Restaurants & Bars
New Restaurant Opens in Brookline's Washington Square
Ivory Pearl is a seafood restaurant and oyster bar, a sister restaurant to the Blossom Bar and Baldwin Bar.
BROOKLINE, MA — The experts who brought Blossom Bar to Brookline Village have opened their second location, this time in Washington Square. Earlier this week the seafood restaurant and oyster bar called Ivory Pearl opened quietly next to Barcelona Wine Bar.
Ran Duan, who runs Blossom Bar, is behind the new concept. It's one of the few spots in Brookline to offer up an oyster bar. And anyone familiar with Eventide or Bar Mezzana might be happy to hear that Ian Maschal, who worked in both of those popular spots is running the kitchen here.
For now, the restaurant is offering up 50 seats of outdoor dining, and has reserved a 25 seats for indoor seating. You can make a reservation online or just walk in.
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In addition to the oysters, the menu features everything from the fisherman's platter ($39) to tuna crudo ($15) and boardwalk fries ($6).
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The Ivory Pearl replaces the Italian restaurant Grassona's, which opened in January 2018 and closed earlier this year.
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