simonesez: Catch Restaurant

Awards and Rankings

Condé Nast Traveler — January 2008 — Catch at The Terrace included in the annual “Gold List” and was highlighted for “focusing on regional seafood using French techniques in its beautifully presented three- to five-course meals.”

Wine Spectator — 2007 “Award of Excellence” — Catch Restaurant[since 2005, Catch Restaurant has received the “Award of Excellence”]

Five Star Diamond Award — 2007 — Catch Restaurant

OpenTable Diners’ Choice List 2007: As voted on by New England OpenTable Diners

Boston Magazine — August 2006 — Best of Boston: Best Seafood Restaurant, Catch Restaurant
[2005 — Best of Boston: Best Seafood Restaurant, Catch Restaurant]

New England Travel & Life Magazine — June 2006 — New England’s Best Seafood Restaurant, Catch Restaurant

The Week — June 2006 — One of eight restaurants included in the New England’s Best Seafood Dining roundup. [Catch Restaurant]

Boston Magazine — April 2006 — Catch Restaurant rated #1 choice for “Great Dining in the Suburbs.”

Boston Magazine — August 2004 — Best of Boston: Best New Restaurant, Catch Restaurant

Bostonian — April 2008 — Chef Chris Parsons and Catch at The Terrace were featured in a profile on The Charlotte Inn.

Seafood Business — April 2008 — Chef Chris Parsons was featured in an article about innovative seafood menus: “Catching on: Native Bostonian inspired by New England’s seasonal delights.”

The New York Times — August 2007 — Chef Chris Parsons and Catch at The Terrace were featured in a roundup of individual bed and breakfasts and country inns with adjoining restaurants on Martha’s Vineyard. “Mr. Parsons, a fourth-generation fly fisherman, not surprisingly focuses on fish. Herb-roasted Atlantic cod surrounded by Menemsha lobster and Wellfleet clams, all afloat in a sea of lemon-thyme broth, is excellent. He shows what he can do with local meats in a tender red-wine-braised lamb from Allen Farm in Chilmark, with chanterelle mushrooms and Macumber turnips.”

The Boston Globe Magazine — June 2007 — Chef Chris Parsons and Catch Restaurant included in the article “Have a Heart” about hearts of palm.

The Boston Globe Magazine — August 2006 — Chef Chris Parsons and Catch Restaurant included in a story about restaurant clambakes in the article “Rustic Refined” claiming “there's an utterly refined rendition, where fingers never need touch food or shells, at Catch in Winchester. Chef Chris Parsons serves braised lobster tail over corn flan, with clams, briny sea beans, potatoes, and grilled merguez sausage - and it comes with a fork. Even without oceanfront seating, it's a real taste of summer.”

The Boston Globe Magazine — May 2006 — Chef Chris Parsons included in the article “Fantastic Island” about mussels from Bangs Island, Maine.

Boston Herald — January 2005 —"Fresh seafood is Parsons' best Catch.”
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Zagat — 2005 — “This self-styled American bistro 'is indeed a great catch': 'focusing almost exclusively on seafood', the kitchen takes 'the best of the daily market' and makes 'artwork' in the form of 'simple, elegant appetizers' and 'innovative, complex entrees'...” [Catch Restaurant]

Boston Magazine — April 2004 — “Chef and co-owner Chris Parsons's menu is by definition seafood-centric, and his ingredients are local and seasonally sensitive; alongside the carefully prepared and delicious dishes, his menu lists the names of his many local purveyors.” [Catch Restaurant]

Boston Globe — April 2004 — “...there's an energy here - a palpable enthusiasm from the hostess who greets you at the door, checking to make sure a guest who called for directions found her way, to the customers at the counter chatting with the chefs, to the creatively presented food on the plate.” [Catch Restaurant]

Boston Globe — March 2004 — “This 38-seat restaurant (including the barstools) focuses on local seafood and brims with ineffable charm.” [Catch Restaurant]