Lunching solo at one of the patio tables outside of 5 South Main in Cohasset Village on a perfect afternoon this summer, I was the first to make the celebrity spotting: Cohasset High graduate Kate Bosworth, of “Superman Returns’’ fame, arriving at the small restaurant with an … [Read more...]
Sea Dog Brew Pub set amid Boston Harbor Islands
We're sitting on the spectacular, third-floor deck of the Sea Dog Brew Pub overlooking Hull's Sunset Bay Marina, with the Boston Harbor islands and the city skyline in the distance. It's early on a hot summer evening, and the wind is gusting so hard the heavy table menus are … [Read more...]
A step back in time
Monponsett Inn There are to be found (with the wondrous help of a GPS) some lovely middle-of-nowhere spots within an hour of Boston, and we discovered a sweet one last week in Halifax. The Monponsett Inn — no longer an inn, but a restaurant for more than 100 … [Read more...]
B.good is good news
When the owners of b.good (“real food fast”) restaurant opened the first of their six Boston-area places in 2004, they started with a simple idea: Make fast-food favorites they could feel good about eating. Six years later, that focus has turned b.good into the only South … [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...]
Big flavors, small bites
Little plates of different and delicious dishes – that’s for me. It’s been a few years now since the word tapas began filtering out from the cities into the minds of diners everywhere. A style of eating imported from Spain, tapas are small dishes designed to be eaten while … [Read more...]
From South Shore chefs with love
The Lombardo's table at A Taste of the South Shore. (Photo by Richard W. Green) Think of the work it takes to make a good, simple dinner. Then imagine doing that times 100 from morning to late at night, sometimes seven days a week, holidays absolutely included, often working in … [Read more...]
One fine find: Solstice
What do you call a chef who makes his own pancetta, bacon, pasta, salami, sausage, breads, cheeses, and ice cream? I don't know, but I know one when I taste his food and I tasted it on two visits earlier this month at Chef John Cataldi's Solstice in Kingston. Our first visit … [Read more...]
Indian fare that always hits the spot
It's a Thursday noon in mid-March – the last Thursday at Punjab Café before it moves into a new, larger space directly next door. Most of the parties seem to be regulars meeting up and greeting each other for lunch at a familiar haunt. The two waiters working the small restaurant … [Read more...]
Legals chain extends reach, casually
Finding Legal Sea Foods' new restaurant – Legal C Bar – in Dedham's Legacy Place couldn't be easier if you know Boston. It's just a few hundred yards from Exit 15A off Route 128. If, however, you don't know Boston, you won't know that Route 128 is variously labeled … [Read more...]
