Boston magazine’s 50 best restaurants (Where to eat. Right now)

November 2013 issue

Hello November! I haven’t had much time to cook lately (thank goodness for a subsidized café at work and a Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods within a few blocks of home). So let’s chat about one of my other favorite hobbies, eating out. I was excited to see the new “list” when the November issue of Boston magazine arrived in my mailbox. This year it’s called: Where to Eat. Right Now.


Last year, my number started at 26 and ended at 32. I had some very delicious meals at Bistro du Midi, Bondir, Erbaluce, The Gallows, Menton, and Via Matta. Even though 22 restaurants fell off the list this year, my new number is still 32. What’s yours?

It was interesting to see both a food truck (Mei Mei Street Kitchen) and a pop-up (Whisk) this year. Clio and Uni were combined into a single entry and Ming Tsai’s Blue Ginger did not make the cut (neither did Blue Dragon). Ceia in Newburyport fell off, but Brine (which is across the street) is representing Newburyport this year.

The 32 restaurants I’ve been to on the 2013 list are (the asterisk denotes an RC pick!):

• Area Four
• Bergamot*
• Bistro du Midi
• Bondir
• The Butcher Shop
• Central Kitchen
• Craigie on Main
• East by Northeast*
• Erbaluce
• The Gallows*
• Highland Kitchen*
• Hungry Mother
• Island Creek Oyster Bar*
• jm Curley*
• Journeyman
• The Kirkland Tap & Trotter*
• Menton
• Oleana*
• Puritan & Company*
• Rendezvous
• Ribelle
• Scampo
• Shojo*
• Sportello*
• Strip-T’s*
• Sweet Cheeks
• Tavern Road*
• Ten Tables J.P.*
• Toro
• Trade
• Tres Gatos
• West Bridge