Dining Out: Karen Akunowicz’s Fox & the Knife

One of Boston’s hottest chefs finally has a place to call her own. But does her Italian enoteca live up to the hype?

Chef Karen Akunowicz is no stranger to the high-stakes food world. She is a James Beard Award winner. She gained a national audience as a contestant on Top Chef in 2015, and then retained it as a recurring guest judge on the show. She co-authored a cookbook, Myers + Chang at Home, immortalizing recipes honed at the South End hot spot where she cooked for seven years—and eventually became a partner alongside its eponymous star restaurateurs, Christopher Myers and Joanne Chang. Yet as an entry point for exploring her first self-owned restaurant, I’m starting with a green salad. Stay with me.