Boston’s top 50 restaurants
January 9, 2019
The best restaurants in Boston according to Boston Magazine (2018). Now independently tested by the Hewitts as part of their ‘Rocking Chair Fuel’ mission in life.
We just moved to Boston 3 weeks ago. It is a great city to explore and we have only just scratched the surface, more on everything we find later.Â
One of the things we decided as soon as we moved here was that we needed to find good food.  We have just come from Italy; famously known around the world for it’s amazing food, and we have moved to the US, which has a reputation as the land of burgers and large portions.  In order to prove preconceptions of American food to be incorrect, we have decided to dine at Boston’s top 50 restaurants according to Boston magazine (2018). We will be in Boston for somewhere between 12 and 18 months and it is our goal to have visited all 50 restaurants before we move back to Italy. We plan to start at number 50 and work our way up to number one (the amazing sounding ‘Uni’).  We intend to do it proper justice; there will be cocktails, there will be wine and there will be more than one course. We will post to our site as we visit each restaurant. So, let the eating (and drinking) begin.
Number 50 - The Loyal Nine
So named after a patriotic political party who formed part of the Boston Tea Party. This is a lovely open restaurant with a small bar and an open kitchen in the middle, so you can see the chefs doing chefy (think I made that word up) things.  There is an option to sit at the counter of the open kitchen, which we couldn’t resist and gave us a great view of the chefs at work and an opportunity for personal interaction.
There is a small bar with enough seating for about 10, and an interesting cocktail menu; old familiars with a twist sitting next to some new creations, served in antique glasses – gorgeous.
We were so excited for our first restaurant on our challenge and we were definitely not disappointed. Â This is what I call eating well and if the rest of the restaurants serve food like this, we are going to be thoroughly spoiled. Â Every dish was beautifully presented and really tasty; even the home made bread was ‘special’. Â The head chef likes to season everything before it goes out, which is something I don’t like (this is a personal thing for me, I hate salt on top of my food) so I had to send back the main course to be done again….my bad (actually, his bad, I did ask for no salt), but of course they happily obliged.
We got a bit excited as it’s the first restaurant on our list and ordered a ‘good’ wine, but bottles start at $40. Â We opted for the ‘shared supper’, where the chef chooses dishes for the table and at $60 per person, was a good option for 6 dishes.
First one down and what a treat. Â The standard has been set high, so we are very excited for the continuation of our mission.
