Waterfront will be an 80-seat destination for craft beers, local spirits, and “shareable, dressed-up pub food” with a seafood bent, Richards says. They join a couple others with particularly strong local ties: Fratelli, an Italian collaboration from two prominent Boston restaurateurs, and Mystique, a modern Asian restaurant from Big Night Entertainment Group (whose local portfolio includes Red Lantern and Empire restaurants) Big Night will also debut Mémoire, a sprawling nightclub. The comparatively casual and intimate spots, which will neighbor each other on a retail esplanade at the property, are among the 15 bars and restaurants that Encore’s Las Vegas-based operators have announced for the Everett casino.
John Ross, an executive chef at North End landmark Neptune Oyster-a top seafood specialist and fixture on our list of Boston’s best restaurants-will steer Waterfront and the Oyster Bar, according to Warren Richards, Encore’s executive director of food and beverage. Photo providedĪs it moves toward its late-June opening, the Encore Boston Harbor casino-resort is betting on a big fish to helm two of its recently-announced restaurants. Neptune Oyster chef John Ross is headed to two seafood-focused restaurants at the Boston area’s first casino-resort.
