Watertown Chef up for Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chef

Tim Maslow of Strip T's made the short list of the top young chefs from New England.

  Word of Tim Maslow's notoriety for his culinary creations has spread beyond the Boston area and the chef at Watertown's Strip T's has made the Food and Wine magazine's list of top new chefs in New England. Maslow told the magazine that he grew up working in his father's restaurant on School Street in Watertown, then he went off to study cooking at the French Culinary Institute in New York. After working in restaurants in the Big Apple, including David Chan's Momofuku Noodle Bar and Momofuku Ssam Bar, he returned to Watertown and took over the kitchen at Strip T's and totally chagned the menu. One of the top dishes at Strip T's is chicken wings in Moxie Sauce - made with Moxie soda, Maslow told the magazine. One item that remains from the…

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Strip T's Owners Planning to Open New Location - See Where the New Restaurant Will Go

Father and son owners, Paul and Tim Maslow, plan to open a new location of their popular Watertown-based restaurant.

Watertown's Strip T's restaurant has attracted a lot of fans and attention from Boston area food critics, and now father and son co-owners Paul and Tim Maslow plan to bring their innovative fare to more people by opening a new location in Brookline. The website Eater Boston reported that Paul, the father, and his son and chef Tim will be opening early next year. "Details at this point are few, but it will be in Brookline's Washington Square with 70 seats and a tentative opening timeframe of this March. Stay tuned for more details," the report reads. Where exactly the restaurant would go is not certain, but Eater reports it may have a different name - Ribelle, which is Italian for rebel. To see the rest of the post from Eater Boston, click …

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Watertown's Strip T's Restaurant Named to Boston Magazine's Top 50

The restaurant has made a name for itself, in part for it's hot and spicy dishes on its menu.

Boston Magazine honored Watertown's Strip T's restaurant by naming it one of the Top 50 restaurants in and around The Hub. The restaurant, run by chef Tim Maslow, has caught the attention of diners and critics from around Boston. Boston Magazine noted some of the spicy offerings on the Strip T's menu: Watertown’s own Strip-T’s was included in this year’s list. This storefront restaurant has made a name for itself as one of the hottest restaurants around, literally! Try their spicy charred romaine salad topped with oxtail and chili vinaigrette or the wings with moxie sauce that has everyone buzzing. There’s no better choice if you want exceptional service and ingenious dishes.   See more about the Boston Magazine Top 50 on the magazine's …

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Bites Nearby

Bites Nearby: Strip T's Restaurant

This small, independent restaurant has thrived on School Street in Watertown for 25 years, and now it's upgrading its offerings with a new chef from the Big Apple.

Despite its name, Strip T's, at 93 School St. in Watertown, is neither a steak house nor a sports bar (although it does serve steaks, homemade beef kielbasa and gourmet burgers). By day, it's a popular lunch spot (and light breakfast, too), with a varied menu of salads, hot and cold sandwiches, burritos, and pita roll-ups. After 5 p.m., it becomes a real restaurant, with a new menu created by a chef from New York City, and beer and wine.  What to eat: With its new chef, the lunch menu has been "ungraded," according to owner Paul Maslow, with offerings like fresh-roasted turkey and breads now coming from the local bakery Iggy's. But it's the dinner menu that has been transformed, according Maslow, with what he calls "fine dining at …

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