Boston Tables: New York invasion

Cafe ArtScience

David Edwards, a polymath professor at Harvard and founder of the art/science design center Le Laboratoire in Paris, helped start this new home for gastronomical and technological flights of fancy in Kendall Square, with a kitchen led by chef Patrick Campbell.

Website: cafeartscience.com

Number of seats: 100

Average per-person check: $55

Popular dishes: Beef carpaccio with Canadian lobster, X.O. sauce and Périgueux truffle; roasted Giannone Farms chicken with savoy cabbage, Hudson Valley foie gras and chestnuts; Strawberry Fields with coconut cream, cocoa soil and strawberry sorbet.

What people come for: Progressive cocktails enlisting such equipment as a centrifuge, rotary evaporator, blast freezer, and Le Whaf, a vapor-producing device.

Address: 650 E. Kendall St., Cambridge

Phone Number: 857-999-2193

Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca

Chef Mario Batali rolled into Beantown, to the Innovation District on the waterfront, with this pizza-focused derivation of his illustrious Italian holdings in New York.

Website: babbopizzeria.com

Number of seats: 180

Average per-person check: $30

Popular dishes: Gnoccho fritto; vongole pizza with garlic, chile, oregano, grana cheese and cockles; black & white milk chocolate chip gelato with crème fraîche gelato, hazelnut croccante, chocolate and caramel crema.

What people come for: Its all-Italian wine list, artisanal gelati, and private dining room for events for up to 24 people.

Address: 11 Fan Pier Blvd.

Phone Number: 617-421-4466

Alden & Harlow

Chef Michael Scelfo mines a market-minded philosophy to revisit and tweak homey American cuisine at this warm basement space in Harvard Square.

Website: aldenharlow.com

Number of seats: 165

Average per-person check: $40

Popular dishes: Pickled Verrill Farm corn pancakes with buttermilk, maple and shishito; Ubiquitous Kale Salad with creamy pistachio dressing, honey and fennel; butternut squash salad with currants, pecorino, hazelnuts and brown butter.

What people come for: Its seasonal market-driven cocktail program, with two cocktails on tap.

Address: 40 Brattle St., Cambridge

Phone Number: 617-864-2100

Bar Boulud

The latest in line among locations in New York and London, this bistro and wine bar brings the famed chef Daniel Boulud to town by way of a swanky spot in the Mandarin Oriental in the Back Bay.

Website: barboulud.com/boston

Number of seats: 90

Average per-person check: $45

Popular dishes: Degustation de Charcuterie with chefs selection of pâtés, terrines, sliced meats, pickles and mustards; New England Clam Bake with countneck clams, Portuguese sausage, corn, onions, potatoes and garlic crouton; classic steak frites with bone marrow crust, watercress, Béarnaise sauce and hand-cut French fries.

What people come for: Its robust wine cellar, oyster happy hour ($1 Wild Duxbury oysters and $3 Jack’s Abby Framingham Lager).

Address: 776 Boylston St.

Phone Number: 617-535-8800