Restaurants & Bars
This MA Italian Restaurant Is Top 10 In America, Daily Meal Says
It's in a former jailhouse, it has a full mozzarella bar and it's one of the best Italian restaurants in the country, the Daily Mail says.
A restaurant inside a former Boston jailhouse that boasts a mozzarella bar is one of the very best Italian restaurants in the country, according to the Daily Meal. The big-time foodie site released its list of the top 50 Italian restaurants in the country, and it listed Scampo as the ninth-best in America. No other Massachusetts restaurants made the list.
James Beard Award-winning chef Lydia Shire runs Scampo, which the Daily Meal lauds for its willingness to bring in new flavors than that of a traditional restaurant. Part of that is the full "mozzarella bar" with five mozzarella-based dishes.
"While Italian at heart, Shire isn’t afraid to incorporate a tandoori oven or Spanish ibèrico ham into the mix, and the menu is fun and playful. Handmade breads come in seven varieties," the Daily Meal said.
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You can see the spring dinner menu here, and the rest of the menu here.
Scampo is based in the Liberty Hotel, which was formerly the Charles Street Jail until 1990.
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The No. 1 Italian restaurant in America in Del Posto in New York, the website said. Read the full list at The Daily Meal.
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