L'Espalier

Erik Jacobs for The Wall Street Journal L'Espalier I just got back from trying out two of the buzziest places: tony L'Espalier, in the heart of overdeveloped Back Bay, and O Ya, the explosively creative, intimate neo-Japanese inn in a rehabbed firehouse hard by Boston's Chinatown and South Station rail hub.

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If L'Espalier is the glittering epitome of bubble Boston and high-rise Boylston Street, O Ya is dark and studious, laid-back but potentially very expensive.

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L'Espalier moved to its new luxe location next to the Mandarin Oriental, Boston's plushest hotel, just as the bubble burst last year.

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Erik Jacobs for The Wall Street Journal Veal sweetbreads are served with whole-wheat waffle and citrus quark at L'Espalier.

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Two He took her to L'Espalier, a converted town house that had become one of Back Bay's premiere restaurants.

Ryan Winston, Anne Marie 2002

Partly because it was quite pricey, but also because L'Espalier was one of those places people went to celebrate life's milestones.

Ryan Winston, Anne Marie 2002

Start the evening off on a swank note at L'Espalier.

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Almost immediately after she deposited herself in a corner booth at L'Espalier, the restaurant at the school in the late 1950s, it was a battle.

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Since McClelland purchased L'Espalier in 1988, it has become one of the top 20 restaurants in the country.

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