Dining

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You are bidding on a $100 gift card to L'Espalier Restaurant, located at 774 Boylston Street in Boston.  Visit them at www.lespalier.com or call to make a reservation at 617-262-3023.

L’Espalier is often credited with being the first independently owned restaurant to bring haute cuisine to Boston, and doing so with a trailblazing commitment to using local, fresh ingredients from New England. Located on Boylston Street when it opened in 1978, L’Espalier moved to a historic Back Bay townhouse in 1982, only to return to Boylston Street in 2008 where it currently resides adjacent to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

Under Chef, Proprietor, Author and now Farmer Frank McClelland’s stewardship, L’Espalier has consistently been rated at the top of national and local best restaurant lists (Zagat, Boston Magazine, Frommer’s Travel Guide, Wine Spectator, among them). The restaurant has received numerous accolades including the "Distinguished Restaurant Award" from Mimi Sheraton, as well as being the first New England restaurant to receive four stars from The Boston Globe food critic, Alison Arnett. In 1996, Nation’s Restaurant News bestowed L’Espalier with its highest honor, inducting the restaurant into its “Fine Dining Hall of Fame.”  L'Espalier is the only independent restaurant in New England to receive eleven consecutive AAA Five Diamond Awards (the only Boston restaurant with this distinction) and also has earned twelve consecutive Mobil (now Forbes) Four-Star awards.  

In response to these many accolades Chef McClelland would demur and shift the focus to the longevity and loyalty of his employees, some of whom have been part of his team for more than three decades.

Location
In the heart of fashionable Back Bay, adjacent to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Boylston Street, one block from the Hynes Convention Center, Prudential Center and Copley Place. L'Espalier is walking distance to Symphony Hall, Berklee Performance Center and major colleges and universities.

Cuisine
Sophisticated and modern New England-French cuisine, with an emphasis on artisanal and New England ingredients.

Lunch (daily)
À la carte menu available
Six course Degustation Tasting Menu $60
Chef's Tasting Menu $100

Dinner (daily)
Three course Prix Fixe Menu $85
Seven course Degustation Tasting Menu $105
Seven course Degustation Vegetable Menu $90
Chef’s Tasting Menu $185

Tea (Saturday & Sunday)

Dress Code
Jacket and tie most comfortable, but not required

Seating
90 +

Private Dining
The restaurant is available for private events.

Parking
Valet parking available at both lunch and dinner for a fee.

Interior
Martin Vahtra - Projects Design New York, NY