The new UNI is a fantastic reimaging of Ken Oringer’s flagship restaurant, ditching Clio’s costly French/Japanese fusion for sushi and affordable izakaya snacks like pork-belly buns, skewers, dumplings and ramen while preserving the old Uni’s extravagant imported sashimi. Equally thrilling is the reinvention of the bar under the direction of Jason Kilgore, who complements the craft-cocktail chops he honed at the Hawthorne with scholarly wine knowledge, instantly making UNI one of the Back Bay’s best bars.
UNI
370 Comm. Ave., Boston • (617) 536-7200
uni-boston.com
Other Winners
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2014 Winner: Katie Emmerson at the Hawthorne
“Sitting at Katie’s bar is one of life’s great joys,” says fellow bartender Tyler Wang of Audubon Boston, and we heartily concur...
- Hotel Commonwealth, 500A Comm. Ave., Boston
- (617) 532-9150
- thehawthornebar.com
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Bartender
2015 Winner: Ran Duan of The Baldwin Bar at Sichuan Garden II
Seventeen years after the B-Side Lounge birthed the local craft cocktail revival, Boston is blessed with scores of skilled, scholarly, engaging bartenders making serious drinks…...
- 2 Alfred St., Woburn
- (781) 935-8488
- sichuangardenrestaurant.com
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Bartender
2017 Winner: Gwen Hagerty at Bar Mezzana
At Colin and Heather Lynch’s acclaimed coastal Italian restaurant, justly lauded for fabulous seafood and pastas, Ryan Lotz oversees the South End’s best bar program...
- 360 Harrison Ave., Boston
- (617) 530-1770
- barmezzana.com
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Bartender
2018 Winner: Amanda Saladino at The Hawthorne
- 500A Commonwealth Ave., Boston
- (617) 532-9150
- thehawthornebar.com
Photo Credit: Emily Hagen
