Akshay Ahuja
Best Restaurant No. 4: Boca Maintains Elegance in its Rustic Appeal
Like walking onto the set of an opera, there is something theatrical and almost over-the-top about Boca, with its enormous chandelier, floor-to-ceiling draperies, and grand staircase. Balancing all of this, though, is food that,...
Best Restaurant No. 5: Abigail Street Impresses with Attentive Service
Much less than other restaurants of its caliber, Abigail Street is understated in its greatness. Service is so friendly and casual that you only gradually realize how competent the servers are, from their knowledge of...
Best Restaurant No. 6: Please Balances Crowd-Pleasing and Experimental
If you want to try something you have absolutely never been served before, or even heard of, Please is the place to go. Each iteration of the tasting menu, which changes several times a...
Best Restaurant No. 7: Miyoshi Inspires Appreciation for Simplicity
Editor’s note: Miyoshi closed August 28, 2021.Entering Miyoshi is like entering another world. Floating in a busy sea of strip malls and traffic in Florence, the restaurant is a kind of oasis. No flat-screens...
Best Restaurant No. 8: Phoenician Taverna Gracefully Fine Tunes Classics
Wassim Matar, Phoenician Taverna's owner, once told me something interesting: Be careful with recipes. Reason being, a recipe can make you think you know how to make something and give you false confidence. A dish...
Best Restaurant No. 9: Eighth & English Pulls Off a Successful Pivot
Editor's note: This restaurant closed in September 2019.After a year in business, Eighth & English did something courageous and difficult. Owner Chase Blowers and his new head chef Pedro Rangel completely revamped the menu...
Best Restaurant No. 10: Mita’s Restaurant & Bar Offers Diversity while Preserving Identity
Mita's had a transcendent first few years and is now settling into restaurant middle age with grace and dignity, producing lovely versions of its classics, like jicama salad and pozole verde, and occasionally dazzling...
Bombay Brazier Goes Beyond the Buffet
The Montgomery eatery sticks with tradition to set its Indian food apart.
Miyoshi Is a Foodie Destination in Florence
The restaurant inspires an exploration of the depth and breadth of Japanese cuisine.
Sacred Beast is a New Late-Night Fixture in OTR
It’s hard not to notice that Sacred Beast is always open. Through some Herculean effort, the restaurant operates seven days a week, from late morning until well past midnight on five of those nights, making food from scratch.