Contessa Boston

"Major Food Group’s celeb-favorite Italian hotspot, Contessa, will be open Christmas Day for breakfast from 7:30 until 10:45 a.m., and then 12 until 8 p.m. for lunch and dinner. The rooftop restaurant will be serving a family-style meal for $195 per person, and the feast will likely include dishes like burrata with caviar, Chianina beef carpaccio, spicy lobster rigatoni, prime rib grilled and a Nutella fudge cake panettone for the table. Reservations are available here." - Tanya Edwards

"How about Thanksgiving on a rooftop? Major Food Group’s decadent Italian hotspot, Contessa, will be open on the holiday serving a pre-set, family-style menu for $195 per person starting at 12 p.m. There’s ricotta-stuffed pasta with black truffles, roasted turkey with sage turkey gravy, and squash carpaccio, among other plates, and the meal finishes out with pumpkin gelato and apple pie. Reservations are available here." - Erika Adams

"While this posh Italian restaurant doesn’t have an actual roof deck, as it’s actually on the roof, you can sink into the plush surroundings while basking in the birds-eye views of Newbury Street. On days when the weather is nice, the team will retract the restaurant’s windows for breezy open-air dining." - Tanya Edwards, Eater Staff

"Contessa, on the rooftop of The Newbury, is currently the hottest dining reservation in Boston (book a table well in advance if you don't want to to squeeze in at the bar), and it offers one of the best views of the Public Garden in the city for an unforgettable weekend brunch or an evening aperitivo with a view."

"Major Food Group opened Contessa on the rooftop of the Newbury Boston last month, another New York-based Italian restaurant to hit Newbury Street." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal