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No. 9 Park

9 Park Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-742-9991

No. 9 Park restaurant information
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Boasting a spectacular Park Street location across from the Boston Common and the gold-domed Massachusetts State House, No. 9 Park is chef-owner Barbara Lynch’s Beacon Hill dream come true.

Offering a menu of European classic country fare that spotlights the cuisines of France and Italy, Lynch has created a casually elegant bistro atmosphere.

The 1940s décor, fabric covered walls, hand-beaded sconces and mahogany wainscoting have all contributed to the instant success of No. 9 Park, bringing the restaurant and its chef-owner an avalanche of critical acclaim and a devoted clientele.

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Barbara Lynch

Chef at No. 9 Park

Chef Barbara Lynch at No. 9 Park

Her culinary talent is by now a given, but Barbara Lynch seems also to have a talent for success. How else did the hard-working girl from Southie create one of Boston's most highly anticipated restaurants - in the city's most affluent neighborhood?

Lynch's professional biography just might be the ultimate Boston success story, right up there with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Raised in the projects of South Boston, she is now perched at the top of Beacon Hill as proprietress of No. 9 Park, perhaps the toniest of the city's dining establishments.

Introduced to cooking in a high school home economics class, Barbara took jobs in restaurants all over Boston, working her way into some of the city's best kitchens and alongside two premier chefs - Todd  English of Olives and Michaela Larson of Rialto.

Such empowering practical experience translated to personal enrichment, as she sojourned to the kitchens of Italy and Southern France, further honing her European approach to cooking.

Upon her return to Boston, Lynch became Executive Chef at Galleria Italiana, turning the unknown, offbeat eatery into one of the city's best, and acquiring numerous accolades on both the local and national levels. Her name on the map, she began to focus on a restaurant of her own.

No. 9 Park opened to instant success and a tidal wave of critical applause. Its celebrated location across from the Boston Common and the Massachusetts State House lends the restaurant an air of historic venerability, as though it has been there for years. The same can be said for Barbara Lynch, a Chef who is already an institution, and a woman who knows the city from both sides of the tracks.

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Aïoli
1. noun A blend of ail (garlic) and oli (oil) in the parlance of the Provence region of southern France. Around here, we'd call it a garlic mayonnaise.
Assiette
1. noun French for "assortment," as in cheeses.
Brandade
1. noun A pounded combination of salted or smoked fish, olive oil, garlic, milk and cream.
Brioche
1. noun A soft, yeasty French bread enriched with butter and eggs.
Celeriac
1. noun More commonly known here as celery root.
Chorizo
1. noun Crumbly, spiced pork sausage.
Confit
1. noun Meat (usually goose, duck or pork) that is slowly cooked in its own fat and preserved with the fat packed around it as a seal.
Crème fraîche
1. noun Cream that is allowed to set and thicken to a velvety rich texture.
Foie gras
1. noun Expensive, silk-textured goose or duck liver that has been enlarged by a process you don't want to read about if you're going to eat this dish.
Hoisin
1. noun A mixture of soybeans, garlic, chilli peppers and spices, hoisin is a thick, dark-brown sauce, used as a condiment to accompany Chinese meat, poultry and shellfish dishes.
Hollandaise
1. noun An emulsion of egg yolks, lemon juice and hot melted butter, the smooth, rich sauce is often an accompaniment to vegetable, fish and egg dishes.
Lardons
1. noun Diced bacon that is blanched and fried.
Oxtail
1. noun A very flavorful cut of meat usually from beef or veal tail. Can be very tough so, often requires long, slow braising.
Pâté
1. noun Ground meat, fish or vegetables blended with fat and seasonings; can be smooth or chunky, served cold or hot.
Pâte
1. noun French for dough, paste or batter.
Piperade
1. noun A Basque dish based on tomatoes and sweet green peppers.
Polpette
1. noun Italian meat balls.
Ragu
1. noun Tomato and meat sauce from Bologna.
Ramp
1. noun A wild onion.
Romesco
1. noun Catalonian sauce of finely ground tomatoes, red bell peppers, onion, garlic, almonds and olive oil.
Rouille
1. noun The French word for "rust" describes the color of this spicy sauce made of hot chiles, garlic, breadcrumbs and olive oil and generally diluted with fish stock.
Roulade
1. noun A French term for a thin roll of meat or cake around savory or sweet fillings.
Skate
1. noun Firm, white and sweet-tasting, the wings of this kite-shaped fish are showing up on more and more menus.
Tartare
1. noun Ground or finely chopped, seasoned raw meat (traditionally beef). May or may not come mounded, and with a raw egg.
Terrine
1. noun An earthenware container, or the dish cooked therein.
Vichyssoise
1. noun Creamy potato and leek soup, served cold.