Stay up-to-date on the best new restaurants, recent openings, and the biggest dining updates across Greater Boston’s food scene.
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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.
What’s new in Greater Boston restaurant openings this week
Avra Estiatorio
It’s another major opening at Lyrik Back Bay with Avra Estiatorio, an upscale, New York-based Greek restaurant. The space is massive and worthy of occasions, seating 250 people, and the restaurant serves a menu that focuses on Aegean coastal cuisine (as seen by its in-restaurant fish market) that includes dishes like a Greek sea bass ceviche, Chilean sea bass “Plaki,” and whole fish flown in daily from the Mediterranean…