Boston Restaurant Reviews Index

This is an index of all the Boston area restaurants on this blog. If you're not super familiar with the neighborhoods and such, you may instead prefer to check out my summary of my favorite Boston picks first, just to get oriented.

My favorites are marked with **, and places I really like marked with *.


 
Harvard Square

Asian 
Pinkberry
Le's (Formerly Pho Pasteur)
Wagamama
Yenching
*Cafe Sushi
Shabu Square (Now closed)
Om Restaurant & Lounge (lunch - Now closed))
Om Restaurant & Lounge (Dinner under Patricia Yeo - (Now closed))
**Berryline

American / New American
Park
*L.A. Burdick's
Tory Row
*Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage
*Canteen
Clover Food Labs
*Russell House Tavern
*The Plough and Stars
*Veggie Planet/Club Passim
Henrietta's Table
*Ten Tables
**Hi Rise Bread Company
*Upstairs On the Square
      Soiree Room
      Monday Club - 2
      Monday Club - 1
Grafton Street Pub & Grill
*Garden at the Cellar 2009 and 2007

European
The Red House (Italian)
**Rialto (Italian)
The Upper Crust (Pizza - Now the Just Crust)
*Cambridge 1 (Grilled Pizza)
Sandrine's Bistro - 2010 update (French)
Sandrine's Bistro (French)
1 Arrow Street Crepes (French - Now closed)
*Il Panino Express (Italian - Now closed)

Inman Square

*Puritan & Co (American)
      Puritan & Co {Snapshot} (American)
*East Coast Grill (seafood, BBQ)
*Bom Cafe
East By Northeast (Asian)
*Tupelo (Southern)
Benatti (now closed)
**Muqueca (Update!)
**Muqueca (Coastal Brazilian)
**Oleana Top Chef Masters (Mediterranean)
**Oleana (Mediterranean)
*All Star Sandwich Bar (Sandwiches)

Kendall Square

American
**Area Four
Abigail's
*Bondir revisited
*Bondir
Lord Hobo (Craft beers)
*Emma's (pizza)
*The Blue Room
*The Friendly Toast (brunch)
*Cambridge Brewing Company
Legal Seafoods
EVOO
Firebrand Saints (burgers)

Other
Bon Me (Sandwiches)
**Guchi's Midnight Ramen Pop Up at Bondir
*Atasca (Portuguese)
*Leisure Station (Taiwanese/Boba Tea Shop)
Mulan (Taiwanese)
*Hungry Mother (Southern)
Izzy's (Latin / Puerto Rican)
*Helmand (Afghan)
P.F. Chang's (Asian)

Porter Square

Giulia (Italian)
Rafiki Bistro (American - now closed)
Chez Henri (French)
Cambridge Common (American)
Temple Bar
Blue Fin (Sushi)
Stone Hearth Pizza (Italian)
Sapporo Ramen (Japanese)
Zing (Pizza - now closed)
*Cafe Mami (Japanese)
*Anna's Taqueria (Mexican)
*Yume Wo Katare (Ramen)

Central Square

New American/American
Rendezvous
**Mariposa Bakery
**Salts
*Miracle of Science
**Craigie on Main (dinner)
**Craigie on Main (bar)
**Craigie on Main (brunch)
**Craigie Street Bistrot (2007) (now Craigie on Main)
*Pacific Cafe
**Toscanini's

Italian
Cafe Luna
*Basta Pasta

Tunisian/North African
**Baraka Cafe

Asian
Moksa
Thelonious Monkfish

Sweets
Mariposa Bakery
Flour Bakery

North Cambridge
Formaggio Kitchen (barbecue, cheese, market)
Armando's Pizza (Italian)
Trattoria Pulcinella (Italian)
**Gran Gusto (2010)
**Gran Gusto (2008) (Italian)
Jose's Mexican Restaurant
*Qingdao Garden (Dumplings/Chinese)

East Cambridge

Hungry Mother (Southern, French)
Unique Dumpling (Taiwanese/Northern Chinese)

