Daily Provisions and Lou's open in Harvard Square; Capri comes to the South End
In the South End, the team behind Charlestown's
Capri Italian Steakhouse
(500 Harrison Ave.) in the coming days, with an outdoor patio with a bar and fireplace, plus homemade pasta and seafood.
On Nantucket,
Billie's
opens in August (20 Broad St.), with a cocktail lounge; a chandeliered dining room; and a three-season patio. On the menu: seafood towers; oysters Rockefeller; and a porterhouse big enough for three deep-pocketed diners, with martinis poured tableside.
Oysters Rockefeller at Billie's on Nantucket.
Liz Daly Photography
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: Dine Out Boston returns from Sunday, Aug. 3 until Saturday, Aug. 16, with 175-plus area restaurants serving fixed-price, multi-course meals for lunch ($27 and up) and dinner ($41 and up). Browse the lineup at
Closings: Grotto
owner Scott Herritt tells the Globe that he plans to close the 22-year-old, below-ground Beacon Hill restaurant (37 Bowdoin St.) on or about Thursday, Aug. 21. It had been known for elegant Italian food and 'Big Night'-style
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Collaborations
:
Dumpling Daughter
— popping up on
Tavern in the Square
to
Roxy's Grilled Cheese
— also takes over the kitchen at the Back Bay's
88 Club
piano bar (50 Dalton St.). Pair your pink pony margarita with pan-seared roast pork buns and scallion pancakes. Visit Thursday through Saturday from 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 6 p.m.
Coming soon
: Union Square
Ebi Sushi
(290 Somerville Ave.) moves to a larger space at the neighborhood's 10 Prospect mixed-use property this winter, when it will debut sister ramen restaurant
Dashizen
in the same complex.
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