Boston Restaurant Closings

Harvard Square’s Glittery, Quirky Performance Space Oberon Announces Closure

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal September 15

Time to Fill Up Your Freezer With Australian Meat Pies

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal August 17

Someone Please Give the ‘Live Poultry Fresh Killed’ Sign a Good Home

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal August 4

Benedetto, One of Cambridge’s Best Italian Restaurants, Will Not Reopen

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal April 20

Border Cafe, Home to Massive Margaritas, Closes Harvard Square Location

By Terrence Doyle February 12

Beloved Cambridge Bar People’s Republik Has Closed

By Terrence Doyle February 8

Legal Sea Foods Closes Its Italian Inspired Charlestown Location, and the South End Loses an Iconic Brasserie

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal and Terrence Doyle December 30, 2020

The Saddest Boston Restaurant Closures of 2020: Too Many to Count

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 29, 2020

David Chang’s Fuku Exits Boston but May Return in Ghost Kitchen Form

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal November 13, 2020

Two More Back Bay Bars Join the List of Boston-Area Restaurant Closures This Summer

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal September 4, 2020

JP Institution Bella Luna & the Milky Way Will Not Reopen After the Pandemic — and More Restaurant Closings

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal June 18, 2020

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Beloved Allston Bar Deep Ellum Is Closing for Good After 13 Years

By Terrence Doyle June 3, 2020

Cambridge’s Table at Season to Taste Is Closing Permanently

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal May 8, 2020

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Allston’s Great Scott Is Closing Permanently After Nearly Half a Century

By Terrence Doyle May 1, 2020

COVID-19 and What It Means for Massachusetts Restaurants

Massachusetts Tightens Grocery Store Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal April 13, 2020

A Very Local Western Massachusetts Brewery Is Raising Funds for a New Home

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal March 12, 2020

Somerville’s Favorite Porchetta Sandwich Shop Closes for Move to Food Hall — and More Restaurant Closings

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal and Terrence Doyle March 12, 2020

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Guy Fieri Triples Down on Boston, Adding Two New Restaurants This Summer

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal March 2, 2020

Cambridge Mainstay Central Kitchen Is Closing, Making Way for a Dispensary

By Terrence Doyle January 28, 2020

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Last Call: These Restaurants Are Closing but Haven't yet Closed

By Eater Boston Staff January 16, 2020

Top of the Hub, Boston’s Decades-Old Restaurant With a View, Is Closing in April

By Terrence Doyle January 16, 2020

Boston’s Insatiable Hunger for Pizza Continues Into 2020

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal January 15, 2020

No Name Restaurant Abruptly Closes After Over a Century

By Terrence Doyle January 2, 2020

Southern Proper Is Closing in the South End

By Terrence Doyle December 30, 2019

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The Year in Eater: A Look Back at the 2019 Boston Food World

The Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2019: Doyle’s, Maria’s Pastry Shop, and More

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 27, 2019

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These Restaurants Closed in 2019

By Eater Boston Staff December 26, 2019

Cafe Artscience Is Closing in Cambridge After Five Years

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 20, 2019

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The Year in Eater: A Look Back at the 2019 Boston Food World

Two Au Bon Pain Locations Closed This Week — and More Restaurant Closings

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 19, 2019

Chinatown Is Losing a Decades-Old Restaurant

By Terrence Doyle December 17, 2019

A 15-Year-Old Somerville Cafe Has to Move Due to an ‘Unreasonable Landlord’

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 9, 2019

Dress Like Your Favorite Non-Trademarked Wizard at an Upcoming ‘Wizard’s Beer Festival’

By Dana Hatic and Rachel Leah Blumenthal December 5, 2019

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Glitzy Bay Village Restaurant Nahita Closes After a Year

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal November 22, 2019