Boston seafood: The city’s top locally sourced dishes

“Like fruits and veggies, seafood tastes that much better when it’s harvested close to home,” said Donna Garlough in Boston. It’s no surprise, then, that many of our favorite local seafood dishes are built with ingredients that are local too.

Shellfish Bouillabaisse, Bistro du Midi ($35). We’re particularly partial to Chef Robert Sisca’s New England–style bouillabaisse, which includes monkfish, mussels, and Jonah crab from Maine, and calamari from Point Judith, R.I. “The cockles come from New Zealand, but Sisca sometimes substitutes Rhode Island littlenecks.” 272 Boylston St., (617) 426-7878

Seafood Risotto, Turner Fisheries ($35). “Not every morsel of this bountiful dish is locally sourced”—the shrimp comes from a sustainable farm in Belize. But the sweet scallops and the lobster meat make up for that, as does the lobster stock that moistens each grain of risotto. Copley Place, (617) 424-7425

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Jonah Crab Cakes, Island Creek Oyster Bar ($14). The crab in chef Jeremy Sewall’s spicy and “feather-light” cakes is always from the East Coast, and “usually brought in as bycatch from local lobstermen.” If you think about it, that makes this dish particularly eco-friendly. 500 Commonwealth Ave., (617) 532-5300