Northeastern Formal Dining

                                            Boston

Uni - Ken Oringer runs this sushi bar in a space that it shares with his more formal restaurant, Clio. It's just a counter with six seats and four small tables along the back wall. One night last October I sat down at their opening time of 6:00 PM, and told Johnny, who mans the sushi counter, that I had to make a 7:15 shuttle back to New York. Well, he took control of the situation, and in that 75 minutes he managed to serve me preparations of Kumamoto oysters, a quail egg with uni and caviar, toro tartar, barbecued eel and foie gras, Kobe beef with Vidalia onions, and otoro with beet tops. It was a terrific meal with the freshest of ingredients, and Uni gets my vote as the best place to dine in Boston. B+

Uni’s Quail Egg Spoon with Uni and Caviar