A New Chef de Cuisine at No. 9 Park; Basho at BU

BEACON HILL - No. 9 Park sous chef Scott Jones is now No. 9 chef de cuisine Scott Jones, says Grub Street. [GS]

KENMORE SQ - A source tells Eater that Basho Japanese Brasserie, near Fenway, is now serving at Boston University in the George Sherman Union. The restaurant began selling its sushi there yesterday, including spicy tuna and salmon rolls, brown rice "fit" rolls, seaweed salad and others, all made on campus. What, no ramen? [EaterWire]

PORTLAND - So a Boston chef didn't win the regional category for Food & Wine's "The People's Best New Chef" award. Eventide Oyster Co. chefs Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley did. [Eater Maine]

BOSTON/NOT BOSTON - Here are the "10 Best Beer Halls Around Boston" according to Zagat. Why "around" Boston and not "in" Boston? Because the list includes a bar in Williamstown, which is 156 miles away. [Z]
[Photo: No. 9 Park/Cal Bingham]