IN THE NEWS: The Globe’s Devra First reviews Townsend’s in Hyde Park, while Ann Cortissoz considers Orinoco (22 Harvard St., Brookline) and James Reed visits The Reef at the New England Aquarium (Central Wharf, neaq.org). boston.com … The Phoenix’s Robert Nadeau reviews Estragon (700 Harrison Avenue, Boston), while MC Slim JB considers Boston Speed’s Famous […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Globe’s Devra First reviews Persephone (283 Summer St., Boston), while Sheryl Julian considers Rizelli Cafe (284 Washington St., Brookline Village, Brookline) and Katie Johnston Chase visits Hungry Mother (233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., Cambridge, hungrymothercambridge.com). boston.com … The Herald’s Mat Schaffer reviews Highland Kitchen (150 Highland Ave., Somerville; 617-625-1131; highlandkitchen.com) and details […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Post-Dispatch’s Joe Bonwich reviews small plates spot Morgan Le Fay’s (14314 South Outer Forty Drive, Town and Country, 314-317-9181), while Betha Whitlow considers cider house Rotten Apple (220 West Main Street, Grafton, 618-786-2798, www.amalgamatedbrewing.com). … Bonwich reports the upcoming openings of chef Chris Lee’s Cafe Ventana (just west of the St. […]

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IN THE NEWS: Menu Pages reports the closings of Trani and The Spotted Apron. blogs.menupages.com/boston … The Globe’s Devra First gives two stars to Small Plates (56 JFK St., Cambridge, 617-441-0056, smallplatesrestaurant.com), while Bella English reviews Peppercornz Restaurant and Catering (435 Columbian St., South Weymouth. 781-331-9931) and Wesley Morris considers Vinoteca di Monica (143 Richmond […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Free Press’s David Ashenfelter reports that fugitive La Shish restaurant owner Talal Chahine has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit for his role in a scheme in which his wife, her sister and a former roommate engaged in marriage fraud to become U.S. citizens and obtain sensitive government […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Detroit News’s Molly Abraham gives three stars to Small Plates (310 S. Main St., Royal Oak, 248-543-3300), while Darren A. Nichols reports on the reopening of Dearborn’s Leon’s Family Dining restaurant on Michigan Avenue, two months after a fire almost destroyed it. … Abraham reports that Shawn Mac has taken over […]

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