Josh's Reviews: Boston & New England
 Each link includes the first part of the review. Many of the reviews also include pictures of the individual dishes.
2011
Boston Restaurants: Clio; Uni; Rialto; Sportello; Barking Crab; Durgin Park
Tuesday, December 6
Clio
Clio is the main restaurant owned by very talented chef Ken Orringer. For me, this was by far, the best restaurant in Boston that I visited this trip. It may be their best resto, period!
Uni
Uni is the “next door” sister restaurant of Clio, and owned by chef Orringer and his group. It is in the same space as Clio but at one end of the resto and down the stairs. For a resto that is not "prime" Japanese, the fish was remarkably fresh. For a Japanese style fish resto, the desserts were incredibly good and come from the sister restaurant Clio. Overall, this is a resto not to be missed.
Rialto
Roasted stuffed squid, pork sausage, spicy greens and squid ink. A balance of sweetness and spice, nicely offset with cilantro.
Sportello
Owned by Boston chef Barbara Lynch. This is a terrific place for breakfast. Smoked duck hash, slow scrambled eggs, root vegetables and potato, served with crisp thin toasts. A great savory breakfast dish. Cooking the scrambled eggs this way was one of the best examples of scrambled eggs that I have experienced.
Barking Crab
Barking crab cakes with red pepper aioli. Very tasty but a little too finely chopped resulting in less appealing texture.
Durgin Park
One of the 2 oldest restaurants in the United States and still going strong. For years, when I would come to boston, I was always committed to at least one meal at Durgin Park and would always start with the steamed clams (no photo), then have the biggest rare piece of roast beef. Both dishes are still terrific and the perfectly cooked roast beef sensational.....tender and tasty!
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