
Alyssa Mikiko DiPasquale, a longtime alum of the restaurant group that includes O Ya and Hojoko, is owner of the welcoming space she’s passionate about sake education - and fun.
The Koji Club: Boston’s first dedicated sake bar, the Koji Club, is up and running at Brighton’s new Speedway marketplace. Downstairs, find affordable Hong Kong-style rice plates, lacquered duck (which is currently available in limited quantities and must be preordered), and an abbreviated cocktail selection.
Wusong Road: Wusong Road, a multi-story restaurant in Harvard Square, features an intricately decorated tiki bar upstairs, an ode to the Chinese American restaurant owned by the family of Wusong Road co-owner and chef Jason Doo when he was a kid. While its big sibling up the street focuses on northern Italy, Bar Volpe - which is also a pasta shop - focuses on the south, with dishes like culurgiones, a Sardinian stuffed pasta fritti misti, inspired by Sicily (with a hint of Rhode Island) and rotisserie chicken stuffed with black truffle mayo. Bar Volpe: From chef Karen Akunowicz of the acclaimed Fox & the Knife comes a second Italian restaurant in South Boston, Bar Volpe.
All the Pho Hoa classics remain available, but the new menu includes Anh Hong’s popular seven-course beef and fish experiences and more. But it’s a good time to stop by if it’s been a while: Another local Vietnamese mainstay, Anh Hong, closed at the end of 2021 but has been reborn as part of Pho Hoa.
Pho Hoa: Vietnamese restaurant Pho Hoa is not at all new it debuted in Dorchester’s Fields Corner in 1992. Lenox Sophia has one of Boston’s extraordinarily rare BYOB licenses diners can bring their own wine and malt beverages. As Mei previously told Eater, he wants it to feel like you’re eating in his home kitchen. Lenox Sophia: Lenox Sophia, an intimate newcomer to South Boston, is meant to offer “casual fine dining,” per chef and owner Shi Mei - think unique, upscale modern American dishes in a non-pretentious setting. Located at Watertown’s Arsenal Yards development, this is the first of two planned Massachusetts locations for Kura Sushi watch for it in Dorchester soon. Not only does Kura Sushi send its affordably priced sushi around the room on a conveyor belt, but there are also drink-delivering robots, little prizes awarded once you’ve eaten a certain number of portions, and the ability to order right from a tablet at the table. Kura Revolving Sushi Bar: Sure, it’s a pretty big chain, but it’s a fun pretty big chain.
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