Nathan Tavares

Boston, San Francisco

Writer and Editor at Freelance

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For the First Time, a Week-Long Queer Food Festival Lands in Boston

3 weeks ago | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

After a one-day stint in Boston last April, the Big Queer Food Fest is expanding into a week-long celebration of food and community, with tons of free and ticketed events running from April 28 to May 4. Think: course after course of tastings, dinners, soirees, and panels, all leading up to a grand tasting at downtown Boston food hall High Street Place.
Our Wildly Comprehensive Guide to Eating and Drinking in Fenway

1 month ago | bostonmagazine.com | Nathan Tavares |Rachel Leah Blumenthal |Anna Arriaga

Bring your Green Monster-sized appetite to these home run spots serving lobster rolls, bouncy udon, pig roasts, and lots more. Where there’s a will to eat, there’s a Fenway. Whether you’re hanging around before the Sox hit the field or just looking to run the bases around some of the city’s hottest restaurants, this neighborhood has it all.
Where to Find the Best Mac ’n’ Cheese in Boston Right Now

2 months ago | bostonmagazine.com | Nathan Tavares |Tomas Gonzalez |Tomás Gutiérrez González |Rachel Leah Blumenthal

These options for gooey, cheesy comfort in a bowl (or a skillet, or a mug) will get you through Boston’s colder months. In the very un-scientific hierarchy of comfort foods—French fries, ice cream, tacos—one dish reigns supreme: mac ’n’ cheese. After all, a great mac ’n’ cheese combines all of the flavors and textures that light up our animal brain with fireworks of food euphoria.
Boston’s Best Sandwiches - Eater Boston

Feb 14, 2025 | boston.eater.com | Erika Adams |Nathan Tavares

Erika Adams/Eater Boston | Erika Adams/Eater Boston A diner can find a lot of very good sandwiches of various types in and around Boston, from banh mi to roast beef to porchetta. (And if you’re eating an Italian sub, don’t forget the hots.) Scroll below for 12 must-try sandwiches all around Boston. Read More Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process.
Sun-Kissed Beaches, Mykonos Vibes: Boston’s Top Greek Restaurant Group Explores the Aegean Coast at Kaia

Nov 22, 2024 | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

There’s an almost divine duality at Kaia, the latest restaurant from Xenia Greek Hospitality, the hit-making team behind Greek hot spots Bar Vlaha and Krasi, which opens in the South End on Friday, November 22. Seafood from afar, seasonal produce from around the corner. Here, fresh-caught fish and go-with-the flow plates find a home next to dishes dashed with wild sauces that took months to make.
Spy Bar Sneaks into Back Bay on October 2

Sep 27, 2024 | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Infiltrate the lower level of the Revolution Hotel in Back Bay for drinks and small plates at Spy Bar. The new listening lounge — as in music, not wiretaps — is the latest venture from Wildlife Hospitality, the folks behind the Beehive restaurant and live music hotspot, and Mexican restaurant Cósmica, also within the Revolution.
Four Meals Worth a Road Trip This Fall

Sep 27, 2024 | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

Carley Rudd Photography Hungry for a road trip? On the menu: four meals that are more than worth the mileage from Boston. Whether you’re looking to savor leaf-peeping with a side of pancakes or want to (finally!) sneak into some restaurants that were seemingly booked up all summer, grab your flannel, queue up a podcast, gas up and get some grub.
Dumpling Daughter Delights at the Boston Public Library’s Map Room

Sep 26, 2024 | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

Nathan Tavares/Eater Boston The Boston Public Library’s Map Room Lounge, the restaurant within the central branch in Copley Square, is currently co-authoring a restaurant takeover with Dumpling Daughter. Pop into the restaurant (which is operated by the Catered Affair, also behind recently opened Folio) to check out Dumpling Daughter’s authentic Chinese cuisine and sip on craft cocktails. The event is part of the Catered Affair’s Community Table Initiative, and runs through October 6.
An Acclaimed Chef is Bringing Irish Cuisine to Dorchester

Sep 26, 2024 | boston.eater.com | Nathan Tavares

McGonagle’s Dorchester will soon have another reason to lift a glass of perfectly poured Guinness. This November, McGonagle’s Pub & Restaurant will welcome diners for both classic Irish dishes and more modern meals that celebrate the cuisine found in Dublin today.
Where to Find Excellent Portuguese Food in Boston and Beyond

Sep 13, 2024 | bostonmagazine.com | Nathan Tavares

In Greater Boston and the South Coast of Massachusetts, dive into seafood-heavy, flavorful cuisine from the Azores to Madeira to Avó’s house. Portuguese cuisine hasn’t quite hit the mainstream yet in other parts of the country: You won’t see restaurants on every street corner dishing out codfish casseroles, fried-egg-topped steaks, and shrimp Mozambique in a divine garlic-studded and saffron-heavy sauce. But around here?