Fox & The Knife

Founded by James Beard Award-winning Chef Karen Akunowicz, Fox & the Knife is an acclaimed modern Italian restaurant featuring casual and cozy dishes paired with a robust list of wine and spirits. The restaurant, located across the Broadway T-stop, draws inspiration from Akunowicz’s time spent working as a chef and pasta maker in Modena, Italy, with the menu and inviting atmosphere to prove it. How to support: Book a reservation, purchase a gift card, or order pickup or delivery.

Chef-owner Karen Akunowicz steps up with hearty, traditional Italian food inspired by her time as a chef and pasta maker in Italy. Locals love it so much that in order to score a table, especially on the weekends, you have to book a reservation about a month or so out. But once you get in, you'll realize it is worth the wait to dig into this carb-heavy fare, like warm focaccia, handmade pasta, pork Milanese, braised lamb, or whole fish.

Chef Karen Akunowicz faced high stakes when she opened Fox & the Knife this year. Not only was she a popular "Top Chef" contestant in 2015, but she received a James Beard Foundation Award in 2018 for her work at Myers + Chang. Luckily, her cozy, refined Italian restaurant in South Boston is a smash hit.

You could basically order blind at Karen Akunowicz’s Southie enoteca—just close your eyes and click randomly around the spot’s online menu—and be assured that whatever arrives at your door is bound to be your new favorite dinner. From the creamy burrata with warm walnut vinaigrette to the tagliatelle Bolognese that balances savory wild boar with the bright green zing of thyme, every ready-to-eat dish is a winner. But if you’re feeling slightly more motivated (and looking to claim all the credit for a restaurant-worthy meal), spring for the Fox Pasta program: It lets you choose packages of Akunowicz’s uncooked pastas, from curls of creste de gallo to bundles of bucatini, along with her dreamy sauces and other fresh-made goodies to whip up a meal at home.

This South Boston enoteca and restaurant is proof that dreams do come true, and for James Beard Foundation award-winning Chef Karen Akunowicz, it was a dream more than 10 years in the making. The seeds for the restaurant were planted during a year immersed in Italy's cultural and culinary landscape, and that's turned into a fun, lively, bustling Boston restaurant that's quickly become a major favorite. Customers heading over to Yelp have nothing but good things to say: Chef Akunowicz is lauded for serving up delicious, fresh food with a creative touch, and for fostering the sort of friendly, social experience that you expect from a truly great wine bar.

Top Chef: All Stars alum and 2017 Best Chef: NortheastKaren Akunowicz is building a South Boston empire on top of spaghetti (and tagliatelle, ravioli, tortelli, and bucatini). Fox & the Knifeswiftly launched Fox Pasta pickup during the pandemic, featuring fresh-made menu favorites to cook at home. In 2021 Akunowicz opened her second restaurant, Bar Volpe, with a glass-walled pastificio (pasta shop) that ships nationally.

Fox & the Knife: James Beard Award winner, Chef Karen Akunowicz, runs this South Boston restaurant serving delicious Italian-inspired cuisine in a warm, welcoming setting. The restaurant embraces the art of aperitivo and offers a communal gathering space for guests to enjoy great company and equally fantastic food. The menu focuses on wood-fired cuisine and homemade pasta, which is made fresh daily.

Located right by the Broadway T stop in South Boston, Karen Akunowicz’s Fox & the Knife enoteca serves modern Italian fare inspired by her time in Modena, Italy, just outside Bologna. She previously headed the kitchen at Myers + Chang, winning the 2018 James Beard award for best chef in the northeast. Diners can expect aperitivos, cocktails, and hearty pastas in a casual, communal atmosphere.

Ask anyone in the know about the one place you can't miss in Boston these days and most will wax poetic over Fox & the Knife. James Beard award-winning chef/owner Karen Akunowicz is a culinary wizard and each of her house-made pastas is more genius than the next. In particular, the agnolotti with braised beef in roasted carrot butter, and the raviolo carbonara with guanciale and a farm egg.

If you’re looking for award winning entrees, head over to Fox & The Knife for dinner. The refined, award-winning Italian restaurant, located in South Boston, is inspired by Modena, Italy, where Chef Karen Akunowicz spent more than a year studying culinary arts. It’s casual contemporary setting allows guests to focus on “celebrating the everyday joys of great company and good food”.

Fox & the Knife unfolds as an Italian-Mediterranean treasure with a Michelin star in the center of South Boston. A lively meal created by chef Karen Akunowicz reinterprets classic dishes with a contemporary twist. The eatery’s vibrant atmosphere reflects its audacious philosophy and invites customers to indulge in creative pasta dishes and modern takes on Italian classics.

Chef Karen Akunowicz’s spirited enoteca is South Boston’s go-to for handmade pasta, grilled broccoli Caesars, and Taleggio-stuffed focaccia, one of the best cheese pulls in town. All of the bucatini pepe e cacio, tagliatelle Bolognese, and pollo al mattone are now yours to go, along with cocktails for two and fresh pasta and sauces to prepare for yourself.

Traditional Italian food updated for the modern diner – that’s what you’ll find at Fox and The Knife. Walk-ins are welcome at the family owned and operated restaurant, but a reservation is worth it. Inspired by James Beard Foundation Best Chef Winner Chef Akunowicz’s time in Modena, Italy, you’ll taste the flavors of the Tuscan countryside in every bite.

A fairly new Italian restaurant opened its doors last year in the South Boston area. Fox & The Knife immediately became a smash hit with fans of Chef Karen Akunowicz, the Top Chef contestant from 2015. Not only because she became famous from her TV appearance, but because her approach to Emilia Romagna cuisine is sublime.

From crushing it on "Top Chef" to scoring a coveted James Beard, Karen Akunowicz is a force in the kitchen. And you can feel that passion and precision in her very first restaurant. This cozy Italian enoteca hearkens back to the chef's time working in Modena and employs all the pasta-making techniques she perfected there.

FOX & THE KNIFEInspired by chef Karen Akunowicz’s time in Modena, Italy, this family-owned restaurant pays homage to the city’s food, wine, culture and spirit. At Fox & the Knife, every bite, from raviolo carbonara to pollo al mattone, is a symphony of flavors.

Chef Karen Akunowicz is fully committed to ensuring her clients leave the restaurant with a taste of another world through food, even in America. The energy in the restaurant is electric and provides an excellent opportunity to make friends with other people.

Matthew Litchfield, a local guide, celebrated his wife’s birthday here and was impressed by the service. Dishes like steak tartare and Bolognese rival those from Michelin-starred restaurants. Fox & The Knife is known for its pasta.

This Italian Enoteca & restaurant is by award-winning chef, Karen Akunowicz. Traditional Italian food, cooked beautifully in a contemporary fashion. It specialises in handmade pastas, antipasti and Apertivi and Amaro programmes.

Experience a vibrant Italian enoteca in the heart of Boston at Fox & the Knife. This restaurant in Boston is highly sought-after for its creative Italian cuisine and upscale atmosphere.

Fox and the Knife in Southie offers traditional Italian food but has an anything but traditional frozen favorite. Try their Frozen Basil Daiquiri!. It’s made with rum, basil and lime.

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