The November issue of Boston Magazine has compiled a list of the Top 50 Restaurants in Greater Boston, including these two wildly popular ones in the neighborhood!
The accolades continue for Comfort Kitchen, making #10 on the list! See below:
Chef-partner Kwasi Kwaa’s Comfort Kitchen stands out in Boston’s diverse African dining landscape by reimagining the entire African diaspora through an upscale comfort-food lens. While the city boasts excellent regional specialties from Somalia to Nigeria, Kwaa’s approach is boldly panoramic, weaving tales of spice routes and culinary evolution into sophisticated dishes like coffee-cacao-braised beef short ribs and monkfish coconut curry. Given that the restaurant is a star not just locally but on a national stage, you’ll need to book far in advance—luckily, the recently launched brunch service has opened up new opportunities to snag a table. We’ll take two orders of plantain pancakes with jerk butter, please.
#47 it’s Dorchester hidden gem Via Cannuccia
“Don’t talk about Via Cannuccia!” beg our friends, anxious to keep this St. Mark’s gem a secret. But we can’t stay mum about a spot that so winsomely embodies a proper Italian trattoria in its modesty, freshness, and ingredient quality. The airy pizzas you’ll find on most tables are a beautiful place to start. But chef-owner Stefano Quaresimo, who grew up just outside of Rome, also plates original stunners like a delicately light eggplant Parmesan with surprising crispness from a rice-paper wrapper, presumably inspired by his wealth of Vietnamese-restaurant neighbors in Dorchester. Weekend morning lines for delectable pastries seal the deal at this ringing echo of Italy (albeit one with some decidedly global influences).
Congratulations to both of these neighborhood favorites!
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
