A guide to Greater Boston restaurants opening in 2025
Restaurants
It’s a new year, which means new restaurants in Greater Boston to look forward to trying.
When settling on your new year’s resolutions for 2025, might we suggest adding “try a new Greater Boston restaurant” to the list? Our opening guide is back for another year, and there are already so many options to look forward to in 2025.
Some exciting restaurant openings that were slated for 2024 got pushed to 2025, as is typical in the business due to construction and equipment delays. You’ll see those restaurants, like Fallow Kin and Tall Order, make the guide.
But there are also other new developments slated for later in the year. Cloud Candy IPA’s home, Mighty Squirrel Brewing, is opening yet another space up to try their beers in Watertown.
And by March, the transition of Lenox Hotel’s restaurants will finally be complete, with Juniper & Ivy joining its other new restaurants, Sweeney’s and The Irving.
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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January 2025 restaurant openings
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. Opens January 2025; 1995 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
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. Opens mid-January; 70 Pier 4 Blvd., Seaport
Upcoming restaurant openings in 2025
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. Opens spring 2025; 1 Cambridge St., Downtown Boston
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 early 2025; 154 Maverick St., East Boston
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. Opens February 2025; 1464 Hancock St., Quincy
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 early 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
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. Opens spring 2025; 1B Charles St., Downtown Boston
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 mid 2025; 767 Centre St., Jamaica Plain
Juniper & Ivy: The Lenox Hotel finalizes its transition of restaurant properties with the third and final restaurant (formerly City Table) becoming Juniper & 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. Opens March 2025; 61 Exeter St., Back Bay
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. Opens February; 47 Clarendon St., South End
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
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. Opens early 2025; 70 Beacon St., Somerville
Katelyn Umholtz
Food and Restaurant Reporter
Katelyn Umholtz covers food and restaurants for Boston.com. Katelyn is also the author of The Dish, a weekly food newsletter.
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