Southie has many glossy new hangouts catering to its booming millennial population; the other Southie, of locals who grew up in the houses they still live in, favors this overlooked gem. Porto Bello features the kind of unfussy Italian-American fare that our grandparents loved: good pizza, groaning plates of pasta, veal and chicken parm. The room, like the wine list, is small and modest, the service sassy and unpretentious. It’s an echo of an older, tighter-knit South Boston.
Cafe Porto Bello
672 E. Broadway, Boston • (617) 269-7680
cafeportobello.net
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Neighborhoods: South Boston
2015 Winner: Moonshine 152
Southie is finally putting the bad old days of middling pub menus, crummy pizza and bad Chinese-American fare in its rearview mirror…...
- 152 Dorchester Ave., Boston
- (617) 752-4191
- moonshine152.com
