Winner: Legal Sea Foods
When your parents come to town, they're counting on you as their guide, and you know to choose restaurants that will ding their wallet, not yours. Legal Sea Foods, with multiple Boston locations, won in a slim margin over the runner-up.
100 Huntington Ave.
Boston
617-266-7775 (Other locations, see Web site)
Runner up: Capital Grille, 359 Newbury St., Boston, 617-262-8900
Third place: Brown Sugar Café, 1033 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 617-787-4242
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