Description:
"Locke's" is the traditional Boston restaurant, a power-broker favorite since 1875. Famed Boston restaurateur Lydia Shire bought it in 2001, but if the ghosts who surely hang around here mind having a woman in charge, you'd never know it. In an alley off the Winter Street pedestrian mall, the wood-paneled restaurant entertainingly evokes a Waspy men's club. The long, mirrored downstairs bar dates from 1880, and the service is 19th-century-style courtly.
The food deftly combines old-fashioned and contemporary. Traditional fish cakes sit alongside new-fangled jasmine rice, red-pepper aioli comes with Maine crab cakes, and delectable scalloped potatoes accompany the signature roast beef hash. Other traditions, including excellent steaks and chops, Wiener schnitzel a la Holstein, lobster Savannah, and broiled scrod with brown bread, endure. So does Locke-Ober, an "only in Boston" experience if ever there was one.
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Traditional restaurant with traditional values
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I enjoyed Locke-Ober and don't think because I rated it 3, I didn't. I save 5* for places like Benu in San Francisco, 4* for L'Espalier and 3* for Locke-Ober - please...
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- posted on 05.18.12
- by PeterI970
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Excellent meal
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This place has been around for over 100 years; decor is beautiful. Food is excellent, though portions are larger than the norm so we shared what we could. Excellent seafood though...
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- posted on 05.03.12
- by VickyLakeGirl
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disappointing
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We needed a quiet spot for dinner with an older relative. Boy, "quiet" hardly describes it, more like a morgue. We were the only table there at 6 PM, although three more tables...
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- posted on 05.02.12
- by leafpeeper98
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Over 2 decades later
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my wife and I dined here again. The main dining room is now more open and bright with the warmth of lots of wood. I believe that the large inlaid ceiling panels are old, very nice....
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- posted on 11.05.11
- by by mshnaya at Citysearch
Awards:
Frommer's
- Highly Recommended 2009
- Highly Recommended 2010
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Contact:
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- tel: 617/542-1340
- fax: +1 617 542 6452
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Address:
- 3 Winter Place
- Boston, MA 02108
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Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm; Mon-Thurs 5:30-10pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-11pm
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