5 eating places we are able to’t wait to attempt in April

Eating places

This month we’re eyeing a Korean gastro pub within the Seaport, artistic cocktail-focused bites in Somerville, and a famend North Finish restaurant making a comeback. 

We admire the range the newest openings are serving up throughout Boston. From Boston’s first Indian gastro bar to a Korean gastro pub, artistic cocktail-focused bites and considerate, farm-focused eating. 

Genuine and elevated aren’t sometimes utilized in the identical sentence to explain Indian fare — and but Again Bay’s latest Indian venue appears to defy the percentages with its aesthetic, shareable plates boasting daring taste, all in an informal setting. Open for lunch and dinner, each menus provide a wide range of small bites with a basis of conventional flavors however fashionable presentation, together with a pachadi trio dip of selfmade chutneys (Chinese language okra, eggplant, tomato) served with naan chips ($12), marinated lamb ghee roast with inexperienced chillies and curry leaves ($15) and spicy podi wings ($9 for 4 or $16 for eight items). On the lunch menu: blissful bowls are made with a mixture of curries (beginning at $14) in addition to Kati rolls, a well-liked street-food dish from Kolkata (ranging from $14). The dinner menu consists of nearly all of the aforementioned dishes together with a basic curry nook the place essentially the most iconic dishes of South Indian daal, butter hen, lamb vindaloo and fish curry dwell (ranging from $18). Don’t Inform Aunty additionally presents a powerful menu of libations which are infused with culinary flavors: the Chai Felicia combines vodka, espresso and Frangelico with chai syrup, and the Rum Each Methods blends white and darkish rum with caramelized pineapple and coconut milk (each $15). 

1080 Boylston St., Boston

Now Open

Considerate farm-to-table is what Fallow Kin is all about as three Boston business veterans, and longtime buddies, have come collectively to open this forthcoming Cambridge venue. Conor Dennehy and Danielle Ayer of the neighborhood’s present Talulla, and Marcos Sanchez, previously at Tasting Counter, Grey’s Corridor and Tres Gatos, joined forces to prioritize an idea that sources from native farms training sustainable agriculture.

853 Predominant St., Cambridge

Opens: mid-April

Beloved Boston-Italian chef Tony Susi returned to his North Finish roots in mid-March as he opened Little Sage with companion and restaurateur, Jennifer Matarazzo. The opening marks a full circle second because the story goes: Within the Nineties, Matarazzo owned Sage the place Susi labored as government chef. In 1999, Susi bought Sage from Matarazzo and helmed the kitchen there till he moved to NYC. Now, 30 years later,  he’s returning to the venue to breathe new life into the cherished house, all with fashionable eating developments in thoughts. “The North Finish continues to be an actual neighborhood the place folks dwell and ship their youngsters to high school. I needed to create a spot that residents will get pleasure from in addition to guests,” shared Susi, including that his “purpose is to recreate the magic of what Sage was.” The 50-seat eating room and 10-seat bar retains Little Sage intimate, with a menu to match—elevated consolation meals centered by the al forno part of seasonal objects baked within the brick oven (ranging from $22) and house-made pastas (ranging from $20). There are additionally some signature objects from Susi’s former Sage, together with gnocchi with lobster, dandelions, stracciatella and fennel pollen ($29) and baked fazzoletti pasta with brief rib, spinach, fontina cheese and cherry tomatoes ($27).

352 Hanover St., Boston

Now Open

It’s been a very long time coming, however because the previous adage goes, “good issues come to those that wait” — and we’ve been patiently ready for this New York Metropolis Korean-American gastropub to open its first Boston location in the Seaport. Based by chef Jae Lee in 2019 in NYC’s East Village, Nowon is an homage to his hometown in Seoul, South Korea; each in spirit and its eponymous title. Lee’s presentation of artistic Korean dishes garnered such acclaim that he opened a second outpost in Bushwick, Brooklyn in 2023. Now, Lee brings the likes of his ‘Legendary’ Cheeseburger, chopped cheese rice muffins and Korean-inspired wood-fired pizzas to Boston, and we are able to’t wait to be taught extra concerning the unique objects that will probably be particular to this vacation spot’s menu. 

119 Seaport Blvd., Boston

Opens: mid-April

Cocktail specialists Daren Swisher and Joe Cammarata, the duo behind downtown’s Daiquiris and Daisies, simply opened a brand new bar and grill simply exterior Inman Sq.. Tall Order was impressed by the native vibes of a neighborhood pub but additionally flaunts the up to date method and method discovered at a craft cocktail bar. After a mixed 20 years in Boston’s meals and beverage scene, that is Swisher and Cammarata’s first standalone restaurant (they labored on drink packages at jm Curly, Hojoko, backbar) with menu objects starting from bar snacks like candied Japanese peanuts ($5) and pickled mushrooms ($8) to plates like firecracker tofu ($13) and crispy duck sliders ($15), and entrees like karaage hen sandwich with miso honey mustard ($19) and little queens pasta with roasted maitake mushroom ($19). After all, the beverage program is one to look at, stocked with a wide range of authentic, home drinks that additionally features a low ABV part of the menu the place the Little Panda lives, made with fino sherry, dry vermouth, Rhum JM, sirop and lime, in addition to the Chill Out, comprising of ancho verde, Noilly Prat Additional Dry vermouth and lime (each $14). Nestled below “common” cocktails—merely referring to a extra conventional ABV-base—Mainsfield Inn options butter-washed Dewar’s, Aberfeldy 12 12 months, Lillet, benedictine and preserved lemon with soda water, whereas Inexperienced Maize combines mezcal vago elote, empirical cilantro, tomatillo and lime (each $14).

70 Beacon St., Somerville

Now Open

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