What’s the Dish?
Easter Brunch Picks
April 12, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
We rounded up some of our favorite places that are featuring special menus for Easter Brunch. 33 Restaurant & Lounge is also donating $3.33 from every brunch served to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Italy. Book your reservation today.
Passover Menu in the Soiree Room
April 10, 14, and 16, 5:30-10 p.m.
UpStairs on the Square
Chef Steven Brand calls upon the flavors and traditions of his years growing up among the great food traditions of a Jewish home. He’ll serve up his favorite Passover dishes for your pleasure.
Olives Throwback Friday Menu
Every Friday evening, 5:30-10 p.m.
Celebrate 20 years at Todd English’s flagship. Every Friday night through April 24, you can order off the original 1989 menu, which features the dishes that made Olives so popular in the first place. And, you’ll also pay 1989 prices, including beef carpaccio for $5.50, grilled octopus with chickpeas for $5.95, brick oven roasted half chicken for $12.95, and bouillabaise for $15.95. Read an article about Todd English’s success in the April issue of Boston magazine.
Easter Brunch Picks
April 12, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
We rounded up some of our favorite places that are featuring special menus for Easter Brunch. 33 Restaurant & Lounge is also donating $3.33 from every brunch served to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Italy. Book your reservation today.
Passover Menu in the Soiree Room
April 10, 14, and 16, 5:30-10 p.m.
UpStairs on the Square
Chef Steven Brand calls upon the flavors and traditions of his years growing up among the great food traditions of a Jewish home. He’ll serve up his favorite Passover dishes for your pleasure.
Olives Throwback Friday Menu
Every Friday evening, 5:30-10 p.m.
Celebrate 20 years at Todd English’s flagship. Every Friday night through April 24, you can order off the original 1989 menu, which features the dishes that made Olives so popular in the first place. And, you’ll also pay 1989 prices, including beef carpaccio for $5.50, grilled octopus with chickpeas for $5.95, brick oven roasted half chicken for $12.95, and bouillabaise for $15.95. Read an article about Todd English’s success in the April issue of Boston magazine.





As everyone around me knows, I’ll soon be leaving my current digs in JP and moving across the city. And it’s starting to stress me out a little—not just the idea of packing and hauling all my stuff, but the fact that I still have a lot of eating to do before I go.
Road trippers, rejoice! The next two months bring arguably the most pleasant driving conditions we get all year in New England (crisp, refreshing temps in the high 50s to low 70s) and, by mid-October, the most stunning visuals anywhere (brilliant-hued, leaf-shaped eye candy).
While Boston editors hail from all over, a disproportionate number of us seem to reside in JP. Land of ridiculously cheap, absurdly good
Packed with storefront joints whose menus span the globe—as well with as hordes of thirsty college students—Allston for years has been a kind of culinary version of 1840’s California: While there’s a lot of wealth here in Rock City, it’s not a destination for those with, let’s say, delicate sensibilities. Yet amid the neighborhood’s trademark grittiness, and occasional hooliganism, there are a few beacons of civility.
Avenue One






