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These restaurants are offering igloos, fire pits, and more for the winter season
It may be tempting to hunker down at home, but these local restaurants will help you stay warm.
During the winter season, it can be tempting to hunker down indoors. We’re making the much more fun case to instead brave the chilly temps and warm up at a Greater Boston restaurant.
Some restaurants and bars in the region are offering ways to get through the cold season like lighting a fireplace, offering igloo seating, or adding a special warming dish or cocktail to their menu.
These restaurants are going to great lengths to keep customers warm, despite the fact that this time of year tends to be one of the slowest for your favorite local eateries, bars, and other businesses. Bostonians tend to hibernate on its chilliest days, and its typical across the country that people spend less post-holidays — including at restaurants.
We can’t make the commute any less chilly, but that’s what layers are for. Snag a seat by a fire or inside a cozy igloo, and feel warm and fuzzy knowing you patronized a local restaurant.
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Here’s a list of restaurants where you can go to warm up, instead of staying home this season.
Igloo seating:
- ArtBar: 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge
- Liz’s Cafe, Anybody’s Bar: 31 Bradford St., Provincetown
- Mick Morgan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant: 973 Providence Highway, Sharon
- Mile Marker One: 75 Essex Ave., Gloucester
- Riverhouse: 260 W. Water St., Taunton
- Rooftop at the Envoy, also has fire pits and hot cocktails: 70 Sleeper St., Seaport
- The Bowery Bar: 2261 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester
- The Inn at Hastings Park, also offers high tea on Saturdays: 2027 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington
- The Mercantile: 2 Mercantile St., Worcester
- The Tipsy Toboggan: 75 Ferry St., Fall River
Fireplaces and pits:
- Bricco Ristorante: 241 Hanover St., North End
- Bow Market: 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville
- Capo Restaurant & Supper Club, also offers hot spiced cider and hot buttered rum: 443 W. Broadway, South Boston
- Five Horses Tavern – Davis Square: 400 Highland Ave., Somerville
- Grill 23 & Bar: 161 Berkeley St., Back Bay
- Harvest: 44 Brattle St., Cambridge
- Mare Oyster Bar: 223 Hanover St., North End
- Menotomy Grill & Tavern: 25 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington
- Prima Italian Steakhouse, also offers hot chocolate: 10 City Square, Charlestown
- Publico Street Bistro & Garden: 11 Dorchester St., South Boston
- Saltie Girl: 279 Dartmouth St., Back Bay
- South End Buttery: 314 Shawmut Ave., South End
- The Banks Seafood and Steak: 406 Stuart St., Back Bay
- The Lexington: 100 N. First St., Cambridge
- Truro Vineyards: 11 Shore Road, North Truro
- Waverly Kitchen & Bar: 231 Bunker Hill St., Charlestown
- Yvonne’s: 2 Winter Place, Downtown Boston
Food specials:
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe, afternoon tea on Sundays: 71 Charles St., Beacon Hill
- Blue Ribbon Brasserie, braised short rib special in addition to regular menu items like French onion gratinee: 528 Commonwealth Ave., Fenway-Kenmore
- D16, Tequila hot toddy: 955 Boylston St., Back Bay
- Frenchie Wine Bistro, French onion soup: 560 Tremont St., South End
- Geppetto, a new winter menu that’s also available for takeout: 100 N. First St., Cambridge
- Hunter’s Kitchen and Bar, adult s’mores hot chocolate: 110 Dorchester St., South Boston
- jm Curley, Specials like cast iron chicken pot pie, biscuit-topped apple cobbler with Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream, and more: 21 Temple Place, Downtown Boston
- Northern Spy, beef chili with build-your-own garnishes and free hot chocolate and cookies on snow days: 4 Rolling Mill Way, Canton
- POE-Lenta at Time Out Market, tomato basil soup with fried grilled cheese crouton: 401 Park Drive, Fenway-Kenmore
- Prairie Fire, hot buttered rum: 242 Harvard St., Brookline
- Shore Leave, ramen every Sunday: 11 William E. Mullins Way, South End
- The Great American Beer Hall, mac-and-cheese with beer, bacon, and scallions: 142 Mystic Ave., Medford
- Tori Jiro, Oden soup and matcha espresso martini: 98 Arsenal Yards Boulevard, Watertown
- Trina’s Starlite Lounge, spaghetti and meatballs on Tuesdays: 3 Beacon St., Somerville
- Woods Hill Pier 4, fondue service: 300 Pier 4 Boulevard, Seaport
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