Canary Square

The food was great and delivered pretty quickly to our table. They seemed to have a good variety of drinks and cocktails. Would love to try one next time.

We were served by a delightful bartender named Smyth who took excellent care of us. The food was surprisingly good, tho it did take a little too long to get out of the kitchen; it wasn't even crowded.

Casual upscale bar and restaurant with a focus on locally sourced ingredients. Really warm service, we took a high top by the bar, had couple outstanding cocktails, the pineapple daiquiri is worth going back for! The charcuterie board was good but the pork bun that I got was simply out of this world. My husband liked his steak frites and my house made fettuccine with peas and parmesan was decent but a little dry. Would definitely go back.

Great atmosphere. Great beer selection. Came here with a group of friends and was excited to see salmon poke on the menu, which did not disappoint.

Great open place with excellent service and fresh food. The bread and butter is amazing and the chicken dinner dish is a winner. Also great for breakfast or beers for a game.

In a word, sublime. My wife and I lived in JP for several years and without a doubt went to Canary Square more than any other restaurant in the entire city. While some might think that's limiting, I'd counter with "when you know, you know." We lived just down the street so it was of course convenient, but in reality it was so much more: the draft list alone would be worth 5 stars. The food was always incredible, however "small" might think the menu was. (It was also one of the few places that, thankfully, consistently served a black bean burger.) I, personally, didn't think it was any different than most smaller restaurants in the neighborhood or even the whole of the city. The staff were always pleasant in my view, and we always *always* got sat quickly even on busy Friday/Saturday nights, simply because they eventually came to recognize us. Now we live in Pennsylvania but whenever we visit Boston we plan it so that we can leave early enough to get to CS before they close and have dinner. Don't miss out!

Great atmosphere and beer list. High quality food. The outdoor seating leaves something to be desired in my opinion, as it's right at a bus stop and there is also a trash can just on the other side of the wall. The menu has something for everyone. I would classify this place as casual fine dining although the atmosphere doesn't necessarily make that obvious.

Update: sadly to us they changed the menu removing many of our favorites and now mostly pizza and snacks. Still good and nice ambience, but not our choice anymore for a meal out. I suspect this change was due to staffing issues, so maybe they’ll bring the old menu back one day. Kale Caesar and ribs are very missed!! Highly recommend. We've had 3 excellent meals here over the past couple months and it has quickly jumped to the top of our list for neighborhood restaurants. We've lived a 10 minute walk away for 5 years and after 2 mediocre visits early on it was never high on our list. Well, that changed. They have a new chef and manager and the quality and experience are now excellent. We haven't had a dish or drink we didn't love. We've ordered the kale caesar every time, the jerk ribs are delicious, the pizza respectable, duck confit mmmm, and the maple cheese bacon fries, OMG. Can't wait to try the rest of the menu. The servers are very attentive and friendly (though they've recently hired a bunch it seems so many are very new and need to learn the menu and be able to describe food/make recommendations better, but they'll get there I'm sure). The patio is great - lots of seating, fun people watching. Indoors is huge with big garage doors so in nice weather you get excellent airflow (bye bye airborne covid). Also, somehow they always have excellent music on that I simultaneously love but have never heard, which just makes the experience even more special. THANK YOU!