Ryan Weaver

Post 390, which opened on Friday, October 2nd, is billing itself as a “neighborhood restaurant.” This, despite the fact that it is being run by Eric Brennan, who has served as the executive chef for larger-than-life brands like the late Excelsior and the Four Seasons. This, despite the fact that... continue reading on Bostonist

Great Bay in Kenmore Square closed this weekend. We've all heard the theory about the disappearance of the dinosaurs: an asteroid collision or volcano eruption caused dust to blot out the sun, allowing animals who were uniquely adapted to these new atmospheric conditions to survive and give rise to... continue reading on Bostonist

It's tough being Ten Tables' next door neighbor. How do you compete with a buzzed-about romantic restaurant where it's impossible to get reservations and the chefs re-invent the menu every night? But Oleg Konovalov and Ibonne Zabala, the owners of Bon Savor in Jamaica Plain, have been quietly re-inventing... continue reading on Bostonist

Diner food is delicious. It's generally oozing with butter and grease, cheese and saccharine imitation maple syrup. These things taste good. However, many eaters these days are no longer ignorant enough of what goes into this food (the artery-clogging trans fats, the environment-destroying factory farmed meats) to partake in... continue reading on Bostonist

Don't we all. But this is a uniquely romantic opportunity: spend a year in Parma, one of Italy's food hubs, studying sustainable agriculture at a university run by the Slow Food organization, with field trips to France, Greece and Spain, then produce a final project about it. This Bostonist... continue reading on Bostonist