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

From a subterranean Cambridge venue with stay music to a two-story masterpiece within the South Finish, listed here are 5 new eating places and nightlife spots to take a look at this month.

Row 34 is increasing with its fifth location adjoining to Lodge Commonwealth within the Fenway. Michael Harlan Turkell

There are a lot of ranges of eating experiences we’re anticipating this month, from a subterranean venue with stay music to a two-story masterpiece within the South Finish and a rooftop playground for Champagne fans. Try the 5 new restaurant openings on our radar for August.

5 can’t-miss restaurant openings and eating updates in Boston this week

Bubble Bathtub

Tiffani Faison and her staff at Huge Coronary heart Hospitality are at it once more—this time, bringing their glowing expertise to new heights with a secondary outpost of their already beloved Champagne and wine bar, Bubble Bathtub. This location will include the identical spectacular record of glowing wine by the glass and bottle however with a totally completely different culinary expertise served alongside sweeping views of the Boston skyline and Charles River due to its location atop the CitizenM Lodge on Newbury Avenue. Snacks are listed as “fancy finger sammies” like smoked salmon and Brillat-Savarin triple cream cheese with dill, pickled pink onion and cucumber; speck and sottocenere (a truffle-infused, Italian cheese) with honey; or a mini lobster bun with sherry and brown butter aioli. There will even be tableside caviar service, which includes a cart of accoutrements (like chives, blini, and pink onion) for the indulgent snack that’s an ideal pairing with Champagne or glowing wine. For a extra substantial eating expertise, Bubble Bathtub will characteristic “mini dinners” with the likes of cod cheeks and chips with togarashi; sirloin steak frites and hamachi tostada with avocado. Impressed by the within of a Champagne glass with a twinkling ceiling meant to mirror the bubbles, visitors can anticipate a full of life, immersive expertise right here whether or not seated inside or snagging a seat on the seasonal patio that can stay open by October.

408 Newbury St., Again Bay

Opens: Early August

South Finish’s latest restaurant might really feel acquainted to followers of its sibling restaurant, Prima in Charlestown, with an emphasis on a number of eating experiences from the backyard degree personal eating to an upstairs lounge and the principle eating space beneath a hovering, two-story atrium. But, the brand new area, Capri, is extra of a vacation spot with a vibe impressed by the Italian Riviera and effortlessly executed by Meeting Design (suppose: a eating room dotted with olive bushes, customized wood cubicles, and inexperienced and white striped umbrellas). Capri additionally differs from Prima with its centerpiece piano in the principle eating space in addition to a sprawling outside patio full with an al fresco Cabana bar, hearth and firepit seating. On the menu, Prima options solely hand-rolled, handmade pastas like rigatoni all vodka ($24) and tortellini di mais with spicy Calabrian butter ($26), and because the title implies, there’s no scarcity of steaks and chops, together with massive cuts of dry aged Florentine beef ($160) and Brandt Tomahawk ($160). There are additionally Italian classics like rooster or veal Milanese ($26), rooster piccata ($24) and select your personal journey al forno parmesan with rooster, veal or eggplant ($22-26). Signature cocktails had been designed to be sipped beneath the celebs of the Italian riviera on Capri’s terrace, incorporating contemporary botanicals and elements—just like the Bell Pepper Gimlet with Hendricks gin, raspberry, génépy and lemon ($16) or the Simply Peachy with Aperol, peach, lemon, basil and Prosecco ($16).

500 Harrison Ave., South Finish

Now Open

In contrast to something we’ve heard of earlier than, Currentea is opening its first brick and mortar to Hub Corridor, the meals corridor subsequent to TD Backyard. The daring fusion of cheese-filled corn canines and bubble tea comes from Monica Xu who used her three a long time within the meals business to create a venue with a contemporary twist on conventional Japanese tea tradition. “We’re at all times searching for revolutionary, high-quality ideas that carry one thing contemporary to Hub Corridor,” mentioned Nick Moniz, common supervisor of Hub Corridor. “Currentea delivers precisely that with a enjoyable, flavor-packed and fashionable expertise that we all know our visitors will love.” The primary savory bites on the menu are a collection of Mozzarella cheese canines (ranging from $8.50) which can be a playful tackle corn canines with variations just like the Flaming Canine with scorching Cheetos, the Potato Canine and a half mozzarella, half sausage model that’s often called the Unique Canine. There are additionally different enjoyable treats on a stick like beef, pork and lamb skewers ($3.99 – $6.99), BBQ sausage ($4.99 – $11.99) and fried egg rolls ($3.99 – $9.99). Along with the signature bubble tea, candy choices run the gamut from Bobo smooth ice cream swirls ($6.50) to strawberry jasmine slushies and smoothies (from $8.50).

80 Causeway St., West Finish

Now Open

Final weekend, Harvard Sq. welcomed its latest restaurant, bar and 289-seat music venue—multi function—with the opening of Lou’s. Led by a trio of music and restaurant veterans, Lou’s was designed to supply the neighborhood with a spot they’ll reserve for dinner or drinks then make a night out of it by staying for a present within the 5,600-square-foot subterranean area. “The standard of the meals and beverage applications at Lou’s are not like any live performance venue within the space and that’s one thing we’re actually happy with,” shared common supervisor Allison Finney (beforehand of Roadrunner) who’s working Lou’s with assistant common supervisor Bree-Anne Zeek (Faccia a Faccia and Pammy’s) and government chef Jason Bond (Bondir). Finney together with Jeremy Cohen, founding father of the New England Jazz Collective will lead the music program that spotlights the range of the larger Boston space, together with a nightly mixture of stay DJs in addition to stay musicians in an area of deep reds, mahogany millwork and mosaic tiles impressed by Nineteen Twenties speakeasies. Bond helms the dinner menu that prioritizes native purveyors with dishes like ceviche of local-fleet fish ($16), oven roasted native fish with sauce alla norma ($28), and Lou’s linguine with clams ($35). There will even be veggie-forward and carnivore dishes like gnocchi Parisienne with inexperienced and wax beans in a garlic-mint sauce ($28); a cesar-style veal schnitzel with anchovy and endive and Lou’s burger ($28), a grilled, six ounce patty on a potato roll with aged white cheddar, grilled onions, tomato and lettuce ($24).

13 Brattle St., Cambridge

Now Open

Simply forward of debuting his latest cookbook, On a regular basis Chef: Easy Recipes for Household and Associates in mid-September, chef Jeremy Sewall is welcoming the latest location of Row 34 in Kenmore Sq.. Tucked into Lodge Commonwealth, the fifth Row 34 location brings oysters again to an acclaimed location—the previous house of the long-lasting Island Creek Oyster Bar. “There have been so many unimaginable reminiscences made on this area and we really feel actually fortunate to be stewarding it into its subsequent chapter,” shares co-owner Shore Gregory. Sewall and Gregory nod to its previous life with a large-scale mural spanning 34 particular person panels of Skip Bennett, founding father of Island Creek Oysters. Diners can anticipate the identical chef-driven menu of premium New England oysters, uncooked bar and seafood that helps native fishermen (with favorites just like the oyster sliders, native caught Jonah crab, grilled complete fish and lobster roll) however in a brand new design area with contemporary textures and colours together with a again bar lit up with opalescent tiles.

498 Commonwealth Ave., Fenway-Kenmore

Opens: Early August