The opening of two glam new hotels already has much of Boston drooling, but we're particularly salivating over the prospect of sinking our teeth into their accompanying restaurants. Opening on November 19 at the Ames (1 Court Street, Boston) is Seth Greenberg's Woodward (pictured), a two-floor "modern-day tavern" outfitted with both Victorian-inspired details and modern flourish, a juxtaposition that's characteristic of the Ames's overall design approach. Woodward will serve breakfast, lunch, and signature dinner items like rock shrimp with olives, cod loin, and short rib pot roast, all designed for sharing with dinner mates. And your merry gang will probably want to toss back a glass (or growler!) of an exclusive brew, the Woodward Ale, while those preferring a cocktail may find theirs garnished with a variety of fruits (cherries, figs, peaches) pickled in a Woodward signature brine. Moving from Ames to (almost) Z, the W Boston (100 Stuart Street, Boston) is opening on October 29 along with its restaurant Market, a venture from acclaimed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The globe-spanning French restaurateur actually began the stateside portion of his culinary career in Boston back in the 1980s, and he returns now with a menu of French-, Asian-, and Italian-inspired dishes divided into categories of Simply Raw, Fish, Meat, and a Market tasting menu. It's all served amid dramatic décor meant to evoke "the ocean rim and land's end." We predict stomachs so full that we'll need to check in after the check.
