It was a quiet season for restaurant openings in Brookline, but a popular food truck put down roots, an Irish pub group added a new sibling, and a duo of taquerias became a trio. Plus, a pizzeria moved and a juice bar chain opened its first Massachusetts location. Are we missing a spring Brookline restaurant opening? Let us know. Want to learn about spring openings in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and other nearby areas? Head right this way.
Originally published on March 14, 2016. Date of most recent update appears above.
Corrib Pub closed on March 31, 2016, and new owners Marie Mackey and Marcella Walsh did some very quick renovations to reopen it as a new pub in mid-April. "We're definitely looking to be a nice neighborhood pub people can go to and enjoy," Mackey previously told Eater. While they're starting things off as a simple Irish pub, it'll morph into more of a gastropub as time goes on, Mackey said.
This is the third location for quick-service taqueria and burrito shop Los Amigos; the others are in West Roxbury and Newtonville. (A fourth could open in Brighton eventually.) This space used to house another burrito shop — Boca Grande.
This juice bar chain has opened its first Massachusetts location in the former Temptations Cafe space, serving up bubble tea, smoothies, matcha crepes cakes, and more.
The "modern Irish bar" is part of the Waxy O'Connor's family, which has eight locations around Massachusetts and beyond, but the Waxy's concept has a different spin than its big siblings. It's located in the former Mission Cantina space, serving lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. The menu features dishes like pork and leek sausage with fingerling mash; seafood stew with shrimp, cod, mussels, and scallops; and a Reuben.
Popular wood-fired pizza truck Stoked has opened a brick-and-mortar location in the former Sunny Boy space in Brookline's Washington Square. In addition to pizza, there are wings, salads, and a few other items available at the restaurant, which is owned by musician Scott Riebling (Letters to Cleo, Weezer) and Toirm Miller, who owned the Jack and the Bean Bowl food cart in Copley Square.