This Fort Point temple to our local seafood bounty draws steady mobs into its subway-tiled, industrial warehouse of a space. And they get what they came for: superlative raw bar, brilliant renditions of shore-food classics like clam chowder and lobster rolls and super-fresh fish—grilled or roasted or fried—all complemented by a murderers’ row of fantastic craft beers. (A sibling in coastal New Hampshire has similar virtues.) Smart locals know to avoid the lines by using Reserve.
Row 34
383 Congress St., Boston • (617) 553-5900
row34.com
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2014 Winner: Island Creek Oyster Bar
So much of ICOB’s success has depended on adherence to its founding principle: Know your oyster farmers, clam diggers and fishermen...
- Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Comm. Ave., Boston
- (617) 532-5300
- islandcreekoysterbar.com
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Seafood
2015 Winner: SELECT Oyster Bar
Ahoy! Longtime Neptune Oyster chef Michael Serpa unanchored himself from the North End to launch his own restaurant, SELECT…...
- 50 Gloucester St., Boston
- (857) 239-8064
- selectboston.com
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Seafood
2016 Winner: Select Oyster Bar
When former Neptune Oyster chef Michael Serpa struck out on his own to open Select Oyster Bar, he extended a recent string of overdue improvements to our New England seafood restaurant scene...
- 50 Gloucester St., Boston
- (857) 239-8064
- selectboston.com
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Seafood
2017 Winner: Island Creek Oyster Bar
Hospitality maven Garrett Harker, seafood chef extraordinaire Jeremy Sewall and innovative oystermen Skip Bennett and Shore Gregory are the dream team...
- 500 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
- (617) 532-5300
- islandcreekoysterbar.com
Photo Credit: Michael Harlan Turkell
