The eponymous briny-buttery bivalves are now found on every raw-bar menu in the Hub that’s worth its weight in shellfish. But somehow they still taste best at this glistening, modern seafood showplace with guaranteed real estate in the restaurant pantheon of New Classics. We sup. (That lobster roll.) We sip. (If only all oyster bars had a spirit list like this.) We sigh with delight, every time.
Island Creek Oyster Bar
500 Comm. Ave., Boston • (617) 532-5300
islandcreekoysterbar.com
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Neighborhoods: Fenway/Kenmore
2014 Winner: Audubon Boston
Audubon Circle—long beloved by pre- and post-game Sox fans, BU students and Brookline neighbors— recently changed hands to become Audubon Boston...
- 838 Beacon St., Boston
- (617) 421-1910
- audubonboston.com