Parish Cafe & Bar
Restaurant · Back Bay ·
Chef-designed sandwiches & craft cocktails with diverse beer choices
Chef-designed sandwiches & craft cocktails with diverse beer choices
"You can spend your life going to every great restaurant in Boston, or you can go to Parish Cafe and say you did, because the menu at this gastropub is filled with sandwiches created by chefs from some of the city’s best spots. We’re fans of The Bravas from the people behind Sarma that has prosciutto, chorizo, manchego, brussels sprouts, and a bunch of other ingredients you’ll have trouble believing fit onto one bun. Try to get here in the summer, too, when they have a patio that spills out onto Boylston." - joel ang, dan secatore
"The sandwiches at the Parish Cafe, a Back Bay gastropub with sidewalk tables on Boylston, aren’t as cheap as most of the other stuff on this list (they run from $17-$26). But still, this place is like a cheat code for eating at some of the best (and most expensive) places in Boston, because each sandwich on the menu was created by a different chef from a really popular restaurant around the city. So if you can’t do the $250 omakase menu at O Ya, come to the Parish and get the spicy tuna burger that O Ya’s owner put together for $26. Then just lie and tell everyone you went to Bondir." - dan secatore
"I learned that Poe also helms Parish Cafe in Back Bay, where he prepares game meat such as elk, yak, ostrich, and beer." - Paolo Bicchieri
"A Back Bay restaurant best known for chef-driven savory sandwiches that also offers a simple, comforting dessert ice cream sandwich: vanilla ice cream tucked between warm chocolate chip cookies and finished with chocolate sauce for an indulgent, homey finish to a meal." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal
"After owner Gordon Wilcox decided to close the South End location last August, I note that Gogitidze and Axiotis took over that Parish Cafe space; Wilcox has kept the original Back Bay Parish Cafe at 361 Boylston St. open." - Dana Hatic