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Easter Brunch

BOSTON

The Beacon Hill Bistro French
13/20
Dining Room at The Beacon Hill Bistro, Boston, MA The Beacon Hill Hotel
25 Charles St.
Boston, MA 02114
617-723-1133
The modern European refinement that The Beacon Hill Bistro emanates seems as natural as its locally informed takes on French bistro fare. More...

The Beehive Contemporary
12/20
Dining Room at The Beehive, Boston, MA Boston Center for the Arts
541 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-423-0069
Boston’s nightcrawlers swarm this madcap spectacle of a contemporary supperclub. More...

Bistro du Midi French
13/20
272 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-426-7878
Bistro du Midi offers a striking view of Boston Common, and sometimes striking food to go along with it. More...

Café Fleuri French
13/20
Dining Room at Café Fleuri, Boston, MA The Langham, Boston
250 Franklin St.
Boston, MA 02110
617-451-1900
Though famed for its Chocolate Bar, The Langham, Boston's atrium café also lures the power crowd from morning to evening. More...

dante Mediterranean
13/20
Dining Room at dante, Cambridge, MA Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA 02142
617-497-4200
The ambitious scope of this contemporary Med eatery goes to show Dante de Magistris has chutzpah to match his talent. More...

Harvest Contemporary
14/20
Dining Room at Harvest, Cambridge, MA 44 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-868-2255
At once stalwart and stylish, Harvest continues to mesmerize by chanting the local and seasonal mantra. More...

Henrietta's Table American Regional
13/20
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-1200
Channeling a New England farmhouse, Henrietta's Table aims to transcend its hotel-restaurant rep---and mostly succeeds. More...

L'Espalier French
17/20
Dining Room at L Mandarin Oriental, Boston
774 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02199
617-262-3023
Though no longer housed in Boston’s most romantic setting, Frank McClelland still serves astonishing, creative French-New American cuisine. More...

Meritage Contemporary
15/20
Dining Room at Meritage, Boston, MA Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
617-439-3995
Meritage is a paean to the art of food-and-wine pairing---and a testament to chef Daniel Bruce's ambition and talent. More...

Post 390 American
13/20
406 Stuart St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-399-0015
Styled as an urban tavern, Post 390 serves gussied-up comfort food to the masses. More...

Rialto Contemporary
16/20
Dining Room at Rialto, Cambridge, MA Charles Hotel
1 Bennett St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-661-5050
Though her focus has narrowed to Italy only, Jody Adams’ culinary style---at once sophisticated and rootsy---continues to wow. More...

Sandrine's French
13/20
8 Holyoke St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-497-5300
Full-flavored bistro fare marks chef Raymond Ost's casually elegant paean to his native Alsace. More...

Sel de la Terre French
14/20
255 State St.
Boston, MA 02109
617-720-1300
This waterfront slice of Provence offers some of the city's most thoroughly adult culinary pleasures. More...

Turner Fisheries Restaurant & Bar Seafood
13/20
Dining Room at Turner Fisheries Restaurant & Bar, Boston, MA The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
617-424-7425
Appealingly inventive seafood comes as a welcome surprise at the juncture of tourism and business conferencing that is Copley Place. More...

UpStairs on the Square Contemporary
14/20
Dining Room at UpStairs on the Square, Cambridge, MA 91 Winthrop St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-1933
Two eye-popping dining rooms present two palate-pleasing dining options under one roof---formal upstairs, casual downstairs. More...

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