If you read through websites that reminisce about long-closed restaurants in the Greater Boston area and elsewhere in New England, you’ll inevitably see references to a certain type of dining spot that continues to disappear from the local landscape: the multi-room family-friendly restaurants that were often seen as destination spots.
Some well-known names tossed about in such discussions include Hilltop Steak House and Weylu’s in Saugus, Anthony’s Pier 4 and Jimmy’s Harborside on the South Boston waterfront, Christo’s in Brockton (which now has a much smaller location in Whitman), Phillips Old Colony House in Dorchester and Benjamin’s in Taunton.
