These are the 2025 winners of Boston’s Legacy Business Awards

Mayor Michelle Wu honored 30 beloved businesses, from family-run restaurants to neighborhood dry cleaners and pharmacies.

The Ice Creamsmith in Dorchester. Handout

May 29, 2025

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Mayor Michelle Wu announced the winners of this year’s Boston Legacy Business Awards last week, which recognize 30 independent businesses across Boston that are “longstanding, independent enterprises that make a strong contribution to the residents, communities, and neighborhoods of Boston,” according to the Mayor’s office.

This year’s awardees are composed of businesses across Boston’s neighborhoods, with the majority of businesses being in the food industry. Collectively, the businesses have been serving communities for over 1,200 years, according to a statement from the Mayor’s office.

“Congratulations to Boston’s 30 new legacy business awardees. Our legacy businesses are a driving force of support, resources, and connection across our neighborhoods,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in the statement. “I am excited to recognize and celebrate the City’s third wave of Legacy Business awardees who make our communities strong, lively, and welcoming for all.”

The winners are chosen through Boston resident nominations. Nominated businesses are required to have been open for over 10 years and cannot be previous winners. This year, the Mayor’s office received over 1,450 nominations.

“I am proud to continue this hallmark initiative of Mayor Wu that invites residents across the city to honor the commitment, investment, and impact that small business owners have made in our communities for decades,” said Segun Idowu, Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion in the statement. “Because of the work of our Office of Small Business, this initiative continues to ensure the stability of these community bedrocks for generations to come.”

This year’s businesses will be honored in a public ceremony at Calderwood Pavilion in the South End on June 3.

See the full list of 2025 awardees by neighborhood below. Food businesses are marked with a 🍽️.