UpStairs on the Square

*Boston Globe*
	(Wine Director Matt Reiser) started studying the entire small-producer-focused list of 3,000 bottles, researched every label's origin and production process, and taught himself the history of the industry. Under the restaurant's three previous directors, he had learned what to look for when blind tasting and how to educate customers. Being on his own forced him to understand every element of the business. But he's not a snob. “You'll never catch me correcting a pronunciation or garrulously babbling about esoteric specifics,” he says. “At the end of the day, it's just wine, after all.” (read full article...)

*Food and Wine*
	“One of the country's top ten new restaurants”

*Boston Magazine*
	“Best new restaurant.”

*Bon Appetit – Top Tables*
	“It's just like the old days, only better...” – Annie Copps

*New York Times – Escape section*
	“In Cambridge, MA – 8 p.m. – Leopard Below, Mirror Above. Even after the buzz about the Soiree Room at UpStairs on the Square, which opened two years ago (91 Winthrop Street, 617-864-1933) dies down, the décor will be reason enough to visit. Begin your gawking at the leopard-print carpet and work your way up along the walls, handpainted à la Klimt, and punctuated by huge porthole windows. Finish at the gilded mirror ceiling. Somehow it all adds up to whimsical charm. The food, like the pan-roasted duck foie gras with honey gastrique ($19), can be as luxe as the furnishings, but even the humblest dishes are well tended. A simple romaine salad with sheep's milk feta, olives and orange tomatoes ($12) is astonishingly vivid.”

*Boston Globe*
	“UpStairs on the Square displays exuberance in every aspect—from the wildly decorative design to the ambience to the food and the chefs creating it ... A blockbuster musical in the guise of a restaurant” – Alison Arnett (read full review...)

*Boston Globe Calendar*
	“…the décor will be reason enough to visit… giddy is great for those splurging moments…” – Alison Arnett

	“Deibel and co-owner Deborah Hughes run just the sort of place you could visit night after night, mainly because there isn't better cooking around than the dishes chef Susan Regis sends out of the kitchen…” – Sheryl Julien (read full review...)

*Boston Magazine*
	“UpStairs on the Square is a Harvard Square institution…A rare stamp of freshness and care with most every part of every dish.” – Corby Kummer (read full review...)

*Boston Herald*
	“Deibel and Hughes have assembled an all-star team of culinary talent.” – Mat Schaffer

	“It's an invitation you can't refuse. Regis' cooking is as passionate as it is imaginative. If food can be said to fly off the plate with sheer exuberance then Regis' food is up, up and away out of this world.” – Mat Schaffer (read full review...)

*Improper Bostonion*
	“The place is magical. In a remarkable accomplishment, owners Mary-Catherine Deibel and Deborah Hughes have managed to transport intact the joie de vivre of their old UpStairs on the Pudding.” – J. Charles Mokriski (read full review...)

*Boston Phoenix 2004 Best of Awards*
	Best Romantic Restaurant Best Service Best Place for a Clandestine Lunch (read full article...)

*Travel and Leisure*
	“Its zany space resembles a gentleman's club designed by Lewis Carroll… the Monday Club Bar is where well-shod ladies lunch…” – Peter Jon Lindberg (read full review...)