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Boston Globe
17 minutes ago
- Boston Globe
The nine best spots to satisfy your seafood cravings
.bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } The Daily Catch Lobster fra diavolo at The Daily Catch. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe staff/File This Sicilian seafood restaurant the size of a shoebox on Hanover Street is a quintessential North End experience, delighting everyone from tiny tots to famous chefs. Thus the lines at peak times, which move efficiently; The Daily Catch, in operation for more than 50 years, has this down to a science. Feast on fried calamari, squid ink linguine, lobster fra diavolo, and whatever else catches your fancy from the chalkboard menu as flames shoot toward the ceiling in the tiny kitchen a few feet away from your table. No matter your order, everything here is consistently tasty and fresh. There is also a waterfront location. Address: 323 Hanover Street, North End Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Legal Sea Foods Baked stuffed lobster from Legal Sea Foods Brian Samuels This locally-born restaurant empire was sold by Roger Berkowitz in 2020, but his obsession with quality and consistency remains. The menu is a greatest-hits album of New England seafood – excellent clam chowder, Maine lobster, oysters, scallops, mussels, and on and on – and the experience is a crowd pleaser. The three-level Seaport restaurant is the crown jewel, with floor-to-ceiling windows on the first two levels and topped by a hopping 225-seat roof deck with sushi, cocktails, and sweeping views of the harbor. Address: 270 Northern Avenue, Seaport Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Moëca Fish crudo with squid ink chicharron at Moëca Carlin Stiehl for the Boston Globe The sassier, seafood-centric sister of refined Italian restaurant Giulia up the street, Moëca channels the only-in-Cambridge verve of Chez Henri, once a landmark in this space: You'll see tweedy professors, tentative couples, and parents treating their Harvard progeny to, for example, skewers of barbecued mussels lacquered with molasses and umami-scented semolina gnocchi, thick tomato sauce blackened at the edges, served on a scallop shell. The drinks are smooth and strong, and the elegant yet freewheeling bar scene is something to behold on a Saturday night. Address: 1 Shepard Street, Cambridge Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Ostra Broiled twin Maine lobster at Ostra Josh Reynolds for the Boston Globe Every city worth its salt needs a few truly swank occasion restaurants, and in Boston there ought to be one focused on seafood. Ostra, from the Columbus Hospitality Group (Mistral, Sorellina, Mooo….), is just that. With soaring ceilings, the room is elegant and lively. Polished hospitality and a splurge-y wine list ensure the occasion is extra-special. But it's the seafood that shines above all, displayed on beds of ice like treasure and showcased in dishes such as sea bass tartare, ricotta gnocchetti with lobster, and salt-crusted branzino for two. Address: 1 Charles Street South, Back Bay Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } The Pearl The Pearl Dara Shakhanava The vibes and cocktails alone make The Pearl a fun evening out… but the oysters? Yes, they have the traditional briny darlings, but Malik's Chargrilled Oysters are what keeps us coming back. NOLA does it best, but The Pearl's grilled oysters blanketed in spinach, garlic butter, and Parmesan cheese make us sing. Another location is in Brighton. Address: 20B District Avenue, Dorchester Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Saltie Girl Tinned seafood at Saltie Girl John Tlumacki/Globe staff/File It starts with tinned seafood, those irresistible morsels of sardines, mussels, octopus, and more – pickled, smoked, steeped in rich, glossy olive oil. Restaurateur Kathy Sidell's Saltie Girl is a showcase for these treasures, sent our way from Spain, Portugal, and beyond. From there, the menu rockets us through seafood towers, fish dishes raw and smoked, lobster rolls and lobster frites and fried lobster and waffles. It is a gorgeous feast that plays as well in Boston as in L.A., where Saltie Girl has a second location. Address: 279 Dartmouth Street, Back Bay Phone: Find online: Related : .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Select Oyster Bar Select Oyster Bar Jonathan Ulman Located inside a Back Bay townhouse, this seafood spot from chef Michael Serpa is intimate and focused. Come for seafood towers and beautiful raw compositions: Faroe Islands salmon slicked with pistachio oil and goosed with lime; hamachi with passionfruit and crisp bites of cucumber and radish; yellowfin with avocado, soy, and caviar. Serpa knows when and how to let seafood shine, as with whole blue prawns served with olive oil, lemon, garlic, and a bit of Espelette pepper; or whole roasted sea bream with fingerlings and fennel, drizzled in herb dressing. Address: 50 Gloucester Street, Back Bay Phone: Find online: .bofbpic img { width: 100%; height: auto; } Shaking Seafood Shaking Seafood Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe staff The great Louisiana crawfish boil is one of America's best and most fun dining customs. But the tiny crustacean is a rare find up north. Shaking Seafood fills the void. For best results, invite some friends over. Set up a folding table. Cover it with newspapers. Order a spicy boil bag of your choice – any combination of crawfish, crab legs, lobster, mussels – with corn and other extras (always get the garlic noodles). Beeline it home. Dump the bag on the table. Descend on it like wolves. And revel in the communal dining experience. Don't bother with a napkin. And whatever you do, don't touch your eyes. (There are also Shaking Seafood restaurants in Dorchester and Newton.) Address: 19 Poplar Street, Roslindale Phone: Find online: Boston Globe Best of the Best were selected by Globe newsroom staff and correspondents, and limited to Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline. We want to hear from you: ? 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Yahoo
20 minutes ago
- Yahoo
WK Kellogg, Dollar Tree, Costco: After-hours movers
