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The new Eastern Standard doesn’t look much like the old Eastern Standard, but it sure feels like the old Eastern Standard.

Restaurateur Garrett Harkers iconic Eastern Standard brasserie has been reborn a short walk from the original Kenmore Square location.

Eastern Standard, Boston’s beloved brasserie and bar from Garrett Harker, returns in a new location with nostalgic nods to the original.

From a national cinema-eatery to a long-awaited opening from Garrett Harker at The Bower, try these new restaurants opening around Boston.

It’s the first of four new Harker venues, to be followed by a revival of his acclaimed Eastern Standard restaurant and more.

Plus, the loss of a tiki legend — and other restaurant news you can use.

Howard Harding Brown was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on August 2, 1923, to Frank J. Brown and Anne L. Brown, and lived on Gramercy Place in Manhattan. Eventually the family moved to New Jersey, and Harding attended Westfield High School. He joined the Navy at the age of 19, and went to officer training school, […]

Where (and why) to eat the square, doughy pizza — traditionally cooked in steel pans used in Detroit’s automotive industry — around Boston

These chefs bring the latest in techniques, flavors and passion to the dining scene, just as earlier groundbreakers started some 45 years ago.  A new era for the awards, considered the Oscars of the restaurant world, brought more focus on chefs outside the major cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It was well beyond time the spotlight made it to New England and other regions developing great culinary talent.  In 2011, Champe Speidel of Persimmon, then in Bristol and n...