Here's a look at three intriguing Boston-area restaurants that opened in the past year

The restaurant sector has been a major driver of employment growth for Massachusetts. In fact, the number of jobs in the sector has grown by more than 20 percent since 2000. But the total number of jobs in the state still hasn't returned to the employment level we saw in late 2000, before the dot-com crash. As part of our coverage of that growth, we decided to check with three of the most intriguing new restaurants on the scene in 2013 to see what makes them tick. READ MORE: Mass. restaurant sector… Reported by bizjournals 1 day ago.