Tangerine Dream at Bondir

From New York Magazine and Grub Street NY

“To find all the picks on this list, Grub Street’s editors scoured their respective cities, then put the call out to critics around the country and chefs such as Andrew Carmellini, Michelle Bernstein, and Seamus Mullen. What we found were some of the most impressive, eye-popping creations we’d ever seen.”

Continued Here: Tangerine Dream at Bondir

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[Photo: Erin Reilley/Bondir]

From Eater.com

“Bondir thought it could be just another intimate, Cambridge restaurant serving refined but straightforward cuisine inspired by the local bounty. And then Bon Appetit stuck them on its list of “The Best New Restaurants in America in 2011″ and then… boom! Things just haven’t been the same since. Erin Reilley is the critically acclaimed restaurant’s general manager by default: she’s the only manager. She’s been there for three months, and before Bondir she worked for three years as a manager at Hamersley’s.”

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Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff

“Jason Bond knocked everyone out with his restaurant, Bondir, … a composition with Scituate scallops stands out for its simple, focused flavors.”

By Devra First

“From a flurry of new Mexican restaurants to Kendall Square and the South Boston waterfront taking off as dining out neighborhoods, 2011 brought an array of new places and dishes.

“Before we bid the year goodbye, let’s take a look back at some of its most delicious moments.”

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Bondir

“Chef Jason Bond’s first solo venture quickly became a hit in Cambridge and beyond …”

Read Article Here: Boston’s best new restaurants of 2011

By Donna Garlough 

“It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year since chef Jason Bond debuted his new restaurant in Cambridge’s Area Four neighborhood.

“…the Bondir team will be taking a few days off after the fete, celebrating Thanksgiving with a three-day hiatus. And when they return on the 25^th? “We release Bondir v. 2.0,” Bond says.”

Read Full Article Here: Boston Magazine

Bondir offers diners different and exquisite menu choices every day

Restaurant Review | 4.5 out of 5 stars

By John−Michael Sequeira

“Offering an impressively arrayed, elegantly prepared menu on a regular basis is one thing, but doing it with constantly rotating dishes is another thing entirely…”

Read Full Review Here: The Tufts Daily

The Best New Restaurants in America in 2011

by Andrew Knowlton

September 2011

“No. 10: Bondir, Cambridge, MA”

 Read Article Here: Bon Appetit

We are thrilled and honored to announce that Bondir Restaurant is the winner of Boston magazine’s 2011 Best of Boston Award for Best New Restaurant.

“Since chef Jason Bond opened the doors last fall, the applause for Bondir hasn’t let up. Now, nine months and zero missteps later, he gets another voice added to the gushing chorus: ours.”  -Boston Magazine

Read full article here: Boston magazine, Best of Boston 2011

Photo: Essdras M Suarez

 

Over the past three years, the number of really good restaurants in and around Boston has increased exponentially, in spite of a down economy. From sustainably caught seafood to whole roast pigs, casual neighborhood joints to elegant fine dining, Italian to French to Japanese to borderless invention, it’s all here.  

— Devra First for the Globe Magazine

BONDIR
Chef-owner Jason Bond won diners over with French fare at Beacon Hill Bistro. Bondir, which opened in Cambridge last November, is his first solo restaurant, making its excellence all the more impressive.

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“Bondir presents an accumulation of unpretentious, small, yet powerful details that make me remember why I fell in love with restaurants.”

Read Full Review Here:                                                           Mallard Duck Breast at Bondir,  Stuff Magazine                        by MC Slim JB  |  June 13, 2011