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YouTube: Phantom Gourmet Takes On South End Restaurants

High marks for Stella, Masa, Toro and Mistral.

Back in October, the Phantom Gourmet's Dave Andelman highlighted four of his favorite South End restaurants -- , , and .

See the YouTube video above for Andelman's full take, or his quotes below for a quicker synopsis.

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"It's Italian, but it's not heavy red sauce Italian. It's a great mix of different things."

Andelman called Stella's spaghetti "heavenly" and "simple but perfect."

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"I go out to eat 1,000 times a year, and there can be a sameness to it, which is why you need places like Masa, where everything is just big and bold and flavorful and unusual."

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"Only one thing I don't like about Toro, they won't make reservations. Other than that, it's one of the best restaurants in Boston."

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"They've done the impossible. They've remained a super hot restaurant for 20 years."

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