If you’re planning a date night, Boston, Massachusetts, has a wonderful choice of romantic restaurants to create just the right ambiance. Here are four of the best the city has to offer.
Grotto
Just walking down the steps into this cozy subterranean dining room makes you feel decadent. Grotto on Bowdoin Street features exposed brickwork, local artwork, classy music, and low lighting that gives the restaurant an intimate atmosphere. They specialize in contemporary Italian cuisine with a modern twist on traditional dishes.
As well as a la carte, Grotto offers a three-course prix fixe menu. Choose from appetizers such as garlic soup with black truffle, Parmesan, and breadcrumbs, mussels, and crab ravioli. Pasta dishes include spaghetti and meatballs, gnocchi, and gnudi, while main courses feature veal saltimbocca, pettini, and Pesce.
Ma Maison
For a flavor of France and romance, Ma Maison on Cambridge Street offers wood paneling, leather banquettes, and crisp white table linen that provides a warm and elegant, yet relaxed ambiance. The brick walls feature stylish recessed racks for their world-class wines. Before your meal, sample one of the specialty Champagne cocktails.
Ma Maison has a selection of hors d’oeuvres including escargot, foie gras, duck confit, and smoked salmon, or you could try the fresh Maine lobster bisque. Entrees include Frogs Legs Provençale, pan-seared scallops, calf’s liver, lamb shank, Duck Magret, and vegan lentil cake. Look out for the special plats du jour. If you have room, try one of the decadent desserts such as passionfruit baked Alaska or souffle with Grand Marnier or chocolate.
Meritage Restaurant & Wine Bar
Occupying a prime location on Rowes Wharf overlooking Boston Harbor, Meritage Restaurant & Wine Bar offers a unique and sophisticated dining experience. The restaurant’s Vineyard-to-Table concept specializes in the art of pairing food and wines. The six-course tasting menu features cuisine and wine from the world’s finest winemaking regions.
The a la carte menu has appetizers such as oysters, wild mushroom bisque, steak tartare, and octopus. Large plates include roasted pheasant, Atlantic halibut, sea bream, Forest Floor, and Persillade Crusted Colorado Lamb Chop. Try one of the irresistible desserts followed by an after-dinner flight of one-ounce pours of Tawny Port, Amari Italiano, Scotch whisky, or Chartreuse.
Giulia
Located on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Giulia is an Italian restaurant that features rustic brick walls and a delightful candlelit atmosphere. The restaurant offers gracious hospitality and a warm welcome without being intrusive. A custom-built pasta table is used during the day to roll out the handmade pasta that is offered on the menu.
Antipasti dishes include Coppa di Testa, Burrata di Andria, and assorted salumi. Pasta for the table are dishes like tagliolini with matsutake, mafalde with brasato, paccheri alla Bolognese, and pappardelle with wild boar. Alternatively, you could have the whole grilled mackerel, lamb sausage, or monkfish alla piccata. Afterward, check out the pistachio gelato or chocolate terrine.
These are just four of the amazing romantic dining experiences available in Boston that are sure to bring out the romance in you.
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