Wisteria (Taiwanese) -  (Now closed - Allston location still open)

Pho 'N Rice (Vietnamese)

**Bergamot (New American)
Bergamot (2013 Snapshot)

Redbones (BBQ)

El Potro (Mexican/Salvadoran)

*Dave's Fresh Pasta (Sandwiches, pasta)

Zoe's Gourmet Chinese Cuisine (Chinese)

**Cantina La Mexicana (Mexican)

**Taqueria La Mexicana  (Mexican)

Pescatore (Italian)
Amelia's Kitchen (Italian)

 Aragosta
Trattoria Il Panino
**Neptune Oyster
**Trattoria di Monica's
*Mare
*Modern Pastry
**Mike's Pastry
**Mamma Maria
*Taranta
**Prezza 2007
**Prezza 2009 (updated with pictures)
**Monica's Ristorante (Vinoteca)

Dom's 

Island Creek Oyster Bar (Seafood)
Victoria Seafood (Cantonese)

*Jo Jo Taipei (Taiwanese)

Fish Market (Japanese)

Dok Bua (Thai)

**Fugakyu (Japanese)

**May's Cafe (Taiwanese)

Back Bay

Uni Sashimi Bar (Japanese)
Erbaluce (Italian)
Asana (New American)
Lucca Back Bay (Italian)
Pinkberry (frozen yogurt)
Towne Stove & Spirits (Eclectic)
Clio (French/Japanese)

Sel de al Terre (French)

Piatini (Italian)

Bottega Fiorentina (Italian)

*Casa Romero (Mexican)

Parish Cafe (Sandwiches)

Uni (Sushi / pan-Asian)

P.F. Chang's (Pan-Asian)

**Grill 23 (Steak)

Sorellina (Italian)
Capital Grille (Steak)

Turner Fisheries (Seafood)

West End/Chinatown/Theater District/

Downtown/Beacon Hill

**O Ya (Japanese)

Troquet (French)

Scampo (American)

      Scampo (2013 Snapshot)

Hard Rock Cafe Boston

Radius (bar - now closed)
      Radius (dining room - now closed)

*Dumpling Cafe (Taiwanese)

      Dumpling Cafe (2013 Snapshot)

*Smith and Wollensky (Steak)

*Taiwan Cafe (Taiwanese)

*Hei La Moon (Chinese)

KO Prime (Steak)

*The Oceanaire (Seafood)

Bina Osteria (Italian)

*No. 9 Park (American)

Beacon Hill Bistro (American)

Phoenicia (Middle Eastern / Lebanese)

*Penang (Malaysian)

**Gourmet Dumpling House (Chinese)

South End

Foumami (Asian sandwiches)
Teranga  (Senegalese/African)

Myers + Chang (Asian)

Market by Jean-Georges (French)

**Oishii Boston (Japanese)

Fort Point

Sportello (Italian)
**Menton (French)
Menton White Alba Truffle Tasting
Menton Snapshot (June 2013)

Legal Sea Foods Harborside (Tasting Menu)
Legal Sea Foods Oysters  (Seafood)

Charlestown

Olives

Japanese

Dabin (Lexington)

New Ginza (Watertown)

Daikanyama (Lexington)

Chinese

Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe (Chelmsford)

Formosa Taipei (Lexington)

Golden Garden (Northern Chinese)
Golden Garden (2013 Snapshot)

**Shangri La (Taiwanese/Sichuan)

*Fuloon (Malden)

**Little Q Hot Pot (Quincy)

American/New American

80 Thoreau (Concord)
Lumiere (Newton)
Sycamore (Newton)
Wild Willy's (Watertown)
**Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Dedham)

Texas Roadhouse (Everett)

Celebrity Pizza and Dairy (Watertown)

**Rancatore's (Lexington, Belmont)
Bobby Flay Burger Bar (Burlington)

European (Italian/French)

*The Upper Crust (Lexington)
**Basta Pasta Enoteca (Quincy)
*Stone Hearth Pizza (Needham)
Sel de la Terre (Natick)