Prima Boston
Italian restaurant · Charlestown ·
Pasta, steak, seafood, mozzarella bar, Rose Room
Pasta, steak, seafood, mozzarella bar, Rose Room
"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." - Team Infatuation
"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
"A newly created dining room formed from previously unused space next to a swanky Italian steakhouse in Charlestown; the Park Room overlooks City Square Park and is available for booking group dinners or private events during the holiday season (email info@primaboston.com for availability)." - 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
