61 Exeter Street, Boston, MA, 02199

City Table is being spun as relaxed and easygoing, with food that’s perfect for sharing. The message is clear: This is so not a hotel restaurant. The Lenox isn’t even mentioned on City Table’s current website. The makeover is mostly skin deep, if that.

150 Hancock St., Quincy, MA, 02171

A place like Basta Pasta Enoteca is a Cheap Eater’s dream: the food and service are very good, the prices are right, and the atmosphere casual and fun. That’s because chef/owner Reno Hoxallari has had a lot of practice. --The Boston Globe, Dec. 16, 2009

1375 Washington St., Boston, MA, 02117

Beautiful Banq gets a New York chef and a new brand in the South End. The result? Patricia Yeo has made Ginger Park worth a second look. -- The Boston Globe, Dec. 9, 2009

282 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02138

Lucky Garden occupied the same drab yellow-brick and cinderblock building near Huron Village for so long that it faded into the kind of urban lacuna you could breeze by a thousand times and never notice. But this restaurant has come to life again, with new owners ... more

406 Stuart St., Boston, MA, 02116

Post 390 feels like it’s been here a long time. It’s two levels of wood, fireplaces, open kitchens, and warm lighting, with several bars and an army of employees, and so crowded it’s hard to take any of that in. --The Boston Globe, Dec. 2, 2009