Davis Square secret to suave foodie fave. In a dining room as dim, hushed and plush as the bar is airy and gregarious,...

With its sleek black light fixtures, white tablecloths, ceiling beams and creamy yellow walls, Gordon Hamersley's South End institution seems half French country cottage, half...

Marriage proposals and six-figure deals are par for the course at chef-owner Frank McClelland's New French New England legend. Make that par for seven courses, rather: the main...

The monogram stands for Legal Test Kitchen; the look is as casually edgy as the name. But while the high-tech gimmickry defining this offshoot of Boston-born restaurant chain...

Ensconced on the second floor of a waterfront hotel in a space so minimalist it seems half-furnished, Meritage can produce an odd sense of dislocation, both from downtown...

Although the word 'timeless' is much bandied about by No.9's admirers, Barbara Lynch's flagship can also (despite its head-on view of Boston Common) seem oddly placeless,...

The just-right place at the just-right time, POPS is helping to fill the Goldilocksian gap in the Boston dining scene where all the mid-range eateries should be. Patterned...

From the semicircular dining room, aglow with silver and scarlet, to the piped-in trance soundtrack, Michael Schlow and Christopher Myers' subtly hedonistic flagship would make...

Local loyalty to Rendezvous's Steve Johnson runs justifiably deep. As a host, he's discreetly perceptive; as a chef, he's equally judicious, arranging exuberant Mediterranean...

For its tenth birthday in 2006, Jody Adams gave Harvard Square's premier celebration destination a head-to-toe makeover. The now breezy, spruce interior mirrors a menu stripped...