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Green Street Grill

Ditching the Caribbean for New England? Surprisingly, it works.
People always send me press materials about new chefs and new menus, but it’s my experience that restaurants are what they are.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | May 18, 2007

King Fung Garden II

Are you ready to join the cult?
It was with considerable interest that I noticed a new King Fung Garden had opened in Brookline.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | May 09, 2007

Burtons Grill

Who says chains can't be enterprising?
The menu says Burtons has upscale-casual dining, contemporary American cuisine, and atmosphere.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | May 02, 2007

Trattoria di Monica

Everything old is new again
I can do North End nostalgia with the best of them.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | April 25, 2007

Gari Japanese Fusion

Not just another fish face in the crowd
There are only, what, 452 sushi bars within three blocks of Coolidge Corner?

By: ROBERT NADEAU | April 18, 2007

Miel Brasserie Provençale

A little bit of everything, with honey on top
What does it mean when Boston’s leading daily doesn’t review a major new restaurant until three months after it opens?

By: ROBERT NADEAU | April 11, 2007

Pops

Delicious, well-priced food is music to our ears
Are you ready for fusion comfort food?

By: ROBERT NADEAU | April 04, 2007

Sagra

Third time brings the charm
This is my third trip to this space in as many years.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | March 28, 2007

Deep Ellum

Good Food + Drink = Boho Chic
Deep Ellum is a one-room pub with 22 draught taps and a great collection of bottled microbrews, specialty mixed drinks, and wine.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | March 21, 2007

Lucky House Seafood

Off-the-menu delicacies well worth the hunt
For 150 years, Chinese restaurants in America have had different menus, and often different names, in English and Chinese.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | March 14, 2007

51 Lincoln

Creative cuisine in Newton
I last reviewed Jeff Fournier when he was chef at the Metropolitan Club.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | March 07, 2007

Tartufo at the Brickyard

Bringing the North End to North Cambridge — or trying to
The first Tartufo in Newton Centre was described as an attempt to reproduce the North End in the suburbs.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | February 28, 2007

Sasso Restaurant and Bar

New ownership looks good on you
The way the present economy is playing out, a lot of small restaurants are now taking over larger and more expensive spaces.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | February 21, 2007

Greek Isles

Something for the mortals, something for the gods
Greek Isles is owned and run by the former staff of Nikos, in Brookline Village, which lost its lease.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | February 14, 2007

Good soup, fo' sho'
Since the original Pho Pasteur opened in 1992, Boston and Dorchester have become home to numerous small restaurants whose names begin with “pho,” the beef noodle soup of Hanoi that is now one of the most popular crossover dishes in Vietnamese-American restaurants.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | February 07, 2007

La Brace Italian Grille

Grilled to perfection
La Brace is a small, splendid North End restaurant featuring grilled foods with just enough red sauce to satisfy the neighborhood.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | January 24, 2007

Mela

Traditional Indian food, on the rocks
When I heard that this space had been taken over by One World Cuisine, I knew it would end up handsomely decorated, with above-average food.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | January 17, 2007

Goody Glover’s

The new North End? Irish and fusion and witches . . . Oh my!
Reviewing an Irish pub in the North End?

By: ROBERT NADEAU | January 10, 2007

Copia Mediterranean Steakhouse

A fine grill with Greek and Italian extras
I thought that Mezé Estiatorio, the previous restaurant in this space, was so good it was going to start a trend of upscale Greek restaurants. But the dining public apparently did not support me, or got lost trying to get to Charlestown.

By: ROBERT NADEAU | January 03, 2007

Rustic Kitchen

Long, complicated story. Good, accessible food
Rustic Kitchen is actually the third restaurant of its name in Boston (with another in Hingham).

By: ROBERT NADEAU | December 27, 2006

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