Dinner suggestions

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It's that time of year again! My birthday and our wedding anniversary* both fall in the first half of July, and therefore we go out to "fancy" dinner twice. We have some favorite restaurants we return to again and again: Blue Ginger, the Blue Room, J's Restaurant at Nashoba Winery.

But knowing we have foodie friends, what restaurants are we missing out on? Please make recommendations.

*19 years, can you believe it?

Comments

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I'll second the vote for Central Kitchen, although I think it's significantly more expensive than ZuZu's across the street.

I've read some poor reviews of Henrietta's Table, mostly commenting on the service, but I've always had good experiences there.

I don't think Harvest is worth the money.

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I don't think Harvest is worth the money.

It is certainly expensive. I like it for a couple of reasons: 1) I'm awfully fond of atrium dining, which you can do there in the summer. Outdoors yet enclosed is a draw for me - probably why I'm willing to go to the Ashmont Grille, even if I think the mixed drinks are too heavy on the alchohol, and the food a bit erratic (when they are good, I've found them to be very good, but so far, one of my three visits has been pretty ordinary). 2) of the three I mentioned, I think Henrietta's Table has the best food, Trochet has the best wine experience, and Harvest has a decent mix of the two. The price fixe menu with a good wine flight was certainly at the top of the range of what I'd be willing to pay for that level of experience (I think it was $80/person, but that is just a back of my mind memory), but they'll take a chance on things I don't normally manage to get. My sweetbread experiment at Christmas was a result of having a fabulous little appetizer there, for example. Wish I had done as well as they had with it.