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Revamped restaurant could make a Basque difference for Beacon Hill
By adamg on Thu, 06/06/2024 - 10:48am
The Boston Licensing Board today approved the replacement of Bin 26 Enoteca, 26 Charles St. on Beacon Hill with a new restaurant serving food its attorney says will be based on "the rich culture and cuisine of the Basque region of northern Spain," from the Pyrenees mountains to the Bay of Biscay.
More specifically, Zurito will serve meat and cheese, much in the form of small plates or tapas, attorney Tom Miller said at a hearing yesterday.
The key players will be familiar to diners at the recently closed Bin 26: Manager Nader Asgari-Tari (in photo) had been Bin 26's manager for several years and among the restaurant's co-owners are Babak Bina and Jamie Bissonnette, who were among the co-owners of Bin 26.
Miller said that like Bin 26, Zurito will have 64 seats and a closing time of midnight,
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stretch but acceptable. the pun that is.
are they gonna have a backroom with cider spilling all over the floor?
Cool! I've never seen more than a Basque dish or
two at our local Spanish restaurants, and Bissonnette is one of my favorite chefs. His new Korean and Japanese joints on Temple Place are awesome.
My tastes are way to
My tastes are way to parochial to even try Basque food. My idea of international cuisine is a boiled dinner from "The Black Rose".
Does pizza count as Greek or Italian food @MC Slim JB?
If the pizza has linguiça or chouriço
on it, it counts as Portuguese food. That was the closest I got to international cuisine when I was a kid.
Cool! I went to visit a
Cool! I went to visit a friend in Boise, Idaho and they have a large basque population and tried the food.