The Royal Treatment

No longer do local residents need to wait to get a table at Boston’s Contessa Ristorante—now they bring their cuisine and service to you.

Like a jewel atop a crown, so sits Contessa, a restaurant that has graced the Boston skyline since 2021 and celebrates Northern Italian cuisine in a way the city has never experienced. With a glass roof and retractable panels for open air dining, Contessa occupies the hotel rooftop of The Newbury in the Back Bay and surrounds guests in swanky style with arguably the best panoramic views of Boston. The experience transports you to Lake Como, but in a style that is quintessentially Boston, and makes Contessa an ultimate dining destination just a short jaunt from Cape Cod.

Major Food Group (MFG), the hospitality company that brought Contessa to Boston is now launching Contessa At Home—bringing the ultimate luxury dining experience to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. “People who frequent Contessa love not only the cuisine—but the experience. What if we could bring that into our guests’ homes in a meaningful and equally compelling and delicious way?” they say. 

The Contessa At Home experience will not only include the restaurant’s popular dishes but also one-of-a-kind treats such as an array of unique passed canapés, an emphasis on family-style portions and of course, exceptional hand-crafted pastries that cap off any true Italian fete. Mario Carbone, chef-restaurateur and co-founder of MFG, has family roots running deep in Italy and his travels inform the inspiration for much of the selections.