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Chiara Bistro

569 High Street
Westwood, MA 02090
781-461-8118

Chiara Bistro restaurant information
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Named for chef-owner Steven LaCount’s grandmother, Chiara (which means clear in Italian) is Westwood’s answer to upscale cuisine outside Boston’s city limits. The frequently-changing menus feature seasonal selections of authentic Italian, French, Spanish, Greek and other Mediterranean cuisines, as well as a fine selection of unusual wines.

The warm, yet sophisticated dining room with its imported Italian tiles, bright modern art and signature wine wall, can accommodate intimate dinners as well as private parties from ten to 100. It’s perfectly clear why Chiara’s well on its way to becoming a neighborhood favorite.

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Wines to Grill For at Chiara
Just in time for your Memorial Day cookout, Chiara explores grill-compatible wines from the new world.

Sample Spring Wines at Chiara
If all this unseasonably warm weather has thrown your seasonal wine drinking off course, swing by Chiara's burgundy and ...

Chiara's Got the Wines of Piedmont
Hop in the car and head for Chiara on Wednesday, February 29th

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