New News on Newbury Street - Stephanie's

Executive Chef Jamie has moved out of the city. He has taken on the Executive Chef position at Sky in Norwood. We wish him all the best. In the meantime Jamie's right hand man Cory has now taken over the reins and is the Executive Chef with Sous Chef Larry taking up the slack. The key ingredient to this restaurant's success is having the team work in such a busy kitchen and bar. We stopped by for dinner and drinks at the bar and had a chance to meet Stephanie's Bar Manager Brian Simpson. This guy knows his wines folks. We asked him to select for us and he poured a great Cab from a house named "Carr". It was delicious. In fact I stopped off the next day at a local wine shop to see if they had it and they were sold out. Others must have met Brian as well! Stop on by and say Jambo!

Beacon Street Tavern

There's a new place in the neighborhood. The guys from Washington Square Tavern have opened a new restaurant a little closer to Boston at 1032 Beacon Street. The first thing you'll notice is that it's almost identical except for the food and oh yeah....the huge patio out front! Sightseeing doesn't get much better than this in Brookline. Chefs Sammy and Sean are joined in the Kitchen by Jamie as they get things going and judging by the first couple of weeks in business things are going well. Jerry is busy working the front so the energy level is high.

Although things might feel similar to WST there are definitely some distinct differences. The menu for one. It looks like Sean's famous ribs might have found a home and I highly recommend them. Now Sean and Sammy won't have to call me just to let me know that they're cooking the ribs on special!

Meanwhile Chef Josh has been taking care of things up at Washington Square so there are now two great supporters of JamboChef's Mission in the neighborhood. Make sure you stop by and say "Jambo".