While international chains continue to flood the already flooding Seaport, a few local legends continue to hang strong.
Committee has been in the area for 10 years, serving award-winning Greek food that has since been echoed (but never equaled!) elsewhere in the area.
And while the restaurant’s reputation remains strong, the savvy team behind it knows that change can be a good thing.
Not willing to mess up the good thing they have, however, the main change involved returning to a past winner, as owner George Aboujaoude (who we recently feted as the mastermind behind Eva in Back Bay) recently brought back OG Executive Chef Luis Figueroa, who had been heading up the Hellenistic revival in the meantime.
With his proven hand at the helm, confident changes to the menu have also been made, including and reintroducing a weekday lunch service from 11-3 that features build-your-own salads featuring quinoa, couscous, and Greek slaw that are then individualized with Mediterranean dips and proteins like chicken gyro and grilled octopus.
The popular weekend brunch ups the Athenian influence as well with a Greek croque madame with kasseri cheese bechamel.
As for dinner, lamb chops with Greek fries and ouzo-marinated shrimp Saganaki with tomato, garlic, and feta cheese will please everyone democratically. Be sure to save room for the uber-authentic Galaktoboureko vanilla custard with crisp phyllo dough and a boba tea-based beverage that is a hit with kids of all ages.
It’s Greek Revival in its most delicious form!