The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Blue - Inn on the Beach
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Lee Frank
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Lee Frank
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Rank 3. Row 34
New England Seafood
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Rank 4. Nightshade Noodle Bar
Noodles
A black box in Lynn where Chef Rachel Miller's kitchen operates without rules: uni custard meets torched cinnamon and red curry hollandaise; house-made noodles tangle with caramelized garlic, chili crisp, beef and peanuts. The playlist is loud, the staff unguarded, the cooking fearlessly restless.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Chef · Rachel Miller
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Rachel Miller
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Rachel Miller
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Rank 8. Vida Cantina
Modern Mexican
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · David Vargas
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · David Vargas
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Rank 12. Walkers Maine
Wood-Fired New American
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Rank 14. Rare Steakhouse
Steakhouse
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Rank 22. Sarma
Eastern Mediterranean
- USA Today 2026 · Restaurants of the Year
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Chef · Cassie Piuma
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurant · Best of Boston
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #16 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 30. Union Oyster House
Seafood
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Landmark Restaurant
- Eater Tourist Trap Restaurants That Are Actually Good in Boston
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · North America's Best Landmark Restaurant
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Rank 31. Urban Hearth
New American
A spare dining room with a four-seat bar frames Chef Erin Miller's seasonal cooking, which draws from New England farms and foraged finds—heirloom tomatoes with whipped goat cheese and black sesame crisps, fazzoletti pasta ribboned with saffron and ricotta. The kitchen's restraint and precision suggest a chef more interested in the integrity of her ingredients than in spectacle.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Erin Miller
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Locavore Restaurant · Best of Boston
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Mooo....
Steakhouse
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Rank 33. Lolly's Bakery
Latin American
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Rank 34. Neptune Oyster
Seafood
A shucker in a blue apron works the window of this North End seafront, oysters gleaming on crushed ice behind dark glass. Inside, mosaic tile and red leather frame a narrow room where the day's bivalves arrive on handwritten cards, accompanied by a briny fritto misto on local brioche and wines trawled from European coastal vineyards. The place runs tight and cheerful, all casual precision.
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Classy Lobster Roll · Best of Boston
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Day-to-Night Spot · Best of Boston
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops Around Boston
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Patricia Estorino
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Cuban Restaurant · Best of Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #46 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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- New England 2025 · Best New Value Meal · Yankee Food Awards
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Reason to Stay In and Eat · Best of Boston
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Rank 43. Table
Italian
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Sandwich · Best of Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #49 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
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- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Private Dining Room · Best of Boston
- New England 2023 · Best New Restaurants in Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #39 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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- Boston Magazine 2025 · #9 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
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Rank 48. Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
Hunan Chinese
Sumiao Chen abandoned science to open this bright Kendall Square kitchen devoted to Hunan's fiery, funky cooking, where even obligatory dishes like General Tso's chicken receive house-made sauce. The stir-fried rice noodles—egg, chives, pickled green beans—and Grandma's five-spice pork with firm tofu announce a chef thinking beyond the expected.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Chinese Restaurant · Best of Boston
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
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Rank 49. Giulia
Italian
The room hums with the controlled chaos of a place that knows what it does well: pasta, nine varieties of it, rotating daily. Fusilli arrives bright with tomato and zucchini; pappardelle ribbons carry braised wild boar with the weight of patient cooking. An all-Italian wine list anchors the experience. Counter seats along the bar stay open for walk-ins brave enough to take their chances.
- New England 2024 · Pastry Chef of the Year · Yankee Food Awards · Renae Connolly
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
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Rank 50. Bagelsaurus
Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
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Rank 52. Moëca
Seafood
The room hums with the ease of people who know they're in good hands—soft light, attentive servers, the kind of composure that signals a place confident in what it does. Seafood leads here, from tamarind-lacquered monkfish to lobster spaghetti, sourced with care and seasoned for the world.
- Bon Appétit 2023 · America's Best New Restaurants
- New England 2024 · Pastry Chef of the Year · Yankee Food Awards · Renae Connolly
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Classy Steak Tips · Best of Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #41 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
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- 50 Best 2026 · #86 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Oscar Simoza
- Eater The Best Bars Around Boston
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Rank 55. Talulla
Italian
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Conor Dennehy
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Conor Dennehy
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Nader Asgari-Tari
- Wine Enthusiast 2025 · Top 50 New Restaurants
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Empire Builder · Best of Boston
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Rank 57. Ostra
Mediterranean Seafood
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Rank 60. Somaek
Korean
In a spare room steps from Boston Common, Chef Bissonnette's kitchen honors his mother-in-law's recipes through jogae jeon—clam pancakes with chive salad—and a doenjang jjigae whose soybean broth quietly settles around pork belly and soft tofu. The cocktail list, anchored by the house somaek of soju and beer, suggests a place that knows its tradition and moves within it with ease.
