Leaving tonight for Boston (Backbay). Does anyone have any favorite restaurants in Backbay or anywhere that area? Any help would be very much appreciated.

Brasserie Jo at the Colonade Hotel is great.

I love Skipjack's on Clarendon right across from the John Hancock Towers. Best seafood in Boston. If you like Tex Mex the other end of the street is no bad good margaritas-Sweetwater Cafe.

Brasserie Jo is also very good, I agree. Went to Sweetwater Cafe quite a bit when I worked in Boston, this is definitely casual. What's your price range? If you want to go a bit pricier, there is a great place on Gloucester St. between Newbury and Comm Ave called L'Espalier, serving French and American cuisine. They serve only dinner, Mon-Sat. It's expensive but well worth it...good for a romantic dinner for 2. Check out their web site....www.lespalier.com. My husband took me there for Valentine's Day a few years back...what a treat. Good luck!!

My favorites: Hamersley's bistro
Aquitane
Trouquet,,,for fine dining and then for
good food, peope watching, Brasserie Jo(a chain) and Sonsie.

Another vote for Skipjacks... reasonable seafood.. Try the crab cake.. and for dessert the hot chocolate bread pudding.. Mel Brooks was there the other night after the opening of The Producers.. go to www.chowhound.com they know everything..lol