It wasn’t all that long ago that Boston and its neighbors Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline were where people in the area went for top-tier food — the suburbs were mostly full of houses of pizza and sub shops, restaurant chains and old-school neighborhood eateries that featured breakfast and comfort food.
But more and more, diners are finding outstanding food options north, west and south of the city, including in communities that up until recently weren’t really known for such places. Some of these cities and towns are downright hot right now.
Woburn, Burlington, Beverly, Dedham, Quincy and Wellesley are increasingly seen as destination spots for food and drink. Braintree is slowly but surely joining this list, especially considering such highly anticipated restaurants as Ganko, an outlet of an award-winning ramen place in Brookline, and Scutari, an upscale Italian restaurant that will join another that recently opened in Hanover, are on the way…