Category: Restaurants

Weary riders of the Green Line’s C Branch, or the shuttles soon to be replacing it, can opt instead for a culinary journey at The Silk, a new pan-Asian restaurant at 1223 Beacon Street. With a menu inspired by the Silk Road trading route, the restaurant, which opened June 20, brings diners flavors from China… Continue reading New Beacon Street restaurant takes inspiration from the ancient Silk Road trading route

Bar Lunette is quickly making a splash in Coolidge Corner. The new cocktail bar, in a space that had been an optician’s office, has an undeniably retro vibe. The floor is a black-and-white checkered pattern, and vintage paintings hang on the yellow walls. Patrons can doodle or write quotes on one wall covered in brown… Continue reading Bar Lunette serves up colorful cocktails in Coolidge Corner

Walking through Coolidge Corner on a weekend morning, it’s hard not to notice the matching cups. Dozens of people pass by holding the same clear plastic cup — each one filled with a layered, vividly green drink. Some swirl it as they walk. Others pause to take photos before taking a sip. Matcha – the… Continue reading Why matcha mania is taking over Brookline’s cafés

Samara Oster never liked beer. The Brookline native, who grew up near Clark Park and attended the Lincoln School, always found traditional brews too malty or bitter — until she tried a beer made from quinoa while on a family trip to Peru, and everything changed. “We’d just finished a long day of hiking, we… Continue reading Brookline native Samara Oster’s quinoa beer Meli is making a gluten-free splash

Christopher Russell, a Brookline resident and emergency room doctor at Boston Medical Center, is taking over Distraction Brewing in Roslindale as a new owner under an LLC called Emergency Exit. Joining him as co-owners are Karim Azeb, METCO Coordinator at Brookline High School, and two Boston Medical Center colleagues, Dave Decoteau and Joe Leanza. They’re… Continue reading Why a Brookline doctor is opening a brewery in Roslindale

Barlette, a small bar located in the Arcade Building in Coolidge Corner, opened originally in 2023 as a BYOB bar. In November of 2024, the bar decided to add the “B”: its owners announced that they had received their liquor license, and switched to being a cocktail bar. “We thought it was kind of funny… Continue reading Coolidge Corner’s formerly BYOB Barlette gets its liquor license, and a new identity

The clink of wine glasses and the laughter of strangers getting to know one another filled the air at a small cheese shop in Brookline, as they shared slices of Florette and spoonfuls of rosemary grapefruit marmalade. Tastings at Curds & Co. feel like dinner parties. You’ll catch people conquering their fear of blue cheese… Continue reading Gouda times roll at Curds and Co. cheese tastings

The owners of Brookline Lunch, a popular Middle Eastern diner in Cambridge, are planning to open a second location at the former site of the Busy Bee on Beacon Street. In a sign posted to the door of the shuttered restaurant at 1046 Beacon Street, the owners of Brookline Lunch, a Palestinian family, wrote that… Continue reading Brookline Lunch, now actually in Brookline: Popular Cambridge diner plans new second location on Beacon Street

The bright orange paint and Tara Lewis paintings covering the top half of the walls in Cutty’s Brookline sandwich shop are fresh. Owners Rachel and Charles Kelsey spontaneously decided to hire painters instead of doing it themselves at the end of December. Hiring painters was the first big step toward a major decision for the… Continue reading Cutty’s opens its doors again after years of takeout-only operations