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BOSTON FINE DINING

3 posts · Sep 1, 1996 to Sep 7, 1996

Jonathon A.The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MASep 1, 1996

 Easy to recommend:
 Biba and sister-spot Pignoli
 Olive's in Charlestown
 Pomodoro in the North End
 Providence in Brookline
 L'Espalier (mega-star French) in the Back Bay

 Something a little different:
 Uva in Allston, of all places
 The Black Crow in Jamaica Plain
 Chez Henri, French-Cuban (?!) fusion in Cambridge

 Jonathon

Marcel L.Harvard University, Cambridge, MassachusettsSep 7, 1996

 Garry H. wrote:

 >Varda N. wrote in article
 >...
 >> Any recommendations for fine dining in Boston?  Do you recommend Biba?

 >Try Rialto in The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square or The Helmand, an
 >elegant Afghan restaurant in East Cambridge.

 Biba is very good.  Rialto is supposed to be very good as well, but I
 haven't been there yet.   The Helmand is a good restaurant--the service
 is quite good, the food is interesting--but I wouldn't put it in the
 same class as the other two.  Of course, it is also more affordable.

 Other good places in the same league as Rialto and Biba include
 (in no particular order):

 Salamander (Cambridge)--grilled and Asian-influenced foods are a
   specialty.
 Ambrosia on Huntington (Boston, Back Bay)
 Hamersley's Bistro (Boston, South End)--French food with some New
   England elements.
 Olives (Charlestown)--very popular, very good Mediterranean influenced
   food, but beware the long lines (no reservations) and sometimes less-
   than-stellar service.  Not a place for a quiet meal.

 And for more traditional food:

 L'Espalier (in the Back Bay--may be the most expensive in town)
 Aujourd'hui (in the Four Seasons Hotel)

 Marcel

Michael L.Fidonet: PandA's Den BBS Lost in the SuperMarket - Peabody, MA - (508) 531-8416Sep 7, 1996

  "H> From: "Garry Howard"
  "H> Subject: Re: BOSTON FINE DINING
  "H> Varda N. wrote in article
  "H> ...
  > Any recommendations for fine dining in Boston?  Do you recommend Biba?
  "H> Try Rialto in The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square or The Helmand, an
  "H> elegant Afghan restaurant in East Cambridge.

 I prefer Up Stairs at the Pudding to Rialto, but I heartily second your
 suggestion of Helmand, which is truly excellent. I also really like
 Cafe Louis in the Louis clothing store on Newbury Street (not to be
 confused with Armani in the Armani clothing store on Newbury Street).
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