New Restaurants
| Name |
Address |
City |
Phone |
| POPS |
560 Tremont St. |
Boston |
617-695-1250 |
| Sagra |
400 Highland Ave. |
Somerville |
617-625-4200 |
New Nightspots
Coming Soon
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The Leather District will get its first taste of upscale contemporary Japanese cuisine when this sushi bar opens in a former fire station (9 East St.) within the next couple of weeks.
Good Deals and Other News
The take-out marketplace beneath Michael Schlow's new Wellesley Italian, Alta Strada Abbicci, is now open for business.
Jazz Brunch has begun at the Hotel Marlowe's signature eatery; hit the make-your-own Bloody Mary bar after ordering from an à la carte menu and catch the show from a rotating lineup of live acts (Sundays from 11:30 AM–2 PM).
Chef Daniel Bruce debuts a bar menu to make his special-occasion destination more user-friendly; bites like guacamole with won tons and fried shrimp with pineapple relish are priced at $3.50 apiece or three for $10.
Bringing back his briefly shelved bar menu, chef Marc Orfaly presents Asian-inspired eats like shrimp toast, pork buns and fried rice to balance the dining room's bistro fare.
From 6–10 PM every Friday throughout March, Somerville's barbecue institution is stocking an à la carte raw bar, which will pair oysters with a special selection of stouts and porters available this month only.
Clio's sashimi bar launches Sake Bomb Sundays, when $40 gets you four weekly changing dishes like rock shrimp tempura and wild king salmon with ginger–black bean vinaigrette, plus one of the namesake sake-beer concoctions.