Restaurants
After temporarily closing due to COVID-19, Boston restaurants have resumed.
Steak salad at MJ O’Connor’s. Ken Kotch Photography
Restaurants have steadily resurrected after being temporarily closed last winter.
Paola Ibarra’s Somerville Bar, Barra, first debuted in February 2020, just weeks before closing. She and her co-owner, Yhadira Guzmán, temporarily hibernated Barra in early January. They reopened the bar in late February.
“Graduating was a financial decision – like everyone else’s – but it was also a draining decision because we are understaffed,” she said. “So we just wanted to focus on other things and regroup.”
This included putting together pantry items such as condiments, salsas, and DIY kits that were sold through Barra’s website, as well as hosting private events. Ibarra said that now that the weather has improved the terrace is open and they are offering limited reservations for restaurant seating.
“What makes us happier and what we opened up for was the back office,” she said. “Because it’s the whole experience: the music, the food, everything else. We feel energized as a result. We love that.”
June reopenings:
Here are some of the newest restaurants to announce reopening in June:
Highland cuisine: The Somerville Hangout reopened in early June with a limited menu and reduced seating (but seats are finally available in the bar!). Stop by for a pulled pork sandwich or fish sauce wings.
MJ O’Connors: The Back Bay Irish Pub, which welcomed guests again in mid-June, is open Wednesday through Saturday. Lots of Guinness and fish and chips are in stock. Walk-ins only.
No relationship: The pint-sized No Relation sushi bar reopened on June 16 in the South End, inviting guests to reserve seats on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM for the remainder of June. More seats will be added in the coming months.
The Emory: After this Beacon Hill’s The Emory goes into hibernation in October and returns on June 3 with seasonal American dishes and original cocktails.
The Sevens Ale House: The pub in Beacon Hill, closed for a year, reopened on June 7th. Visit New Salem Cider and a Reuben Sandwich.
Tiger mom: Tiffani Faison’s Southeast Asian restaurant at Fenway has returned after reopening on June 16 with tiki cocktails, coconut chilli shrimp and Singapore street noodles.
West End Johnnies: Following in the footsteps of sister restaurant Fenway Johnnie’s, West End Johnnie’s reopened on June 11 with DJs on Friday and Saturday nights.
Already opened:
These restaurants recently reopened for the season:
A&B Kitchen • Bar – March 24th
Atlantic Ocean – April 1st
Aft deck – April 28th
Bar Lyon – April 28th
Mezzana bar – April 1st
Barra – February 24th
Beantown Pastrami Co. – 3rd of April
Bistro du Midi – March 17th
Black lamb – April 1st
Brownstone – April 9th
Butterbar – March 4th
Cambridge Brewing Company – February 18th
Canary Square – March 25th
Caña house – 5th of May
Cask ‘n Flagon – March 19th
catalyst – May 4th
Hello Rome – April 8th
City Bar – March 4th
Cityside Tavern – February 5th
City Winery Boston – April 28th
Clerys – May 27th
Colette – April 30th
Commonwealth – April 28th
Coppersmith – March 11th
Daddy Jones Bar – March 25th
Daedalus – 7th of April
dali – 7th of April
Deluxe cafe – 17. March
Dorchester Brewing Co. – March 1st
dovetail – 9th April
Taproom on Elm Street – April 22nd
Fenway Johnnies – April 15th
Five Horses Tavern – early April
Flatbread Company (Somerville) – February 19th
Floras Wine Bar – March 17th March
French quarter – 7th of April
Galway House – March 8th
Continue to play! Fenway – March 13th
Ghost Pepper – March 22nd
Big Tour – April 1st
Gray’s Hall – April 30th
Guy Fieris Tequila Cocina – March 23rd
Haley, Henry – April 5th
Hennessys – 5th of May
Honeycomb cream series – May 24th
Ivory Pearl – March 25th
Joe’s Waterfront – April 7th
Lamp lighter Brewing Co. – 1st of May
Little donkey – April 12th
Little car – 3rd of April
Lobstah on a Roll (South End) – March 23rd
Lord Hobo Cambridge – 26th of March
Holy Maria – April 8th
Science Miracles Bar + Grill – April 15th
Nathalie – 2nd of April
Nico Ristorante – March 25th
Night Shift Brewing (Lovejoy Wharf) – May 6th
Oak + Mountain Ash – March 10th
OAK Long Bar + Kitchen – April 1st
Orinoco cuisine – April 16th
Pier 6 – 1st of May
Rail Stop Restaurant & Bar – April 1st
Reign Drink Lab – February 20th
Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar – March 31st
Row 34 – April 1st
Samuel Adams Boston Taproom – March 24th
Select oyster bar – April 1st
Shojo – April 9th
Country vacation – 1st of May
Silhouette Lounge – March 17th
Sligo Pub – End of April
Spoke Wine Bar – 5th of May
SRV – March 18
State park – May 18th
State Street Regulations – March 25th March
Sullivan’s faucet – May 29th
Summer Hut (Back Bay) – 25th March
T&B wood stove – May 6th May
Tambo 22 – April 1st
Terramia Ristorante – February 11th
The gaff – 2nd of April
The Greatest Bar – March 12th
The harp – March 25th
The Kenmore – April 21
The Lansdowne Pub – March 13th
The painted burro – April 1st
The silent few – April 1st
Time-out market – May 13th
Tip Tap Room – April 15th
Trillium Brewing Co. – April 1
Trina’s Starlite Lounge – March 21st
Station February 8th – 18th
Be Hall – April 12th
Still hibernating:
Below is a list of restaurants that have announced that they will hibernate for the winter and return in the spring.
Abby Lane
Democracy brewing
Dos Diablos taco bar
Jevelis Restaurant
Café Milky Way – Reopening on August 16
orphan
Parlor Sports – reopening in mid-July
The Asgard
Allston the horse
The kinsale
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