Prima Italian Steakhouse
Italian restaurant · Charlestown
10 City Square, Near TD Garden, Boston, Charlestown, MA 02129
Highlights
Homemade pastas, steaks, craft cocktails, and Rose Room romance.
Homemade pastas, steaks, craft cocktails, and Rose Room romance.
"We’d like to sign a second lease at Prima’s gorgeous wooden bar, or at least crash for the night in one of the velvet booths and drink their olive oil-infused martinis until dawn. Prima is the sort of place people go to mark special occasions—or to feel like they’re marking one, even if it’s just dinner on a Tuesday night—and the room is almost always buzzing with family dinners, dates cozied up at the bar, and celebratory tables. In other words: Every meal at Prima feels like a party. Order the garlic bread that’s basically just a tiny pizza with a handful of nutty olives, and the meatballs swimming in a tart and tangy sauce showered with pecorino cheese. We’re proselytizers for Prima’s cioppino: an ocean of seafood that's covered in a rich broth tableside. photo credit: Prima photo credit: Prima photo credit: Prima photo credit: Prima Pause Unmute" - Tanya Edwards
"Prima debuted in the former home of Todd English’s famed Boston restaurant Olives in the summer of 2023, determined to put the once-storied address back on the map. The menu boasts a housemade mozzarella bar, steaks of all sizes, and excellent pasta plates like the spicy pici, a chewy, hand-pulled Italian noodle slicked in cream and n’duja. (The restaurant goes gluten-free every Monday from 4 to 10 p.m., too.)" - Erika Adams
"An Italian steakhouse in Charlestown that expanded with a new dining room called the Park House, overlooking City Square Park." - Erika Adams
"This romantic Italian steakhouse in Charlestown goes gluten-free every Monday. The entire menu is gluten-free friendly on Mondays and reservations go quick to enjoy arancini with black truffle, gluten-free pasta in savory bolognese sauce, and crispy chicken milanese. Top the meal off with a dirty martini garnished with amply stuffed blue cheese olives." - Celina Colby, Eater Staff
"We’ve had some amazing birthdays at home with takeout pizza and big salads, but when you need to really celebrate a big fat occasion, Prima is the place to be. We’d like to sign a second lease at the restaurant's gorgeous wood bar, or just post up in one of the tufted booths and drink the olive oil-infused martini every time we age a year. The service here is also top-notch: they'll probably find a way to sneak you in even if the restaurant's super busy. And the food fully meets the quality of the service. Go for the garlic bread that’s basically just a tiny pizza with a handful of nutty olives and the meatballs swimming in a tart and tangy sauce showered with pecorino cheese. We’re going to headline our next Partiful invite with those meatballs." - joel ang, dan secatore, tanya edwards
