These Boston Area Restaurants Have Stellar Wine Programs, Magazine Says

BOSTON — The Boston area’s restaurant scene is getting some national love thanks to Wine Spectator.

Wine Spectator recently announced the winners of the 2025 Restaurant Awards. These awards honor the world’s best restaurants for wine.

This year’s awards program recognizes 3,811 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 80 countries internationally.

"A wine list is a restaurant’s identity in print, and this year’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winners reflect both deep knowledge and a passion for discovery," Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher of Wine Spectator, said. "I proudly present the 3,811 restaurants worldwide that earned a Restaurant Award this year—we raise a glass to all our winners."
Boston area winners are:

• Grill 23 and Bar, Boston
• Abe and Louie’s, Boston
• Angelo’s Ristorante, Stoneham
• Bistro du Midi, Boston
• Contessa, Boston
• Coquette, Boston
• Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, Boston
• Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, Boston
• Deuxave, Boston
• Harvest, Cambridge
• La Padrona, Boston
• Lucca North End, Boston
• Mastro’s Ocean Club, Boston
• Smith and Wollensky, Boston
• The Banks Fish House, Boston
• The Capital Grille, Newton
• The Nautilus Pier 4, Boston
• Yvonne’s, Boston
• Zurito, Boston
• 1928 Beacon Hill, Boston
• Alcove, Boston
• Atlantic Fish, Boston
• Boston Chops, Boston
• Catalyst Restaurant, Cambridge
• Eddie Merlot’s, Boston
• Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, Boston
• Fogo de Chao, Boston
• Mariel, Boston
• Morton’s Steakhouse, Boston
• STK, Boston
• Seasons 52, Newton
• The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Boston
• The Palm, Boston
• The Vermilion Club, Boston
• Trade, Boston
• Zuma, Boston
• Black and Blue Steak and Crab, Wellesley

Launched in 1981, the Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service.

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They are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,001; 1,411; and 93 winners this year in each respective category.

Also featured in Wine Spectator’s special Restaurant Awards issue: “What’s Old is New Again,” as restaurants place an emphasis on revisiting and uplifting tried and true classics.

The Restaurant Awards issue, which features a tribute to late Grand Award-winning American chef and restaurateur Charlie Trotter, becomes available to readers July 15.

See the full list of winners online.

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