Here are some of the stocks moving in after-hours trading. Shares of WK Kellogg (KLG) are surging following a Wall Street Journal report that Ferrero is nearing a deal to buy the company. Dollar Tree (DLTR) announced that its board authorized a $2.5 billion share buyback plan. Costco (COST) reported that June net sales rose 8% from last year. US same-store sales, excluding gasoline and currency impacts, rose 5.5%. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. Take a look now at some trending tickers that are moving after hours. Checking in on shares of Kellogg, Dollar Tree, and Costco. Shares of Kellogg, surging after hours. The Wall Street Journal reporting that the Italian candy maker Ferrero is nearing a roughly $3 billion deal for Kellogg, the cereal maker of Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes. The report also stating that a deal could be finalized in the next few days. And moving over to Dollar Tree, those shares also moving higher after hours. The discount retailer announcing a $2.5 billion share repurchase authorization. The Dollar Tree CEO saying in a statement that the company will prioritize, quote, returning excess cash to shareholders. And Costco, rising as the wholesale company reports sales for the retail month of June. Company reporting an increase of 8% year-over-year, just shy of a $2 billion rise. That sales for the first 44 weeks were up around $17 billion from this time last year, another 8% increase. Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Business Insider
30 minutes ago
- Business Insider
We bought an apartment in Italy for less than what we'd spend on a down payment in the US. The renovations are a headache, but it's still worth it.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Kelly Beigle, 38, and Boris Krstevski, 39, a couple based in Washington, DC, who bought an apartment in the Lombardy region of Italy. The conversations have been edited for length and clarity. Kelly Beigle: I actually started looking to buy in DC back in 2014, and I thought the pricing was crazy. It's only gone up exponentially since then. I just could never wrap my head around owning a million-dollar one-bedroom or two-bedroom condo. Why would you want to do that? It just means you're going to have to continue working forever until it's paid off. Boris Krstevski: We wanted to buy a property somewhere in Europe. First there was Spain, Southern France, and Portugal. Beigle: In Portugal, you can get a mortgage as a foreigner. There, we were looking at something in a completely different bracket; we were looking at a half-million-dollar apartment in Lisbon, and we actually were in the final stages. We were on the closing date, but we lost the sale. We were pretty much all in on Lisbon, and we still love that city, but the housing market got crazy there in 2022 and 2023. We got discouraged, and we did a road trip. We spent almost six months traveling around Europe in 2024. We drove from Serbia to Portugal and back in a period of three or four months. We explored a lot of different areas, and basically our main one became Italy after realizing that we had enough cash to buy in at 78,000 euros versus having to get a mortgage. Krstevski: We spent some days in northern Italy in the Lombardy area — Milan, Bergamo, where you have beautiful nature. One important reason we thought Italy is that I'm originally from Belgrade, Serbia, the capital. And the drive from that area to where we bought our apartment is just an eight- or nine-hour drive. Beigle: We closed in December 2024 for 78,000 euros. It's 126 square meters, or 1,356 square feet. It's an apartment, but it's in a really small condo building — there are only three other units. In Italy, they count rooms instead of bedrooms. Technically, it's considered a five-room, but it's essentially two bedrooms and one bath. But it has a full dining room, full kitchen, and full living room. The sale and renovation were complicated by the distance Beigle: We worked with Italian Real Estate Lawyers, and they helped a lot, but there were still a lot of surprises when buying our property. The big one for me was the closing period. Even though we were a cash-only sale — no mortgage or anything like that — it still took months and months and months. I toured the property in September 2024 and showed immediate interest that same day, and we didn't even close until the middle of December. There's also the time difference. By the time I wake up in the morning, it's already 3 o'clock in Italy, so things just took forever. They have so many holidays and they're shut down all the time. We've been trying to get as much done remotely as we can, but unless you're physically there, it's so hard to get anybody to come out. Krstevski: You need to register the electricity, gas, and water, and it's not so easy online like in the US. Yes, Italy is in the European Union, but it's a different mentality. Their authorities are not working 9 to 5; their authorities are working two days a week from 9 to 12. You need to make an appointment. Beigle: We've been balancing how much time we can spend there and how much we can get done. Even though we're six months in since we bought it, we're still working on it. When you're in person, everybody's been super helpful. It's a small town an hour from Milan, and everybody's been really nice. We're still learning Italian, and my language skills are terrible so far, but everybody has been willing to help. I think it had been years since somebody lived there, so things needed to be modernized. We did a full electrical upgrade, so that was something that was a little bit on the pricier side. We still don't have hot water. It's taken a really long time to get everything up and running, and we still have to add a kitchen because most apartments in Italy don't come with the kitchen as well, which is shocking. The kitchen was literally empty. There was a sink there, but that was it. So instead of using something basic like Ikea, we actually ended up having to use a custom cabinetry maker, which is on the pricier side. But other than that, it was just a coat of paint and some cosmetic stuff. Overall, we'll be spending around 25,000 euros in renovation costs. But the lion's share of that is the kitchen, for sure. We're hoping to live in Europe part-time and make money off short-term rentals Krstevski: Eventually, we think that Europe can be our second home. We want to spend our time in Italy. I don't know exactly how many months per year or how many weeks per year that will be, but we would like to rent that apartment either to Airbnb or some kind of short-term lease options. Beigle: The fact that we don't have a mortgage payment, it's kind of just cash flowing at that point. I think the cash flowing from this, if we got to that point, would definitely help to facilitate the purchase of another one. Whether we would do it in Italy or other parts of Europe, I don't know. At this stage, I would probably not consider reinvesting in the United States. It would definitely be a second European asset. Beigle: I love the relief of having a fully paid-off apartment. I love the idea that you can buy something for basically what an American down payment would be. If you have $100,000 that you're going to put into an American down payment and then you're strapped to a 30-year mortgage, why not consider buying something in Italy?
