Boston Magazine: The Top 10 Best New Restaurants in Greater Boston

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal, Celina Colby, MC Slim JB, and Nathan Tavares

Alongside this year’s Top 50 Restaurants list, we’re also excited to highlight 10 must-try new spots defining the future of Boston’s food scene. (See also: Our “beyond the 50” collections of favorites—five delectable Boston-area bakeries and cafés; five can’t-miss Boston brunches; five favorite restaurants in the suburbs of Boston; and five road trip-worthy restaurants beyond Boston.) 

1. Kaia

Consider this Greek food for people who think they’ve outgrown Greek food. Bring your most adventurous friends to this Aegean-inspired masterclass from the team behind mega-hits Bar Vlaha and Krasi, where nothing is quite as it seems. The dish simply called “lamb,” for instance, arrives as a deconstructed gyro, with pickled vegetables and crispy lamb neck sitting alongside dollops of sauces, while “gifts of the sea” is three mini, rotating seafood offerings perched prettily on ice. The beach-resort-chic setting seals the deal on this culinary escape.