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The metropolis’s eating scene made the listing due to its “global flavours, waterfront dining, and more neighbourhood action than ever.”
What does a Grecian island, a bustling Asian metropolis, and Boston have in frequent? They’re must-visit food locations for 2026, in accordance with a nationwide journey publication.
Condé Nast Traveller, based mostly in London, included Boston in its “Best Places to Eat in 2026” listing, amongst 9 different locations. It was the one American metropolis to make the listing.
The publication’s motive for pushing Boston as subsequent 12 months’s go-to culinary destination is due to its “global flavours, waterfront dining, and more neighbourhood action than ever.”
“There was a time when Boston’s food scene was as predictable as the Green Line at rush hour: not perfect but getting the job done,” the publication wrote. “This was the city of just-fine steaks in wood-panelled dining rooms, red sauce by the gallon in the North End, and lobster rolls and fried clams in every direction — it was dependable and very Boston, but hardly adventurous or exciting. But in recent years, the city has pulled off the reinvention of the century.”
There is a few reality to that. For many years the most secure ideas — steakhouses, Italian delicacies, and seafood — have been the eating places opening in Boston and are nonetheless outstanding fixtures in the restaurant scene as we speak. But Greater Boston has additionally seen progress in its area of interest bakeries, Asian delicacies, and extra.
But the listing spends one paragraph touting the Seaport, a hate-it-or-love-it type of neighborhood that’s made up of a lot of eateries, although few of them are independently owned. The eating places talked about included the soon-to-open Ci Siamo (a New York-based restaurant from Danny Meyer), Mai (a part of Notoro Group, which runs a number of eating places in Boston and out of doors of Massachusetts), the fast-expanding Lakon Paris Patisserie, Taiyaki NYC, and Woods Hill Pier 4 (a part of a group of eating places which are native to Massachusetts).
Outside of the Seaport, the publication highlighted BCB3 Hospitality, a newer hospitality group that’s been on a tear in opening acclaimed eating places. Somaek, Zurito, and Sushi @ Temple Records have all obtained native and nationwide recognition from food media and awards.
“But the big moment that Boston finds itself in right now is happening not in the core historic downtown neighbourhoods like Back Bay or Beacon Hill,” the publication wrote. “It’s unfolding in the residential neighbourhoods just beyond.”
Now that’s extra prefer it. The publication pointed readers towards Greek food in the South End (Kaia), Peruvian food in Somerville (Celeste), and the numerous neighborhood eating places sitting in almost each nook of the town and surrounding suburbs, like Dovetail in Charlestown.
“Boston has long felt confident in its role as a hub for innovation, health care, education, and history. What’s new for right now, however, is its creativity,” Condé Nast Traveller wrote. “In a city that has long rested on everything it’s accomplished in the past, and might not have always felt accessible to all, there is a lot to look forward to in the future. And everyone is invited to the table.”
Other locations that made the listing have been Crete, Greece; Fes, Morocco; Hong Kong; Medellín, Colombia; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Parramatta, Sydney, Australia; Patan, Nepal; Prince Edward County, Canada; and Seville, Spain.
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