It's a Thursday morning in Marshfield and I'm in the kitchen with Chef Maryann Saporito while she preps for dinner at her restaurant Hola Flatbreads and Tapas. Among other tasks, she's making a batch of filling for her chicken empanadas with corn and black beans. She has … [Read more...]
High style with substance
The new Alba lends a sense of big-city style to downtown Quincy. Handsome Alba, with its dark wood and leather, high multi-level ceilings, and weighty stone presence lends a big city sense to downtown Quincy's Hancock Street strip. Situated among less substantial … [Read more...]
Restaurant News & Notes
Chef Paul Wahlberg's new restaurant, Alma Nove, , is slated to open mid- to late-April at the Hingham Shipyard on Route 3A. Rumors about its demise were, in fact, only a change of plans: a first location at the shipyard fell through and a second was found. Which may end up being … [Read more...]
Bia Bistro in Cohasset remains in good hands
It's been just seven weeks since Brett Williams started as head chef at Bia Bistro taking over from owner-chef Brian Houlihan who's tending to his new pub, The Tinker's Son, in Norwell. The pristine and pretty bistro's menu – which has remained largely the same since the … [Read more...]
A find in Hull’s Kenberma section
It's a pity that Hull is on the way to nowhere, except the quirky and considerable charms of the peninsular town itself. Quite near the center, along the commercially populated strip of Nantasket Avenue known as Kenberma, is a fittingly eclectic corner cafe turned … [Read more...]
Jasper White’s new Summer Shack
It's only the third Saturday night since Jasper White's fourth Summer Shack opened at the Derby Street shops, and at 5:30 p.m. there's already a wait. The crowd is a mix of ages and styles, but en masse this feels like a group that absolutely knows its seafood. Trying to … [Read more...]
Tosca
If it seemed quiet in Hingham last Saturday night, I can tell you why: Everybody was at Tosca, either dining happily, milling around the bar, or lined up 30 deep waiting for a table. Everybody, that is, except executive chef Kevin Long, who is splitting his time between Hingham … [Read more...]
These guys know how to cook
There's no scarcity of great restaurants in the suburbs, but they are fewer and farther between than in the city. So, when we heard about a good one, we made the jaunt to Easton to check out Porticello Ristorante. It was easy to find on Route 138, and its classic white clapboard … [Read more...]
Bernard’s Restaurant
If you’re looking for a place to have an intimate dinner in a friendly atmosphere, go to Bernard’s in Cohasset and sit in the glass-enclosed room up front. With the lights down low, it feels a bit like being in a kid's tent – all cozy and hidden away with a spy's view of … [Read more...]
Real home cooking, French-style
In an antique house in a quiet neighborhood a few minute's walk from Plymouth's main street is a most rare and wonderful South Shore eatery. Chez Ducrot -- French for "the home of the Ducrots" -- is indeed the home of Linda and Philippe (cq) Ducrot. Philippe, however, happens … [Read more...]
