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This chef-driven northern Italian trattoria is the longest lasting and most successful restaurant in the ’hood. Feast on grilled Tuscan meats and pasta dishes at half the price of North End’s restaurants.

This ultra-casual Jamaican Halel deli-restaurant serves seafood, but is best known for its outstanding curried chicken and curried goat.

Place your order and grab a table outside at Boston’s only fish shack. In winter, sit inside their cozy dining room (see Barking Crab).

Upstairs from the Milky Way Lounge and Lanes (see Milky Way Lounge & Lanes), Bella Luna shoots the moon with bright salads, rib-sticking Italian fare such as chicken marsala, and their signature gourmet pizzas.

The outstanding jukebox plays steadily during the week, a DJ spins R&B, reggae, and hip-hop on the weekend, and live jazz and blues start every Sunday at 7pm. Biarritz vies for a place as Roxbury’s hippest night spot.

On weekends this watering hole is packed both inside and outside in the garden – it’s a typical beer-drinking, South Boston singles scene. Modern pub food hits a fairly high mark.

This classic “new” Irish pub, frequented by cheerful neighborhood types with vaguely poetic pretensions, is properly outfitted with Guinness and Murphy’s on tap and live music most nights.

Northern Indian dishes predominate at Bukhara. There is a particularly wide selection of lamb dishes and rich biryanis , and Tandoor-roasted meats are a specialty. Gets extremely busy at lunch time.