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Comfort Kitchen Boston guide: the Upham’s Corner restaurant in a 1912 Dorchester comfort station, with menu highlights, prices, hours and transit tips.
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Boston restaurants, explained. This section collects The Boston Report’s coverage of the best restaurants in Boston and nearby Cambridge: restaurant reviews and profiles for the North End, Back Bay, the South End, the Seaport and Fort Point, South Boston, East Boston and Chinatown, plus practical guides for people who want to open or run a restaurant.
Each profile covers the neighborhood, what the menu is known for, the price range and what to know before you go, with links to the sources behind it. It works as a Boston dining guide: browse Boston restaurants by neighborhood or by cuisine, including Italian, seafood and oysters, Asian, Mediterranean and steakhouse dining, from long-standing neighborhood institutions to newer rooms. Scroll down for the newest stories first.
For the rules behind the business, including licenses, permits and outdoor dining, start with our guide to opening a restaurant in Boston. If you spot an error in a profile, tell us through our Contact page and we will correct it. For more on eating out and cooking, see the Food section.
Comfort Kitchen Boston guide: the Upham’s Corner restaurant in a 1912 Dorchester comfort station, with menu highlights, prices, hours and transit tips.
Select Oyster Bar Boston guide: chef Michael Serpa’s Back Bay seafood restaurant at 50 Gloucester Street, with oysters, hours, prices and dining tips.
Eastern Standard Boston guide: the Kenmore Square brasserie reborn at 775 Beacon St. in the Fenway, with menu highlights, prices, hours, parking and tips.
Where to find the best Boston clam chowder: Union Oyster House, Neptune Oyster, Legal Sea Foods, James Hook and more, with addresses and menu prices.
A North End cannoli guide to Mike’s Pastry, Modern Pastry, Bova’s Bakery and Caffe Vittoria in Boston, with addresses, hours and each shop’s history.
New restaurants in Boston for October 2026: Celine in Fort Point, The Moseley at South Station, Bloom in the Seaport, Zhu in Back Bay and more, with hours.
Regina Pizzeria Boston guide: the North End original on Thacher Street since 1926, with brick-oven pizza menu highlights, prices, hours and tips for the line.
The Paramount Boston guide: Beacon Hill brunch on Charles Street since 1937, with caramel banana French toast, dinner, hours, prices and the waitlist.
Guide to Persian restaurants in the Boston area: where to find kebab koobideh, ghormeh sabzi and tahdig in Watertown, Belmont, Charlestown and Revere.
Best ramen in Boston by neighborhood: Allston, Back Bay and Chinatown-area shops plus nearby Cambridge picks, drawn from Eater, Tasting Table and menus.
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