\u201cWhether it\u2019s your anniversary dinner or just a night out, you always remember your experience in the North End, especially if you\u2019re coming in from the suburbs. My mother lives in the North End, and I lived on Salem street for a couple of years. so it was a no-brainer to open up my first restaurant here. Plus, what other neighborhood would you go to for Italian food?\u201d
–Jen Royle, owner, TABLE<\/p>\n
What\u2019s new is old. This restaurant from award-winning sports reporter turned caterer turned restaurateur Jen Royle may have just opened in January, but it encapsulates all of the North End\u2019s Old World values. For starters, no misanthropes allowed: dining is strictly family-style, with dishes placed down on one of two communal tables, one 14 seats and the other 22. Two nightly seatings invite strangers to break bread over a nine-course menu of impeccable Italian classics: duck confit ravioli, charred octopus, shrimp scampi, panzetti, ricotta zeppole. \u201cI really wanted to bring something new to the neighborhood, and growing up in an Italian family, we always ate family-style,\u201d says Royle. Her faith in Bostonians\u2019 humanity was warranted. The restaurant has been an immediate hit. Turns out, Bostonians aren\u2019t are all unrepentant curmudgeons after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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