"How Boston made it until 2022 before a modern Irish restaurant opened in the city is a mystery. Even more confounding is what alchemy chef Aidan Mc Gee of Ireland’s county Donegal works just to make his Irish seafood chowder so good it’s tempting to never turn back to the New England version. Instead of corned beef and cabbage — which Mc Gee says is just “not a thing” in Ireland — savor beef and Guinness pies, chicken curry, dayboat fish and chips and more, in an atmosphere that whisks you away to Dublin. Check out the weekly live music, too." - Tanya Edwards, Terrence Doyle