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5 best new restaurant openings and dining updates in Boston (Feb. 19, 2026)
Stay up-to-date on the best new restaurants, recent openings, and the biggest dining updates across Greater Boston's food scene.
In Greater Boston’s dining scene, there’s always a new restaurant opening to celebrate or a fresh update coming to one of the city’s delicious eateries. In the months ahead, we have major restaurant openings from Michelin chefs and famous New York restaurateurs, as well as a swell of diverse and delicious smaller restaurants joining our neighborhoods.
Each week, Boston.com will highlight the restaurant openings worth knowing about across the region. Some spots will already be open, while others are set to debut in 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
Boston Harbor Distillery at Rose Kennedy Greenway
After it was announced that Trillium Brewing would depart the Greenway space this year, the Greenway Conservancy announced last week that Dorchester’s Boston Harbor Distillery will take its place as the Greenway’s beer garden when it’s warm enough to open up. A press release said the distillery will offer snacks, beer, wine, mocktails, and cocktails that include a Putnam barrel-aged maple old-fashioned and a Greenway colada.
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Opening date: Spring 2026
Atlantic Avenue and High Street, Downtown Boston
Boston Provisions Market
Two legendary Boston businesses are coming together under one roof: Wulf’s Fish and Savenor’s Butchery. The news comes nearly two years after it was announced that Wulf’s would acquire Savenor’s, following the closure of the butcher shop’s Beacon Hill location. The offerings at this market are for home cooks, including cuts of beef from expert butchers and seafood catches from fishmongers.
Opening date: March 2, 2026
60 Harbor St., Seaport
Lulu Green
One of Boston’s best vegan restaurants is getting a third location, serving brunch, lunch, and dinner with global influences. Expect their craft cocktail program (espresso martini, Sicilian spritz, a spicy tequila cocktail called High School Drop Out, and more) at night and coffee by day for beverages, and favorite dishes like the vegan chick’n sandwich, the shawarma bowl, and weekend brunch specials.
Opening date: February 2026 (reported by Boston magazine)
675 W. Kendall St., Cambridge
Monarca Taqueria
Waltham just gained another taqueria with the second location of this Milton Mexican restaurant. Guests can customize burritos or bowls with a large selection of protein options (steak, carnitas, beans, etc.), or they can order tacos, from al pastor and lengua to chorizo and veggie.
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Open now (February 2026)
663 Main St., Waltham
Bonus: Haute Dog at Harpoon Seaport
A change in menu is coming to Harpoon Brewery’s Seaport location in celebration of their 40th anniversary. James Beard-winning chef Ken Oringer is bringing creative hot dogs to the Seaport brewery, specifically six recipes that use Connecticut-based Grote & Weigel sausages. The starting dogs include a banh mi hot dog, one topped with street corn, and a foie gras bratwurst. But diners should anticipate a menu refresh twice a year. This hot dog program also aligns with a name change at Harpoon’s Seaport brewery, now called Harpoon Seaport.
Opening date: Feb. 25
306 Northern Ave., Seaport
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