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A guide to new restaurants opening in Greater Boston in 2025
This updating guide includes restaurants that have opened or plan to open in Greater Boston in 2025.
It’s been a busy year already for Greater Boston restaurant openings, with 2025 welcoming a slate of new restaurants every month, and there are still plenty to come.
Boston.com keeps track of those openings — past, present, and future — in our frequently updated opening guide.
Some exciting restaurant openings that were slated for 2024, like Fallow Kin, got pushed to 2025, as is typical in the business due to construction and equipment delays. There are a few spots changing their concepts or renovating, like Cambridge’s Brick & Mortar that will soon become Acqua & Bocca.
But there are also other new developments slated for 2025. Cloud Candy IPA’s home, Mighty Squirrel Brewing, is opening yet another space up to try their beers in Watertown. Greater Boston will also see not one, but two Daily Provision locations open their doors this year.
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We try to update our guide as frequently as possible — at least monthly — to show which restaurants are open now, and which restaurants are still to come.
In the restaurant business, openings get delayed frequently. We’ll also do our best to update opening dates as we receive the information.
If you know of an opening, or you don’t see your restaurant listed on here, e-mail me at [email protected].
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May 2025 restaurant openings
- Anna’s Taqueria: This popular local burrito chain is expanding beyond the I-95 loop with a location in Natick. Expect its usual offerings of burritos, tacos, bowls, and quesadillas at their newest counter-service eatery. Opens May 13; 1265 Worcester St., Natick
- Brodie’s: A pub in Peabody is getting a major revamp that was described in a press release as “Ralph Lauren-inspired.” Not only is the space getting modern updates, but the menu may shift gears from pub comfort food to more elevated with items like seared scallops and a roasted chicken with leek puree. Opens May 2025; 10 Lowell St., Peabody
- Democracy Brewing: This worker-owned brewery in Downtown Crossing is expanding across the Boston Harbor. According to Boston Magazine, the new location will have wine, Latin American food, and their beer, of course. Opens May 2025; 154 Maverick St., East Boston
- Gourmet Kreyol: Boston is getting not one, but two brick-and-mortar spaces of this popular food truck. First to open is the fast-casual concept in Mattapan, then a full-service restaurant in Dorchester, Boston magazine reports. Opens May 2025; 1210 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan
- Jadu: Technically this new coffee shop opened in December 2024, serving toasts, oats, lattes, and espresso in JP. But this SPACE Grant recipient has plans to expand later this year as a wine bar. Open for coffee and food, will open wine bar May 2025; 767 Centre St., Jamaica Plain
- Little Steve’s Pizzeria: This Fenway slice shop is back, with new owners (who also own Boston Halal and other restaurants) and a refreshed look. The menu is also bigger, with a choice of Detroit-style, Sicilian-style, or New York-style pies or slices; there will also be a breakfast buffet starting at 7 a.m. Now open; 1114 Boylston St., Fenway-Kenmore
- The Block: Fans of charcuterie will love the Seaport’s addition of the Block, which comes from the team behind Woods Hill Pier 4, the farm-to-table restaurant from Kristin Canty, according to Eater Boston. The publication reports that charcuterie, dry-aged beef and pork, and small plates will be part of the menu. Opens May 2025; 300 Pier 4 Boulevard, Seaport
Upcoming restaurant openings in 2025
- Acqua & Bocca: Hidden cocktail bar Brick & Mortar may be leaving us, but the team behind the Cambridge watering hole is bringing something new to the same spot. Acqua & Bocca will focus on Italian aperitivo. Opens June 2025; 567 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- All’Antico Vinaio: This Italian sandwich shop, based in Florence, is rapidly expanding in the U.S., with its first Boston spot planned in the Back Bay. All’Antico Vinaio has received global attention for its stuffed sandwiches, like the La Favolosa with salame, pecorino cream, artichoke cream, and spicy eggplant. Opens Fall 2025; 565 Boylston St., Back Bay
