5 restaurant openings & eating updates in Boston (August 6, 2026)

Eating places

From a brand new pure wine tasting room and restaurant, to a counter-service sushi spot with macros on the thoughts, listed here are the most recent Boston restaurant openings, eating information, and meals occasions to know proper now. 

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As one sushi spot closes, one other opens. Yoki Categorical, the sushi restaurant sandwiched between different fast-casual spots Madras Dosa Co. and Chipotle down a Seaport facet road, just lately closed. Swimming up as an alternative is newcomer Completely satisfied Rice Sushi, co-founded by Phil Turley, with recipes developed by chef Kelsey Urbanczyk. Turley mentioned that for his lunches and protein-rich post-workout meals, he might hit up a rotating roster of salad bowl, Mediterranean bowl, and burrito bowl spots. However what about sushi that isn’t an costly sit-down meal or a go to to a less-than-stocked grocery retailer fridge case? Enter Completely satisfied Rice, which can dish out sushi with out refined sugars, seed oils, and gluten when it opens in August. Every little thing shall be sourced as sustainably as doable, too. Seize-and-go combos referred to as “Profit Packing containers” will listing all of the diet data for these seeking to hit these candy, candy macros. 

Opening Date: August 28

53 Boston Wharf Highway, Seaport

Flavors from throughout the pond will really feel lots nearer as soon as this new British fine-dining idea dishes out conventional favorites alongside beers and ales in Beacon Hill come early fall. Patrick Lyons and the Lyons Group — behind eating places like Again Bay Social and Bar Enza — is the drive behind this newest British invasion, which can see the shuttered Beacon Hill Pub remodeled right into a darkish, good-looking area with cubicles to tuck into for plates of fish and chips and hearty rooster pot pie. Proving that the delicacies is not only mushy peas, the spot will lean into British-Indian fare like rooster tikka masala with tandoori-grilled naan for dipping into the spicy-creamy sauce. 

Opening Date: Fall 2026

149 Charles St., Beacon Hill

Name this barbecue newcomer the youngest sibling of three new Korean ideas in Allston, with every bringing new life (and daring flavors) as separate ideas inside the former Tavern within the Sq. area. Sanbada brings seafood-leaning fare, then transforms into lounge-chic Bombbada by evening. And now Jinjee brings vibes like household meals whipped up by grandma, and focuses on Korean barbecue starting from $45 to $90 per particular person. Servers grilling meats proper on table-top grills in entrance of diners, turning dinner right into a present. Discover the whole lot from pork jowl, to American Wagyu boneless brief rib, and luxe Japanese A5 Wagyu Kagoshima beef. Choices like chayote (an edible gourd) and peppers convey freshness to indulgent meats, with limitless banchan (facet dishes like radish kimchi), and rice. 

Open Now (Could)

161 Brighton Ave., Allston 

There’s extra to say “cheers!” about on the Boston Public Market with the opening of this new gathering area, restaurant, and pure wine tasting room (the state’s first, per the model). Pop in for informal daytime drinks on the bar and sip wines as you peruse the curated store of the model’s goodies, plus a curated collection of made-in-New-England choices. By day, the restaurant will persist with counter service, and at evening you may reserve the kitchen counter for eating experiences that showcase the bounty of seasonal produce. Discover sustainable wines on draft, and you may replenish growlers to take vino dwelling with you. Marzae will even launch its Off Piste Ferments line of non-alcoholic, naturally fermented drinks on the tasting room, showcasing sips for everybody. 

Opening Now (July)

100 Hanover St., Downtown Boston

There’s nonetheless time to get your fill of a few of the yr’s greatest eating offers when Dine Out Boston’s summer time version runs via August 15. Almost 200 eating places are collaborating with particular curated menus for lunch and dinner, at value factors various from $27 to $55. The choices are as different as town’s eating places itself, although you may anticipate three-course prix-fixe meals at most, with a la carte choices and beverage pairings for added value. The nice: acclaimed restaurant Fallow Kin makes its Dine Out debut, plus save on sushi in any respect 5 places of Fuji, which is new this version, too. The higher: You continue to have over per week to see how a lot you may probably eat at as many eating places as doable.  

See Dine Out Boston for collaborating eating places. 

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