"Tasting menus are rarely a last-minute thing. On the contrary, they tend to be more of a book-a-month-in-advance-and-pray-you-don’t-get-sick-when-the-day-arrives thing. But Asta in Back Bay is a tasting menu place that’s both easier to get into and a more casual than spots where you may have to pause in the middle of your seared foie gras to applaud the couple who just got engaged at the next table. It’s pricey (a seven-course meal with things like melon, lobster and rabbit with rhubarb and huckleberry will run you about $120) but if you need to impress your boss who just flew into town from headquarters, this is where you’ll want to go." - dan secatore