- Brick Street Bagels: One of Boston’s most popular pop-ups is finally getting a brick-and-mortar space, which is good news for the hundreds that line up for these bagels. According to Instagram, the new Southie location will be in addition to the South End pop-up. Opens early summer 2025; 317 W. Broadway, South Boston
- Daily Provisions & Ci Siamo: Union Square Hospitality Group, the well-known New York restaurant group behind award-winning restaurants like Gramercy Tavern, is shipping up to Boston and hoping two of its successful concepts work, reports The Boston Globe. Daily Provisions is a cafe known from its crullers, and Ci Siamo is an Italian restaurant. Opens late 2025; 200 Seaport Blvd., Seaport
- Daily Provisions: Just months after Union Square Hospitality Group announced it would bring two of its successful New York concepts to the Seaport, they dropped more opening news on Greater Boston. Another Daily Provisions cafe is coming even sooner to Harvard Square. Opens summer 2025; 1 Brattle Square, Cambridge
- Darling: Mary Chung, once a Central Square favorite that sadly closed in 2022, is reopening as a spot for dim sum and cocktails come spring, according to The Boston Globe. Opens spring 2025; 464 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- Eva’s Little Kitchen: Does anyone else feel like there’s been an explosion of cafes and bakeries expanding around Greater Boston? Another one to check out is Eva’s Little Kitchen’s second location in West Concord, bringing its menu of coffees, pastries, and sandwiches. Opens spring 2025; 110 Commonwealth Ave., Concord
- Fallow Kin: Fans of Tallula — and those who miss Craigie on Main — will find some joy in the opening of this neighborhood spot, with a menu of farm-to-table food, a spotlight on vegetables, and a burger that pays homage to the former tenant of this dining space. Opens early 2025. 853 Main St., Cambridge
- FiDO Pizza: The team behind South End hot spots Bar Mezzana, Shore Leave, Black Lamb, and No Relation is opening up a new concept, but in a different neighborhood. FiDO will serve New York-style pizza, pie or by the slice, for sit-down or for takeout, in the Allston Labworks Campus. Traveler Street Hospitality is currently fundraising on NuMarket. Opens summer 2025; 250 Western Ave., Allston
- First Watch: Shortly after the opening of a First Watch location in Hanover, Massachusetts is getting its second location of the breakfast and brunch chain in Back Bay. Opens late 2025; 777 Boylston St., Back Bay
- Fogo de Chao: The Brazilian steakhouse chain has expanded in Massachusetts, with its third location in the state opening in Peabody. The space in the Northshore Mall will include an open-air churrasco grill so that diners can watch the restaurant’s chefs ribeyes and filets over an open flame. Opens September 2025; 210 Andover St., Peabody
- Island Creek Oysters: You no longer have to drive out to Duxbury to enjoy an Island Creek raw bar. The team behind the Massachusetts oyster farm is opening a temporary, seasonal raw bar — though no end date has been announced just yet — with tinned fish, caviar, seafood snacks, and oysters. Opens June; 99 Autumn Lane, Seaport
- Kush by Saba: Soon fans of Chopped champion Saba Wahid Duffy will get to sit down and enjoy this Mediterranean spot, now open for takeout only. Popular menu items include the lamb merguez kofta rice bowl and the spicy mac and cheese. Opens early fall 2025; 5 Sanborn Court, Somerville
- Lulu Green: Southie’s vegan restaurant that’s a cafe by day and eatery and bar by night is expanding to Kendall Square in Cambridge. A press release said the restaurant would serve lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, including some favorite menu items like the chick’n sandwich, sweet potato broccoli caesar, craft cocktails, and vegan wines. Opens spring 2025; 675 W. Kendall St., Cambridge
- Mighty Squirrel Brewing Co.: Fans of the Cloud Candy IPA have yet another space to drink the award-winning beer, this time in the Arsenal Yards shopping center, where the brewery has also held a beer garden. Opens early 2025; 102 Arsenal Yards Blvd., Watertown
- Nine Winters Bakery: From Honeycomb Creamery pop-up to Bow Market stall, this Korean-American bakery is finally getting a permanent space to serve customers favorite treats plus coffee. Opens spring 2025; 292 Concord Ave., Cambridge
