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Unassuming Thai cafe packs a punch

WHO’S IN CHARGE It took Pookie Akarasereepoowapon 10 years to find her way to owning her own place — the wonderful Eggs & Thai Café in Dedham Center. The Bangkok-born Marlborough resident moved to the United States in 2008 and spent her first year working in the kitchen of … [Read more...]

Legacy Place gets family-run Italian restaurant

WHO’S IN CHARGE It’s uplifting that the newest restaurant at Dedham’s Legacy Place is an Italian family-run spot, not a chain. Il Massimo is owned by Esther and Joseph DeQuattro, a husband-and-wife team from Providence. The couple have been in the business since opening their … [Read more...]

Take a shot with this espresso bar cafe

WHO’S IN CHARGE Big Bear Cafe + Espresso Bar owner Donna Menna is the heart and friendly soul of this cozy eatery in Dedham Square. After spending almost 15 years as the general manager of Todd English’s Figs restaurants (first in Wellesley, then Beacon Hill, then … [Read more...]

Legacy Place: Temazcal Tequila Cantina

IN THE KITCHEN Head chef Donley Liburd runs Temazcal Tequila Cantina’s large Dedham kitchen with help from corporate executive chef Sean McDonald. Liburd is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and joined the cantina after years at Boston’s Cask ‘n Flagon and Legal … [Read more...]

Met Bar & Grill at Legacy Place

It’s so easy to criticize restaurants and so hard to run them. Turning out hundreds of dishes, fast, day in and day out is a monumental effort. And although that’s the business restaurateurs have chosen, I think it’s smart for diners to recognize what it takes to give them the … [Read more...]

At Sagra, good, affordable Italian

While the sparkle of Dedham’s relatively new Legacy Place tends to eclipse the rest of town, Sagra, which opened around the corner in May, is catering to a crowd that wants affordable Italian food outside the shiny, high-rent district. This is the second outing from … [Read more...]

A third French restaurant from Seth Woods

If you were to be served the same exact dish at an unknown dive and an upscale restaurant, you’d likely rave about the food from the dive and be less impressed at the fancier place. Expectation, scale, and price heavily influence perception. Critiquing restaurants is difficult … [Read more...]