• Back Bay · Greek · Wine Bar · $$$

Krasi

This Greek wine bar brings to the Back Bay off-the-beaten path meze from across the isles.

• Seaport · Asian Fusion · Cocktail Bar · New American · Seafood · Tapas · $$$

Nautilus Pier 4

This Seaport seafood restaurant has the feel of a mermaid’s urbane haunt 20,000 leagues beneath the sea.

• Suburbs · Gastropub · Pub · $$$

Thistle & Leek

The chef-owners cooked throughout Europe before returning to give New England ingredients the royal treatment.

• Jamaica Plain · Spanish · Tapas · $$$

Tres Gatos

Boston’s only record-bookstore-and-tapas bar is a Jamaica Plain mainstay.

• Somerville · New American · $$$

Field & Vine

A Somerville couple presides over a veritable garden of delights in Union Square.

• Jamaica Plain · New American · $$$

Brassica Kitchen + Cafe

Oh, the places you’ll go with brunch or dinner at this Jamaica Plain destination.

• South Boston · Italian · $$$

Fox & the Knife

Boston chef Karen Akunowicz’s first venture blends her signature bold flavors with Italian cooking chops.

• North End · Seafood · $$$

Neptune Oyster

For tourists who hate tourist traps.

• Somerville · French · $$$

Juliet

There’s always a reason to stop by Somerville’s sweetest all-day café.

• Cambridge · Italian · New American · $$$

Pammy's

Everything about this Cambridge oasis will steal your heart.

• South End · Bar · Spanish · Tapas · $$$

Toro

Tapas: Invented in Spain, perfected at Toro.

• Somerville · New American · Wine Bar · $$$

Spoke Wine Bar

The best snacks and natural wines this side of the Red Line.

• Suburbs · New American · $$$

Sycamore

Travel just outside the city for exquisite seasonal dining.

• Cambridge · Asian Fusion · Tapas · $$$

PAGU

An izakaya-tapas hybrid that’s easy to love.

• Fort Point · Italian · $$$

Sportello

Italian comfort food at its classiest.

• Back Bay · French · New American · $$$

Deuxave

Bold sips and bolder bites.

• South End · Steakhouse · Wine Bar · $$$

The Butcher Shop

If Barbara Lynch is your butcher, you should probably order that steak.

• Back Bay · Seafood · $$$

Saltie Girl

Forget the farm; tin-to-table’s where it’s at.

• South End · Italian · $$$

SRV

Life is short; eat like a Venetian.

• Cambridge · Italian · $$$

Giulia

Elevating Italian food without sacrificing carnivorous satisfaction.

• Somerville · Mediterranean · $$$

Sarma

The esteemed Oleana reimagined: more casual, but no less flavorful.

• Fort Point · Seafood · $$$

Row 34

Follow the working masses towards elevated bivalves and beer.

• Downtown · Cocktail Bar · New American · $$$

Yvonne's

Marble, mosaic, wood, gold, chandelier, velvet—and bone marrow butter.

• Suburbs · New American · $$$

Branch Line

Deliciousness, dipped in rotisserie drippings.

• Back Bay · Seafood · $$$

Select Oyster Bar

Less starch, more rosé.

• Cambridge · New American · $$$

Puritan & Company

Puritan—but not the boring kind.

• Back Bay · New American · $$$

Asta

Where pretty-as-a-painting dishes could double as a botany course.

• Cambridge · New American · $$$

Alden & Harlow

Where the plant world shines, even next to pork belly.

• South End · Seafood · $$$

B&G Oysters

A worldly chef channels her New England roots.

• Cambridge · Tapas · $$$

Little Donkey

Prolific Boston chefs help us traipse around the globe without leaving Central Square.

• South End · Italian · Pizza · $$$

Coppa

Uni in your carbonara, spritz in your pitcher.