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Named after a type of tuna indigenous to the Pacific, Skipjacks on Needham Street promises a seasonally inspired daily menu utilizing fresh seafood and other ingredients rich with local flavors. The venue?s inviting ambience and well-informed staff enhance the pleasure of dining here.

The innovative menu includes an extensive raw bar with sushi. Enjoy selections such as shrimp tempura maki, sesame seaweed salad and caterpillar maki with eel and cucumber. Dinner at Skipjacks could consist of dishes like Maine steamer clams, lobster bisque, seafood cobb salad, fried sea scallops, baked stuffed lobster and marinated steak tips. Their signature seafood specialties include wasabi crusted salmon, shrimp and spinach scampi with angel hair pasta and baked haddock with creamy lump crabmeat stuffing. Call it a day with warm chocolate bread pudding or ice cream profiterole.

The menu is complemented by an award winning wine list, emphasizing American vintages, as well as hand crafted cocktails like alpine margarita with Lunazul blanco tequila, blood and sand with Famous Grouse and tea for the tillerman with house infused Earl Grey gin.