The grilled salmon, breathtakingly fresh. It’s real food for a sophisticated suburban family crowd that’s been to the North End and maybe even Italy itself, and knows what’s good. You needn’t wonder if the parmesan cheese comes from a green plastic cylinder with sprinkle holes. You don’t have to ask your server if the mushrooms on the pizza are canned. A little less butter or cream here, a surprise ingredient or pairing there, and an emphasis on fresh ingredients throughout. The food is what you’d expect from Papa Razzi because make no mistake, this is still an Italian restaurant that serves Italian food to customers looking for well-prepared classics like bruschetta, pasta fagioli soup, pizza, bolognese, linguine with meatballs, shrimp with cannellini beans, and chicken piccatta. It’s entirely separate from the dining area giving it a very adults-only feel. There are also seasonal cocktails and a selection of Italian microbrews along with wines, mostly Italian, some from California, which you can order by the bottle or in a 3- or 6-ounce pour.
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In the bar area they serve their full lunch and dinner menu, of course, along with drink selections that include classic Italian cocktails such as a Bellini (Prosecco, and peach nectar) and their Negroni (Grand Ten gin, Campari, Carpano Antico vermouth). Other interior changes throughout are the floors and the furniture, all dark wood, as well as rectangular light fixtures that hang close to the ceiling. Hanging domed lights lend a modern feel and give off a nice glow in the space where the long bar that seats about 25, and several tables and a couple small booths are scattered throughout the rest of the area. As you walk in, take a look to the left at the bar area. Some less surprising changes: the restaurant seats 250+ and the private dining room has space for 100 the bar area has tripled in size and the area now seats about 45 the patio area has been expanded to 44 seats and is expected to open soon and the menu has been refreshed. (See our post, “They paved the paradise that was Mark’s Pizza and put in a parking lot”.)ĭan Lederer, Marketing Coordinator for Newport Harbor, Papa Razzi’s parent company said, “Roughly twelve more spaces were created, however, with the way the new lot is designed it will allow for our valet company to take roughly 30 more cars more easily than ever before, preventing waits and back-ups.” About those coveted parking spaces…you know that saying, “no pain, no gain”? Well, the extra spaces came about because another popular spot, Mark’s Pizza & Subs, was torn down to make room for minivans, BMWs, and the occasional Tesla. A welcome change is the increase in much-needed parking spaces, but Papa Razzi didn’t pull that asphalt real estate out of thin air.
Looking like a transplanted divine patroness of an Italianate garden, she survived the construction bustle to continue her reign over the front end of the restaurant, there to remind customers that some things are permanent. The restaurant has undergone many changes, but the life-sized classical stone statue the staff says everyone calls “Spring” remains. The address for this upcoming Mexican restaurant in Framingham is: Temazcal Tequila Cantina, 155 Worcester Road (Route 9), Framingham, MA, 01701.I walked into the newly renovated Wellesley Hills Papa Razzi at summer’s end and was greeted by Spring. If all goes as planned, the new location of Temazcal may be opening over the Labor Day weekend.Ĭurrently, locations of Temazcal can be found in Boston's Seaport District, Burlington, Lynnfield, and Dedham locations of Papa Razzi can be found in Boston, Concord, and Wellesley. This more or less repeats what took place in Burlington last year, when Temazcal opened in the former Papa Razzi Metro space on Wall Street (Tony's Coal Fire Pizza also opened within that space as well).
It looks like a local group of Mexican restaurants will replace a location of a group of Italian dining spots-and this isn't the first time that this has happened.Īccording to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, Temazcal Tequila Cantina is expanding to Framingham, opening in the space on Route 9 where Papa Razzi had been.
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