- Park Bagelry: Boston may not have the bagel status that New York does, but the metro area has certainly seen a boom in cafes and bakeries offering the bread rolls as of late. Add Park Bagelry to that list, which plans to offer a bagel recipe that combines sourdough, New York-style, and Montreal-style bagels. Opens summer 2025; 250 Western Ave., Allston
- Picco: The South End pizzeria known for its charred crust pizzas and homemade ice cream is expanding to MetroWest. Co-owner Tony Lawrence said the menu will be the same, except their newest location is in an old former bank. Opens spring 2025; 179 Main St., Marlborough
- Rosa y Marigold: The team behind the acclaimed Celeste and La Royal has plans to open another Peruvian restaurant concept in the new Lyrik development in Back Bay. It isn’t immediately clear yet what will make the menu, but executive chef JuanMa Calderón will also lead the kitchen at this restaurant. Opens fall 2025; 400 Newbury St., Back Bay
Restaurants now open, 2025
- Bakey: Known for its babkas around Boston, Bakey is opening its first Cambridge bakery. The Israeli- and Danish-influenced bakery has their usual menu offerings, like its signature chocolate babka, challah, sandwiches, and other pastries. Now open; 238 Main St., Cambridge
- Bertucci’s Pronto: Italian chain Bertucci’s is starting a new concept in downtown Boston, which will feature “an array of Bertucci’s favorites,” but meant for take-out. The news of the latest location came before the brand announced it had filed for bankruptcy in April and closed other restaurants; 1 Cambridge St., Downtown Boston
- Black Ruby: Choose something a little more inventive when you grab your next burger at Black Ruby, which is cooking up Thai craft burgers in Cambridge. Expect toppings like larb salad, curry sauce, and crispy basil; 1790 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- CSCA Cafe: The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts is bringing an eatery to Porter Square. Limited information on its website shows that it will serve pastries, baked goods, and coffee at the cafe located across the street from the cooking school. Now open; 1995 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- Dandelion: The Boston Harbor Hotel now houses a marketplace that offers guests coffee, kombucha, beer, and grab-and-go options for breakfast and lunch. The hotel partnered with Red Eye Coffee Roasters for java, and menu items include breakfast quiche, egg white frittata, a farro Mediterranean bowl, and a smoked turkey sandwich; 70 Rowes Wharf, Downtown Boston
- Descendant Detroit Style Pizza: A Canadian pizzeria chain known for its rectangular pan pizzas is moving into the Prudential Center. The Boston restaurant marks the chain’s first U.S. location, according to MassLive. Now open; 800 Boylston St., Back Bay
- Don’t Tell Aunty: From the restaurant group behind Boston Halal and the revamped Rosebud Diner, Don’t Tell Aunty describes itself as Boston’s first Indian gastropub. The menu will focus on small plates, and the restaurant will have a full bar and live music; 1080 Boylston St., Fenway-Kenmore
- Drifter’s Kitchen and Bar: Replacing the now-closed Idle Hour, the Quincy space will transform into a spot that’ll have square-shaped bar pizza, American fare, and a raw bar. Now open; 1464 Hancock St., Quincy
- Extra Dirty Cocktail Club: One of Boston’s hardest-to-snag reservations just upped its game with the new addition of a cocktail lounge, inside Red Fox but requires a separate reservation. It’s similar to the group’s other cocktail bar, Farmacia, in that Extra Dirty Cocktail Club will be a tasting concept, pairing cocktails with small plates; 326 Commercial St., North End
- First Watch: The brunch chain has finally made its way to Massachusetts (and has plans to expand more in New England), with its first restaurant opening in Hanover. The menu will include First Watch favorites like its signature Million Dollar Bacon and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes; 1775 Washington St., Hanover
- Flour Bakery + Cafe: The bakery from award-winning chef Joanne Chang already has several locations across Greater Boston, and the Boston Common spot would be its 10th bakery, replacing longtime tenant Earl of Sandwich; 1B Charles St., Downtown Boston
- Jamaica Mi Hungry: Named the best Caribbean food by Boston magazine in 2023, this beloved Jamaican restaurant and food truck is expanding to a new brick-and-mortar space in downtown Boston. Open now; 289 Devonshire St., Downtown Boston
