Chop, chop, it's Eater Boston with the week's restaurant and nightlife news!
JAMAICA PLAIN—Tonic was full of promise when it opened, garnering praise for taking bold menu steps in a neighborhood not known for its cutting edge cuisine. Then the executive chef left and it closed for months. But as of 4pm today, Tonic reopens.
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SEAPORT DISTRICT—If you needed any further proof of the Seaport District's blistering hotness as a restaurant magnet, consider this: the word on the street is that Geoffrey Zakarian, celebrity chef and judge of TV's Chopped and The Next Iron Chef, is now coming to town.
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HUB-WIDE—Three major restaurant-related controversies came to a head this week: celebrity chef and Olives founder Todd English settled a lawsuit by the estate of the founder of Priceline, the government found The Upper Crust guilty of owing $850,000 to employees, and the fabulous Wahlberg boys are suing the former business manager of their Hingham burger restaurant Wahlburgers. Also controversial: The Huffington Post said visitors to Boston should eat at Legal Sea Foods.
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OUTER SPACE—Some Harvard dudes took a hamburger from local burger chain b.good, tied it to a weather balloon, and created a surprisingly enjoyable video of it going up into outer space before crashing in a tree. They think a squirrel then ate it.