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Dine Out Boston: What’s new, best deals, and best meals for winter 2026
This winter's Dine Out runs Feb. 22 through March 7, with 140 restaurants participating — from new spots to Michelin-recognized favorites — offering deals too good to pass up.
Dine Out Boston, formerly known as Boston Restaurant Week, is back again to kick your winter blues and to get butts in restaurant seats.
For those who haven’t participated before, more than 100 restaurants participate in this twice annual dining program, when eateries offer prix fixe menus meant to showcase their usual menu offerings to guests who maybe haven’t dined with them before or who haven’t been back in some time.
It can also be for those who are looking for a prix fixe deal. Lunch menus can cost guests $27, $32, or $36, while dinner bills come to $38, $46, and $55. The amount of courses you get is usually two for lunch and three for dinner, though it varies by restaurant.
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Dine Out is typically held during two slow periods for Greater Boston restaurants, winter and summer. After this winter’s abundance of snow and nasty weather, it’s certain that Boston restaurants could stand to see an uptick in customers.
There are 140 restaurants participating. They vary in cuisines, from Italian to Japanese, and these eateries are not just located in Boston proper, but its surrounding suburbs like Concord, Natick, and Cambridge. And this could be some diners’ chances to eat at a Michelin restaurant, as several participating in Dine Out also made Boston’s debut guide.
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This winter’s Dine Out takes place from Sunday, Feb. 22, to Saturday, March 7. Whether you’re in search of a good deal or are just looking forward to trying that restaurant that’s been on your list, here are the restaurants you should consider.
What’s New
Nowon
If you’ve been meaning to try this Korean-American street food spot that opened in the Seaport last year, now’s your chance, and their crowd-favorite burger is part of the deal. A $32 lunch gets you two courses, choosing between dishes like whipped yuzu ricotta toast, that “legendary” cheeseburger, and gochujang-glazed fried chicken. Dinner bumps up to $46 a person, but diners get to choose six courses: shrimp skewers, garlic honey butter tots, cheeseburgers, and fried chicken are just a few of the options.
$32 lunch and $46 dinner available daily
117 Seaport Blvd., Seaport
The Block at Woods Hill
Woods Hill Pier 4’s sibling, open since last year, will give you decision paralysis given the number of farm-to-table plates it lists for its three-course dinner. At $55 a person, first-course options include salmon belly crudo, charcuterie, and toasted and seared foie gras; the second course is a choice between miso-glazed pork collar, 36-hour grilled beef short rib, and brown butter-poached swordfish; and the third course is all about dessert.
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$55 dinner available Tuesday through Saturday
300 Pier 4 Blvd., Seaport
What’s a good deal
Marden’s Table & Takeaway
Yes, you can in fact have a seafood dinner without breaking the bank, and lucky for you it’s on the restaurant side of Wellesley staple fish market Captain Marden’s Seafood. At $27 for lunch and $38 for dinner, the appetizer and dessert choices are mostly the same, and include crab cake fennel slaw, key lime pie, lobster bisque, and more. For the entree course, lunch gives you options like shrimp Fra Diavolo, fish and chips, and grilled teriyaki salmon, while dinner could come with slow-roasted hake or a grey sole and shrimp roll.
$27 lunch and $38 dinner available Tuesday through Saturday
279 Linden St., Wellesley
The Banks Seafood and Steak
OK, this meal ain’t cheap, but $55 for an elegant seafood and steak dinner — in Boston’s Back Bay, no less — could be described as a steal. A $55 dinner gets you an appetizer, entree, and dessert, with options like salmon tiradito, black cod served with pork belly, and rhubarb cheesecake. Even better: opt for a power lunch at $36, which offers three courses and almost all of the same dishes that you can get for dinner, like the artichoke soup, lamb cavatelli, and a 10-ounce pork chop.
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$36 lunch and $55 dinner available daily
406 Stuart St., Back Bay
The Sea Hag
The team behind the beloved Grendel’s have another Harvard Square bar that’s usually less busy but just as convivial. It’s also one of the participating restaurants offering both the cheapest lunch and dinner deals. At $27, order a three-course lunch that could come with radicchio and gorgonzola arancini, shrimp Mozambique, and a cannoli duet. The cannoli dessert makes a return on the $38 dinner menu, also a three-course with options like local oysters, lemon-butter haddock, and chicken in an amaretto cream sauce.
$27 lunch and $38 dinner available daily
49 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge
What’s a good meal
Bar Volpe
Here’s your chance to try Michelin-worthy food at only $46. At Karen Akunowicz’s award-winning Italian restaurant, this Dine Out deal gets you three courses, which include options like the tasty farro arancini, lobster casarecce in squid ink, and tiramisu. Some items offered have surcharges, like the tuna crudo appetizer for an additional $5 or the truffle roast chicken entree for another $4.
$46 dinner available Sunday through Friday
170 W. Broadway, South Boston
Puritan & Company
Will Gilson’s New England restaurant is opening its doors to Dine Out guests with a $55, three-course dinner. Choose between dishes like the crab squash bisque, an Anadama panzanella salad, grilled swordfish, or a honey-brined pork chop, along with dessert. But if it were me ordering, I’d go for at least one of the supplements, like the grilled chili butter prawns for $8 more or the lobster risotto with mascarpone for an additional $10.
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$55 dinner available Sunday through Friday
1166 Cambridge St., Cambridge
Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
This Michelin Guide pick always makes our Dine Out guide list because this Hunan cuisine is filling, delicious, and worth the price tag. One of the cheaper lunchtime offerings at $27, guests have their pick of a soup, appetizer, and entree. For dinner, a four-course meal will cost you $46 and gets you plates like five-spiced braised beef, double-cooked duck in mala sauce, and tofu pudding for dessert.
$27 lunch available Monday through Friday; $46 dinner available daily
270 Third St., Cambridge
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