Contessa at The Newbury is the hardest reservation to get in the city right now. Back in December, JO and I were enjoying our Staycation when I checked Open Table and found a random reservation available for a Tuesday in January so I grabbed it.
Omicron was still surging but JO and I decided to keep the reservation anyways. School has been so exhausting since returning from December break, it was nice to have a night out to look forward to. Also, Boston's new Vax or Test Negative rule had just gone into effect which made us feel better about being out and about.
Our Uber skills are still rusty so we ended up getting to The Newbury a bit earlier than we needed to so we grabbed a drink at The Street Bar, their hotel bar. I have to say, this bar is totally my jam. The walls feature rich wood and built ins lined with old books. The furniture is a mix of navy and maroon velvet lounge furniture with some couch seating mixed with traditional tables. The lighting is dark and dim and the bar has an antiqued mirror background which makes your makeup look flawless 😜
After our drinks we headed around the corner to the restaurant entrance. We rode the elevator up to the 17th floor. When you get off the elevator you are immediately greeted with the lit up city skyline. The restaurant features a lot of marble and velvet and greenery. I didn't take many pictures because it didn't seem like the kind of place to do that. Google the restaurant and you'll get some great pictures. The ceiling is black and white canvas draped in waves. What I really love about this place is that it is fancy without feeling stuffy at all. You can get super dressed up to go here (we were in the elevator with a lady in a cocktail dress) but most people had jeans, black sweaters, chunky jewelry, nothing over the top. It kind of reminded me of Top of the Hub in that way. The price points are also really varied here so you can go for an expensive fancy meal or a more affordable meal of pasta and pizza that are excellently prepared.
We were seated at the banquette against the wall and of course I took the side with the window views. The nice thing is there are mirrors on the walls so if you are sitting with your back to the view you can still see it. We decided we would slow roll the meal by getting appetizers first and holding off on ordering our meals. Our cocktails were really good. I got this gin cocktail and at first I wasn't a fan but I ended up really liking it and it was perfectly made for sipping. JO tried three different drinks and they were all quite tasty. We started with the prosciutto and the meatballs and both were perfection.
For dinner we each tried a pasta dish. I got the carbonara and JO got the fusili genovese. My carbonara was quite good, although slightly salty. JO's dish was perfection. It had this fresh pesto on it that just popped.
It was so nice to be out and about after the crazy first few weeks of January.
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