The best new restaurants in Boston

Tucked away in the Copley Square Hotel, HUE is a new concept featuring multiple dining rooms and multiple floors. In the Supper Club, you will find incredible food and drinks in a high-energy atmosphere, featuring a DJ or live music most nights. More to come on HUE!

1928 Beacon Hill opened at the end of 2021, but has somehow stayed out of the spotlight until now. But trust us it is worth a visit. Taking over the former Lala Rokh space on Mount Vernon just off of Charles Street, 1928 Beacon Hill is a true hidden gem. Filled with Beacon Hill locals each night, the speakeasy style restaurant feels as if it has always been there, which is how I know it is already a neighborhood mainstay.

Did you know that there is a restaurant in the heart of Charlestown that serves brunch seven days a week? The team behind Monument Restaurant and Tavern opened Waverly Kitchen & Bar last Fall and it is worth a visit. Located at 231 Bunker Hill Street, this pleasant little neighborhood spot is just steps from the Freedom Trail and the Bunker Hill Monument and starts serving brunch every day at 8am and it does not end until 3pm each day.

If you still haven’t made it to the Lexington, the restaurant is in the new Cambridge Crossing development, right near Lechmere Station—so if you are coming from Boston, it is a quick ride on the Green Line, with very little walking in the cold! (And while you are at it, check out Chef Gilson’s other concept next door, Geppetto, it is one of the best new Italian restaurants in the area.

The Nantucket favorite, Fresh, has opened a location in Boston. Known for their fresh salads, cold pressed juices, specialty toasts, cheeses, bagels and other goodies, the team launched their South Boston location this winter. Open seven days a week, from 11am, Fresh is serving guests their signature items to be enjoyed either in store in a beautiful bar area called “The Island” or for takeout or delivery.

Located in the basement of Faccia a Faccia (formerly known as Faccia Brutta), Bar Pallino is a destination all on its own, but is also a great spot to hang out before heading to your table for dinner. Conceptualized as a wine bar, the design is cozy and dark, just as any other decent wine bar, but in a modern way making it quite a refreshing place to be. Instead of the wine being hidden in a cellar somewhere, it is all on display in a wine-wall format, which is quite appealing. Whether you choose to sit at the bar or grab a table, the atmosphere is convivial and welcoming.

Hecate opened last year, but is still one of the buzziest places around! Get in line for Hecate right at 5pm after work to try a few of their concoctions before heading upstairs to dinner. The bartenders are called spirit guides and I love that because the cocktail list is in a spell book and it is themed so appropriately and the staff all take their jobs very seriously, which we really don’t see too often in Boston. Everyone stays on message, and it creates a mysteriously moody atmosphere which I love more and more each time we go in. My favorite cocktails right now are the Theosophy and the Circle of Protection.