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L'Espalier

Chef Frank McClelland in Boston The dining room of L'Espalier in Boston

L'Espalier
Chef Frank McClelland

Boston

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Back to its Boylston Street roots after more than two decades in a Back Bay townhouse, L'Espalier is now adjacent to the Mandarin Oriental, Boston—an ideal fit for a restaurant that mirrors that hotel group's commitment to luxury and high standards. This is an East Coast fine dining institution that is French through and through, with a strong emphasis on the regional bounty of New England, where chef Frank McClelland grew up on a New Hampshire farm.


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