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If you’re looking for something to bring you joy following the election, do what I do when I need a little bit of respite in my life: Go to a new restaurant. Luckily for me (and others who similarly decompress over a good plate of food and a Martini), we have plenty of new options this year. I created one big guide for readers to know what kinds of restaurants just opened or are coming soon.
My favorite part of it is the map, which shows which restaurants near me are new. A couple of notes: It doesn’t include everything, but if you email me or send me a message on Instagram, I’ll try to include it in my next update, which I do at least once a month. Many of the opening dates given to me by restaurants are goals, not deadlines, which means they sometimes get delayed.
Opening a restaurant comes with pains like equipment orders getting pushed back or jumping through the endless hoops put up by government officials — so make sure to double check before you try to book a reservation. OK, now shall we jump into the guide? Here are a few places I can’t wait to try: Zurito : If you want to try a new restaurant now, this Basque restaurant officially opens Thursday. Here’s the reason to get excited: Backing this restaurant — a celebration of cuisine from San Sebastian, Spain — is BCB3 Hospitality, which includes Jamie Bissonnette.
That’s the group behind the Downtown Crossing trio Somaek, Temple Records, and Sushi @ Temple Records. Mimi’s Chūka Diner : If you never got the chance to eat at this beloved pop-up (like me, sadly), the good news is that they’re getting more permanent digs inside Aeronaut Brewery. As it suggests in the name, expect Chūka cuisine on the menu, a Japanese take on Chinese food.
Fallow Kin : There isn’t much information out there about their menu — besides a burger that pays homage to the old Craigie on Main — but here’s what I do know: It’s from the award-winning Tallula crew, the ingredients will be locally-sourced and vegetable-forward, and according to Boston Magazine , Fallow Kin will have a late-night, zero-waste menu and a cocktail program that utilizes local produce. McGonagle’s Pub : Do we need another pub option in Greater Boston? Probably not, but if we’re going to get another, I’m happy it’s from the crew that brought us The Dubliner. You’ll find traditional fare as well as some less familiar menu items (like a “spiced bag,” per Eater ’s reporting) from chef Aidan Mc Gee.
You’ll have to wait a couple more weeks (or months, depending on delays) for the others to open. But for now, use the “restaurants open” tab to find your new favorite restaurant. For your reading list For your calendar What I’m eating this week: Oysters from Puritan Oyster Bar ($3.
25 each) I’ve been thinking a lot about comfort food and its role during unprecedented times like these. It might be weird to call oysters a comfort food, but growing up on the Georgia coast, I went to oyster parties as a kid, learning to shuck my own before plopping it on a saltine cracker and dousing it in cocktail sauce or Crystal Hot Sauce . I get a half-dozen at just about every restaurant I go to that serves them, and over the weekend, that happened to be at Puritan Oyster Bar (next door to Will Gibson’s Puritan & Co.
). Splitting with my boyfriend, we ordered two out of Dennis, two from Maine’s Damariscotta River, and the last two from New Brunswick. I like a little bit of heat when slurping back oysters, and the green chili sauce did the trick.
Go there between 5 and 6 p.m., and get those oysters half-off.
Thanks for hanging out with me, and I hope you get a delicious plate of food this weekend. — Katelyn Umholtz I’d like to know: What’s a newer restaurant you tried and liked recently? Already a Mahaniyom fried chicken fan, I can’t get over the fun menu at Merai. Email me at [email protected] with a new restaurant suggestion that I should try next.
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