Pizza

Editors’ Choice Il Ponte, Woburn Before this Main Street spot opens every day, passersby can peer in the front window to see straight back to the op...

Raw Bar

Editors’ Choice Brine, Newburyport  The restaurant’s new “Seacuterie” boards feature smoked tuna dip, fried anchovies, and tinned sardines alongside...

Roast Beef

Editors’ Choice The Modern Butcher, Danvers Owners and lifelong North Shore residents Lisa Nichols and Warren Means take their Beef Three-Way very s...

Sandwiches

Editors’ Choice The Modern Butcher, Danvers At the spacious new Danvers location, it’s no longer as hard as scoring Taylor Swift tickets to get a sa...

Seafood

Editors’ Choice Tonno, Gloucester  From the pristine raw bar offerings, like oysters, clams, and crudo, to crab cakes, mussels, and Cioppino fish st...

Steak

Editors’ Choice Rare Steakhouse at Encore Boston Harbor, Everett New executive chef Megan Vaughan joined the restaurant this spring after working at...

Ice Cream

Editors’ Choice Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe, Peabody Owner Mike Schifino intended to become a landlord, but after buying a property that housed a defunc...

Italian

Editors’ Choice Il Ponte, Woburn Chef Beni Kurti cooked in Michelin-starred restaurants in his native Umbria, Italy, steeping in the Italian traditi...

Lobster Roll

Editors’ Choice Little Harbor Lobster Company, Marblehead  At this boat-to-table seafood shack, fresh crustaceans are unloaded directly from the har...

Mediterranean

Editors’ Choice Bar25, Newburyport Try a little bit of everything at this small-plates–focused Persian spot where owner Reza Rahmani draws upon his ...