7 Hot Spots for Fabulous Flatbread

The grilled tomato-basil flatbread at Nubar

By Naomi Kooker

The difference between flatbread and pizza, says Nubar executive chef Bill Flumerfelt, is, well, a case of semantics. “It’s sort of [a] what’s-in-a-name kind of thing,” he says. But there do tend to be some differences. Flatbread can be more thin and crispy, and less chewy, than pizza, and is often grilled rather than fired in an oven. Toppings range from lamb and duck confit to squash blossoms and the simple tomato-basil. Hungry, yet? Here're our fabulous flatbread picks in the Boston area.