And dining here still feels like an affair: solicitous servers usher only the finest steaks-like highest-grade Japanese Wagyu-and best bottles. Photo provided Grill 23 & Barįor over 35 years, Grill 23 has been a go-to for first-class food, wine and service. (Oh, and the flaky, steaming-hot popovers? To die for.)ġ375 Washington St., Boston, 61,. That includes “top chops” such as the 20-ounce Chateaubriand-made even more majestic with the addition of grilled lobster. Chef-partner Chris Coombs keeps his focus on the food–and it is, in a word, excellent. There’s a swinging, sexy vibe to this South End steakhouse, but the scene is just a side-dish. But the semi-secret, 18-seat steakhouse has star appeal: witness the tender, eight-ounce filet mignon or 22-ounce, bone-in ribeye with red wine demi.Ģ5 Temple Pl., Boston, 61,. Sure, the place flies under the radar–hidden by velvet drapes and tucked in the rear of jm Curley, one of the best bars in Boston. See: skirt steak with charred avocado and chipotle butter, and grilled swordfish and octopus with skordalia and romesco in a saffron broth.ġ5 3rd Ave., Burlington, 78,. James Beard award-nominated chef Mario Capone is the man who helped the place earn a spot on our most recent list of the best restaurants around Boston, and he’s loaded its menu loaded with highly-civilized standouts. The Bancroft in Burlington, however, is urbane as they come–sleek, sophisticated, and stocked with prime cuts like a 40-ounce tomahawk rib steak for two. Too often, the phrase “suburban steakhouse” conjures images of strip-mall chains that slap down tough and rubbery slabs. Photograph by Nina Gallant for “Best New Restaurants 2015” The Bancroft A feast of steak au poivre and bone-in Black Angus filet at the Bancroft.
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