Dine Out Boston Is Back at Sonsie
Dine Out Boston returns this season, and Sonsie is taking part with a three-course menu for $46 per person. It's the same Back Bay dining room Newbury Street has known since 1993, with a menu built to show off the brick oven and the kitchen's range in one sitting.
What Is Dine Out Boston?
Dine Out Boston is the citywide restaurant week that has run since 2001, giving diners a chance to try prix-fixe menus at restaurants across Boston at a set price. Twice a year, restaurants from the North End to Back Bay put together special menus for the occasion, and it's become one of the easiest ways to make a reservation at a place you've been meaning to try, or to revisit a neighborhood classic like Sonsie.
What's on the Dine Out Boston Menu at Sonsie?
The Dine Out Boston menu at Sonsie is $46 per person, with a choice of one dish per course. It's a compact tour of the kitchen's style, part European, part international, always grounded in ingredients from local farms.
First Course
- Heirloom Tomato & Burrata Salad — Maplebrook Farm burrata, local heirloom tomatoes, compressed peaches, cucumber, Calabrian chili salsa macha, basil (gluten-free)
- Crispy Eggplant Rollatini — whipped ricotta, San Marzano tomato sugo, basil pistou, aged Parmesan
Entrees
- Roasted Half Giannone Chicken — potato fonduta, roasted shiitake mushrooms, black garlic chicken jus, crispy herbs (gluten-free)
- Pan-Seared Atlantic Cod — fire-roasted red pepper coulis, summer succotash, lemon herb oil, charred scallions (gluten-free)
Dessert
- Tres Leches Cake — fresh seasonal berries, vanilla chantilly, salted caramel
- House-Made Brioche Doughnuts — vanilla bean pastry cream, macerated strawberries, strawberry reduction
Both entrees come out of the same kitchen that runs the brick oven daily, and the chicken in particular leans on that heat for its crispy herbs and deep color. Full details and the rest of the regular offerings are on the Menus page.
Why Book Dine Out Boston on Newbury Street?
Newbury Street during restaurant week has an energy to it, and Sonsie has been part of that stretch of Back Bay since 1993. The sidewalk café is still the spot to watch the street go by, the French doors still open up the dining room on a nice evening, and the Wine Room in back is there for anyone who wants a quieter corner for a group dinner or a date. Whether you're a regular who's had a hundred meals here or a first-timer using Dine Out Boston as your excuse to finally stop in, the room works the same way it always has — the classic choice for Boston restaurant week on Newbury Street.
How Do You Book?
Reservations for Dine Out Boston fill up fast, especially on weekends, so it's worth booking ahead through the Contact page. Sonsie is open seven days a week — Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. on Saturday) until midnight, and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. — so there's room to find a table that fits your schedule.
The Bottom Line
Dine Out Boston is a good reason to get back to Newbury Street, and Sonsie's menu this year covers the range the kitchen is known for: a burrata salad built around peak-season tomatoes, a chicken dish that leans on the brick oven, a cod that tastes like summer, and two desserts worth arguing over. Since 1993, Sonsie has been the kind of place that works for every occasion — restaurant week is just a good excuse to prove it again.