Restaurants
Stay up to date on the best new restaurants, recent openings, and the biggest dining updates across Greater Boston’s food scene.
Brian Samuels
It’s a good time to be a Greater Boston diner, with exciting and diverse restaurant openings occurring all over the metro area in 2025 and much more to look forward to in the new year.
Each week, Boston.com will highlight the restaurant openings worth knowing about across the Greater Boston region. Some spots will already be open, while others are set to debut before the end of 2025 or in early 2026. At least one featured restaurant will always be a bonus item — either a pop-up, a collaboration, or event at area restaurants.
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What’s new in Greater Boston restaurant openings this week
Agosto & Baby Sister
Chef George Mendes, whose former NYC restaurant Aldea earned a Michelin star, is bringing two concepts to Boston, starting with a tasting menu at Agosto that will blend Mendes’ Portuguese roots with his experiences as a chef in New York, France, and Spain, Boston magazine reports. Baby Sister will be a bakery-cafe that will serve bread, breakfast sandwiches, and Portugal’s beloved pastry, the Pastéis de nata.
Opening date: Summer 2026 (Agosto) and late 2026 (Baby Sister)
1673 and 1679 Washington St., South End
Bonanza Bites & Cocktails
The former Cornerstone that briefly opened on Beacon Street in Somerville has transformed into a tapas and cocktail bar featuring a menu of Latin American flavors. The food menu includes bites like birria empanadas and sweet plantain gnocchi, and the cocktail list moves from spirit forward to sweet and sour.
Open now (December 2025)
282 Beacon St., Somerville
Caffe Ducali
A North End espresso bar is expanding with a second location in Winchester. The modern cafe from the Filmark Hospitality Group (Ristorante Lucia, Cunard Tavern, and Ducali Pizzeria are some of its other properties) is known for serving hot and iced espresso drinks, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and Roman-style pizza al taglio.
Opening date: March 2026
959 Main St., Winchester
Julianne’s Kitchen & Bar
The Milton Marketplace is getting a new, all-day restaurant on its second floor, expected to replace The Plate with a restaurant that serves “elevated comfort classics made with locally sourced ingredients,” the Patriot Ledger reports. The restaurant comes from the team behind Milton’s Novara and Abby Park, and it’s named after Julianne M. Foley, a longtime Milton Marketplace employee who died in October.
Opening date: Early 2026
10 Bassett St., Milton
Bonus: Wusong Road holiday pop-up
This Harvard Square tiki bar just got more holly and jolly with holiday decorations and seasonal food and drink specials. Wusong Wonderland’s menu will feature beef brisket lo mein, boba tiramisu, and for cocktails, the Mai Tai-ny Tim and a cozy rye and bourbon Last Christmas all December long.
Event details: Open for the month of December
112 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge
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