The Other Critics

Kelly’s Roast Beef Is Better at the Beach; Yak & Yeti Brings Mount Everest to Somerville

• MC Slim JB tests out the new Allston branch of Kelly’s Roast Beef and finds that the food tastes the same as at the Revere Beach location, even if it “can’t capture the faded glamour of the original.” [Phoenix]

• Cheap Eats dines at Yak & Yeti in Somerville, which features Nepali food, including mo-mos “so beautiful and delicate you almost want to dissect them.” [Globe]

• Patrick Main visits Russell House Tavern and finds not-so-small plates, including a charcuterie board that “is without a doubt the best in town.” [Weekly Dig]

• Mat Schaffer gives Somerville’s Bergamot a B+ and notes that, at a time when most new restaurants are sticking to comfort foods, Bergamot “dares to be different - with delectable results.” [Herald]

• Devra First heads to Nantucket, where kitchens teem with chefs from Boston on the antithesis of summer vacation, working “what feels like 60 Saturdays in a row.” [Globe]

• Robert Nadeau has four stars for Basho Japanese Brasserie near Fenway, noting that “It’s certainly not traditional Japanese restaurant food or culture, but it meshes in a way that seems timelessly right for now.” [Phoenix]

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