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Empire Builder · Best of Boston
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Rank 62. MIDA
Italian
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Seth Gerber and Douglass Williams
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Douglass Williams
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Douglass Williams
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Rank 66. Deuxave
Modern French
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best French Restaurant · Best of Boston
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Monica Glass
- Eater Best New Bakery
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Gluten-Free Shop · Best of Boston
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Rank 72. Wusong Tiki Bar
New England/Chinese
- USA Today 2025 · Restaurants of the Year
- Eater The Best Bars Around Boston
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 73. Oleana
Turkish Middle Eastern
Wood-paneled rooms and hanging blue-glass amulets set a protective, chalet-like warmth at this Cambridge stalwart devoted to Turkish and Eastern Mediterranean cooking. The small-plates menu—vegetables, fish, meat—yields ricotta dumplings and quail kebab with pistachio that justify the perpetual crowds.
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Rank 75. Pammy's
Mediterranean
Chris and Pam Willis's kitchen in a salvaged-wood dining room turns out Mediterranean cooking with real precision—bacalao enriched with mascarpone and studded with boquerones and sour cherries, squid ink gnocchi as light as air. A prix-fixe format built for flexibility and a neighborhood warmth that never feels forced.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #17 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 76. Mamma Maria
Italian
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Rank 78. Woods Hill Pier 4
New American
Chef Charlie Foster's harbor-side restaurant opens its garage doors to reveal farm-to-table cooking with global swagger—striped bass crudo and smoked ham croquettes among the highlights. The wrap-around patio and Seaport location draw crowds, but the grilled pork and charred broccoli justify the attention.
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Bon Appétit 2018 · #8 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 81. Carmelina's
Italian
A North End trattoria where garlic and butter dominate a seafood menu of unapologetic heft—lobster ravioli in spicy tomato vodka, clams in cherry tomato and chili, everything arriving in its cooking pan. The portions demand company and leave no appetite for dessert, though reservations demand patience.
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Rank 83. La Padrona
Italian
Inside Raffles Boston, a two-story Italian restaurant gleams with gold accents and grand windows; the kitchen answers the opulence with housemade pastas and scallops finished in saffron butter, while an astute cocktail program and wine list ensure the glamour extends to the glass.
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Amarilys Colon
- Eater Best New Restaurant
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Eater The Best Bars Around Boston
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Rank 86. Bova's Bakery
Italian Bakery
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 88. La Royal
Peruvian
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire 2023 · Pisco Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #24 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 91. Rebel Rebel
Natural Wine Bar
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · America's Classics: Northeast
- Eater Tourist Trap Restaurants That Are Actually Good in Boston
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Rank 94. Wa Shin
Sushi
Inside a Back Bay residential tower, Chef Sky Zheng works the hinoki counter at this polished omakase room, where Japanese imports are dressed with minimal seasoning and precise garnish—torched madai with citrus, needlefish adorned with shiso. The edomae approach is understated, letting high quality fish speak for itself across three nightly seatings.
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Classy Sushi · Best of Boston
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #26 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #35 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 96. Pagu
Asian
Tracy Chang's Spanish-Asian hybrid cooking pairs bold flavors with quality ingredients—patatas bravas with mojo verde alongside crab laksa with ramen. A Cambridge stalwart since 2017 that moves beyond dining with cooking classes and community dinners.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Tracy Chang
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 97. Mooncusser
Contemporary
Arched windows frame Columbus Avenue in this Back Bay dining room where Chef Carl Dooley's tasting menu swings freely between Mediterranean and Asian inspirations, often turning to seafood—Spanish mackerel with huacatay salsa, glazed cod brightened by mango pickle and papadam. The wine list is thoughtfully assembled and fairly priced, the service unhurried, the mood decidedly unpretentious.
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Tasting Menu · Best of Boston
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #3 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston
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Rank 100. Lenox Sophia
Contemporary
Chef Shi Mei cooks with refined casualness in a postage-stamp dining room, serving seasonally shifting tasting menus that ignore regional boundaries. The intimacy is genuine—no servers fussing, no flash—just a chef who talks to you while you share wine and discover parsnip panna cotta.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Shi Mei
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Boston Magazine 2025 · #12 · Top 50 Restaurants in Boston