Do you love Italian cuisine? If so, you'll want to try Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse in Boston. In contrast to southern Italian cooking, which emphasizes tomato sauce and olive oil, northern Italian cuisine embraces risottos, polentas, game, fresh seafood, and delicious veggies. You'll find all of this plus New England favorites at Davio's, one of Boston's most celebrated Italian restaurants.
The restaurant is located at the boundary between Boston's stylish Back Bay neighborhood and Park Square, next to charming Bay Village and close enough to the Theatre District to be a favorite for dinner before a show or after-theater drinks and dessert. The warm cream and silvery taupes in the large, high-ceilinged space provide the perfect stage for open kitchen as it produces plates of sumptuous food. Stop by the restaurant at different times during the week, and you'll find business people enjoying power lunches, groups of friends meeting after work for a drink and dinner, and families celebrating anniversaries and birthdays during the weekends, all feasting on the Northern Italian specialties.
So what should you try?
Lunch tends to be more casual. The Caesar salads topped with homemade croutons and white anchovies are meals in themselves, especially when you add fried oysters, slices of beef tenderloin, or crispy chicken livers. You'll find lots of other mouth-watering antipasti, pasta, and pizza choices, plus a few main courses such as grilled shrimp with pancetta risotto. You'll also see fabulous panini choices, such as the popular prosciutto, bufala mozzarella, tomato, and pesto combo.
At dinner, Davio's puts on a spectacular show with its wide-ranging menu. Start with the homemade sausage or pasta with clam sauce. Or perhaps the hand-rolled potato gnocchi with wild mushrooms and truffle oil, or a half-portion of my personal favorite, the lobster risotto laced with asparagus and fresh herbs. Then, if you're not too hungry, add something like the roasted red beets and fennel salad, or everybody's favorite, the Philly cheese steak spring rolls with spicy catsup and mayo (ok, so maybe that's not exactly Northern Italian, but it sure is good!). But try to arrive with a big appetite, because the grilled prime steaks and chops, the grilled sushi-grade tuna and jumbo shrimp, and other fresh seafoods and meats are too wonderful to miss. Vegetarians and vegans will find plenty to love here too--at least a dozen tasty grilled, roasted, or baked veggies.
Portions tend to be huge...so saving enough room for dessert is definitely a challenge. Homemade desserts and ice creams vary daily but are always wonderful. Try the classic tiramisu.
The top-notch wine list includes many options at all price ranges, including some very nice but expensive big-celebration choices. You can enjoy several glasses from different bottles if you opt for the prix fixe menu with wine pairings (also available without wine).
One of the nice things about Davio's is that the menu gives you such a wide range of options. You can put together a fairly small, simple meal - or something much less grander. You'll want to come back again and again to try different things on different types of occasions. Whatever you choose, you'll leave very satisfied - and full!
Davio's also serves up its Italian specialties at two other locations: Patriot Place next to Gillette Stadium in nearby Foxborough, Massachusetts, and also Philadelphia.
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