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On January 8Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What are the best places to stay in Boston?
I think my first choice would be XV Beacon because it’s just cute, quaint, beautiful location. Second I would have to say Four Seasons; and third, I would say InterContinental. -
On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What are the best food markets in Boston?
Well Formaggio [Kitchen], for sure. There's that Armenian market next to Formaggio's, it's always fun to pop in. I also love the North End. I love Salumeria Toscana.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What is the best Boston nightlife?
Drink for cocktails, I love.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What are the best places to stay in Boston?
I think my first choice would be XV Beacon because it’s just cute, quaint, beautiful location. Second I would have to say Four Seasons; and third, I would say InterContinental. -
On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What are Barbara Lynch's favorite hotels in Boston?
I think my first choice would be XV Beacon because it’s just cute, quaint, beautiful location. Second I would have to say Four Seasons, and third, I would say InterContinental. -
On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What does Barbara Lynch pack when she travels?
Black, black and black. One pair of my sort of like boxing sneakers, but they're really comfortable. For walking, a bag that I can just throw over my shoulder; sort of a messenger bag, so I can hustle with that. These Merino pants, which are just black or blue peg leg pants that can fold — you don't have to worry about wrinkles. Just anything really comfortable.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What is Barbara Lynch's favorite airline?
Virgin America. -
On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What is on Barbara Lynch's travel playlist?
David Wyatt, he's a poet. Bon Iver — I listen to him occasionally. I’m listening to Ryan Adams.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What does Barbara Lynch collect when she travels?
I bring all those tacky little silver spoons for my chefs in the kitchen at the little tourist shops. What I really love to do is sort of take it back in my head. If you notice something that is like unbelievably handmade and gorgeous and you will never see it again, I'd grab it. But if it's something that you can get in Boston or anywhere else, I don't know, I just don't. Like in San Remo or Liguria I would pick up wooden stamps for pasta.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
How does Barbara Lynch order when she dines out?
First of all, if they have sweetbreads or squab, I'm going to get it. If it's a restaurant that I'm not so sure about and the menu doesn't look like it's actually making me happy or tantalizing me, then I usually will go for something like a salad. Not just like a mixed green salad, but something sort of beets or carrots or some kind of good vegetable mix. Then it depends on what they have — if I feel like having lamb, then I'll have lamb. If they have duck, and if it sounds good, I'll try it.
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On October 18Barbara Lynch answered the question:
What are Barbara Lynch's favorite hotels?
I love the Essex Hotel in Central Park because I love when I call room service, they're like “Welcome back Mrs. Petri. Are you having the berries today? This is Rosa.” Such familiarity. If I know I'm going to be jogging for five days then I'll stay at the Essex right there on Central Park South.
Barbara Lynch
Tastemaker
Chef, Restaurateur
Boston
James Beard Award-winner Barbara Lynch is one of the country's leading chefs and restaurateurs. During her twenties, Lynch worked under some of Boston's greatest chefs, including Todd English, first at Michaela's, then at Olives and later Figs. In 1998, she opened her own restaurant, No. 9 Park, in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. In 2003, she expanded in the city's South End with B&G Oysters, serving exquisitely fresh oysters and New England classics, and The Butcher Shop, a wine bar and full-service butcher shop. Lynch continued to grow her culinary empire with Niche Catour, a catering company, in 2005; Plum Produce in September 2006; and next door, Stir, a demonstration kitchen and cookbook store in 2007. In fall 2008, she took to Boston's Fort Point area to debut Drink, a bar dedicated to the craft of the cocktail, and Sportello (Italian for "counter service"), a modern diner. Her catering company, 9 at Home (formerly Niche Catour), relocated to Fort Point in 2008 as well. Then in spring 2010, Lynch and her team opened the eagerly anticipated Menton, a fine-dining restaurant in Fort Point. Menton has received several accolades, including a 2011 James Beard Foundation nomination for Best New Restaurant.