- Jamie’s Ice Cream Co.: Cambridge residents can now get a taste of what Brookline Village residents have enjoyed since 2020 — made-from-scratch ice cream like Milk-Dunked Cookie, Banana Pudding, and Strawberries and Cream; 88 Kirkland St., Cambridge
- Little Sage: Tony Susi’s Sage is returning to the North End, with a slightly different name and a mix of newer and classic menu items — like Susi’s baked fazzoletti. It’s taking over the former space of Locale, which will still offer pizza for delivery and pickup; 352 Hanover St., North End
- Madeleine’s Candy Shop: This new South End shop describes itself as the “caviar of candy stores” and will sell a variety of sweet treats, both imported from places like Sweden and Spain and domestic. Now open; 47 Clarendon St., South End
- Marky’s Caviar: Part-retail store, part-caviar bar, the high-end Marky’s Caviar now has a store in Brookline. On the bar menu, its main offerings are caviar, traditional accompaniments, and champagne, though Boston Magazine reports that the new spot also offers salmon roe, whiskey, tequila, and coffee; 420 Harvard St., Brookline
- McCarthy’s and Toad: The owners of The Burren, a beloved pub in Davis Square, are bringing another Irish pub just a Red Line stop away in the former Christopher’s space. And just next door, they’re reopening the music venue Toad, which had shuttered in 2023; 1912 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- Mimi’s Chūka Diner: Chūka is Japanese and Chinese fusion, and a popular pop-up that specializes in this cuisine has opened inside Aeronaut Brewing Co. for sit-down dining and takeout. Their menu includes dumplings, chicken karaage, and mapo tofu; 14 Tyler St., Somerville
- PopUp Bagels: Despite its name, these viral bagels based out of Connecticut are getting permanent digs in the Seaport, which include a variety of bagels, seasonal schmears, and zany collaborations — for example, one with Grillo’s Pickles that will be available at its first Boston shop; 70 Pier 4 Blvd., Seaport
- Revival Cafe: Boston gained another Revival Cafe, the cafe from Nookie Postal and Liza Shirazi that has five other locations in Greater Boston. Expect much of the same menu of iced and hot coffees, breakfast sandwiches, and creative sweets and pastries at its new home in Seaport; 15 Necco St., Seaport
- Shy Bird: This all-day rotisserie cafe and bar is getting a third location in the Fenway, joining the neighborhood’s growing restaurant scene. Its menu has range, from chicken nuggets and smash burgers to linguine with clams and a bar program curated by Jackson Cannon; 201 Brookline Ave., Fenway-Kenmore
- Somenya: A newer Chinatown soba shop has expanded its footprint to Quincy, serving a similar menu of its homemade soba noodles, udon, rice bowls, and appetizers; 15 Beale St., Quincy
- Ssaanjh: Brookline’s new Indian restaurant promises a more modern Indian menu than your typical takeout spot, like deconstructed samosas or traditional tandoori dishes that utilize global ingredients and techniques. 1012 Beacon St., Brookline
- Stoked Pizza Company: What started as a food truck serving wood-fired pizza has since expanded to its third location in Cohasset. The charred pies made at this beloved pizzeria take influence from Naples, New York, and New Haven; 380 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Cohasset
- Tall Order: The duo behind Daiquiris and Daisies purchased the now closed Thirsty Scholar Pub and are turning it into a neighborhood bar and restaurant in Somerville; 70 Beacon St., Somerville
- The Pearl: The Roxbury natives that brought South Bay the Pearl, a seafood restaurant and raw bar, are expanding to Boston Landing. Guests can splurge on a seafood tower, complete with oysters, clams, and shrimp cocktail, or choose from their entrees that include both seafood, chicken, and ribeye. Now open; 67 Guest St., Brighton
- Viet Citron: A new vendor joined the Bow Market courtyard, marking the Viet Citron team’s second location, the first in Burlington. The Vietnamese restaurant is in its soft opening phase as of early March; 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville
- Willow & Ivy: The Lenox Hotel finalizes its transition of restaurant properties with the third and final restaurant (formerly City Table) becoming Willow & Ivy. The chef behind Lenox’s other new restaurants, Sweeney’s and The Irving, brings a menu of New England-inspired American cuisine to the renovated space; 61 Exeter St., Back Bay
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