Restaurants

From C to Shining C – Legal C Bars offer new twists on favorite tastes (Originally published 12/13)

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Starting as a modest fishmongery in Cambridge, Legal Sea Foods has grown to be a national force and international sensation. Catering inaugurations and special events from Boston to Bethesda and far beyond, the family-run fishery has brought innovation to the restaurant industry for over 100 years.

While they are known for their progressive ideas in preparation, service, and flavor, the folks at LSF are never satisfied to drop their nets and wait. Among the most recent revelations of this eagerness to explore are the growing group of concept spaces known as Legal C Bar.

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It’s Hip to be Squares – 3 Squares sets the table morning, noon and night (Originally published 11/13)

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With its great schools, plentiful public parks, and more hairdressers, banks and chic consignment stores than even it knows what to do with, the town of Needham continues to be a hot market for old pros and new families.

Finally, there is a new restaurant worthy of all of them that is also bringing people from other ‘burbs and beyond.

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Bilt Like No Other – Newton eatery combines comfy and crafty (Originally published 9/12)

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Tucked into the residential area of Newton Upper Falls is a home-grown and comfortably home-y type of place that could easily become a “local” even for folks from out of town. No wonder, then, that it is the older sibling of popular Southie spot Local 149!

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Summer Dining ANY Time of Year – Back Deck is as comfy as the name implies (Originally published 8/12)

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As summer begins to fade, and Labor Day approaches, many minds turn to plans for that last great barbecue. Fortunately, the Great One does not have to be the last one anymore – thanks to a new grill in town that combines the wonders of outdoor cooking with the comforts of the indoors.

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A Theobromine Holiday- Max Brenner brings “health” food to a new level (Originally published 12/11)

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For many years now, scientists and nutritionists have been touting the benefits of chocolate. From antioxidants to aphrodisiacs, the sweet treat has an abundance of chemicals that are good for you body and soul.

If a little is good, a lot must be better, right? So where better to go to get healthy than Boston’s newest chocoholic haven- Max Brenner (www.maxbrenner.com)?

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You Belong Here – Brahmin makes you feel right at home with old-school comfort and new-school flair (Originally published 10/11)

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And this is good old Boston,

The home of the bean and the cod,

Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots,

And the Cabots talk only to God.

So goes the old rhyme of the Boston Brahmins, a select group of well-to-do aristocrats who ruled the city and (in their own minds at least) the world.

While the once awe-inspiring names Lowell and Cabot may now be relegated to industrial mill towns, amazing third basemen, creameries and ice cream shops, the style in which they once lived lives on in another new positive addition to Stanhope Street that is called, appropriately enough, Brahmin.

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Barking Up the RIGHT Tastes – Legendary summer spot worth the trip any time of year (Originally published 4/11)

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As summer returns to Boston, many eyes turn towards the sea. And while the view may be more and more blocked by more and more development, there are still some standards that seem to have always been. One of these is the Barking Crab, a local spot for seafood and nightlife that has been a seaside staple since 1994.

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Make the Right Call – Legendary neighborhood sports bar is SO much more! (Originally published 8/10)

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 What do you get when you cross over 300 homemade menu items with Boston’s largest martini menu, and throw it all together amidst more than 20 hi-definition televisions and some of the neatest sports memorabilia (and personalities) in town?

Why the Coolidge Corner Clubhouse, of course!

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