HUB HUNGRY FOR NEW EATERIES
The city of Boston is going through something of a restaurant revolution, with more than 70 new eateries opening in the Hub over the winter, according to Eater. com.
And the explosion of new restaurants, which has provided Boston-area residents with a wide variety of unique spots to check out, may be just the beginning, said
Ken Oringer, a Hub-based chef who was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation's “outstanding restaurateur” award. “The food scene in Boston is so exciting right now,” Oringer told the Track, adding, that he's “confident that it will continue to grow because more ambitious people want to create interesting concepts throughout the city.”
Oringer, the man behind Boston hotspots Uni, Toro and Coppa, said the surge in new eateries hasn't deterred him from looking to open more. Just last year he launched his latest restaurant, Little Donkey, located in Central Square in Cambridge. “We differentiate ourselves by always being true to our visions,” he said, “and never being afraid to take risks.” The Eater.com list, which has an accompanying map, shows the usual hotbeds for new restaurants are the landing spots for the new eateries, including the Back Bay, Kendall Square and Fort Point neighborhoods. And though it's centralized in the Hub, the restaurant renaissance stretches beyond the city too — as far out as Westboro. “Boston has come along way,” Oringer said. “It is the ultimate combination of a young, international, tech and education-savvy city, so people travel from all over the world and expect to find great food here.”