5 new restaurant openings we’re enthusiastic about this month

Eating places

Boston-area openings embody an Instagram-worthy brasserie, a Japanese noodles spot, and extra.

New 12 months, new eating places: And Boston’s culinary scene is definitely kicking off 2024 with a bang. A New Haven icon brings its skinny, char-crusted pizza to Woburn and the Seaport, the South Finish sees a brand new providing from Coda Restaurant Group within the type of a contemporary Portuguese eatery, and Faneuil Corridor welcomes The Most Instagrammed Restaurant in the US, in line with Meals & Wine Journal.

Listed below are 5 eating places we’re excited to take a look at in January.

Translating to whale in Portuguese, Baleia is shifting into the bottom ground of The Troy Constructing on the crossing of the South Finish and South Boston. The Portuguese idea with a seafood-forward menu would be the latest restaurant from Coda Restaurant Group, the staff behind SRV, The Salty Pig, and Gufo in Cambridge. Baleia strays from its sister eating places, that are primarily centered on Italian delicacies, as Government Chef Andrew Hebert presents a balanced Portuguese menu with each up to date and conventional aptitude. Shared plates and entrees vary from $12-$60, together with dishes like Piri Piri Rooster, Lamb Shank Tagine and Pork and Seafood Stew served in conventional Cataplana. The wine listing may also showcase an enormous choice of Portuguese labels, and the cocktail program shall be influenced by the Iberian Peninsula. The brand new 90-seat restaurant, nonetheless, will liken its sister eating places with its inviting, neighborhood ambiance, in a heat, trendy area designed by Boston-based RODE Structure. 

264 E. Berkeley St.

Opens: Late January

After leaving her mark on Windfall, Rhode Island, Milena Pagán is returning to her faculty city of Cambridge to relocate her artisanal bagels, pastry and occasional store to Kendall Sq.. The 2023 James Beard Award semifinalist is a self-taught baker who prides herself on high quality components but isn’t afraid to experiment. Pagan’s bagels endure a two-day fermentation, together with 24 hours of cold-proofing, which slows down the fermentation to offer the crust a crispier look and extra taste. The hand-rolled bagels are served recent each day and whereas there are classics like their The whole lot Bagel ($2.50), created with their house-made spice combine, or their well-liked house-cured lox sandwich ($14), Rebelle additionally performs with flavors impressed by native producers and seasonal components. Previous collaborations have included beer and cheese bagels with Revival Brewing and Narragansett Creamery, so we’re anticipating their first Boston experiment. There shall be a choice of candy staples like cookies and muffins ($2.50 and $3.50) in addition to lunch sandwiches served in your selection of bagel, just like the smoked whitefish sandwich ($10) or BLT-Squared ($11). Wash all of it down with an iced or sizzling espresso that may be shortly elevated with a mocha, maple, vanilla or coconut syrup.

249 Third St., Cambridge

Opens: Late January 

For the primary time since opening in New Haven in 1938, the long-lasting Sally’s Apizza – its identify a homage to its founder Salvatore “Sally” Consiglio – expands past Connecticut, first to Woburn, earlier than a Seaport location set to grow to be its Boston flagship. “We’re excited for Bostonians to expertise Sally’s and make reminiscences a bit of nearer to dwelling,” shared Ricky and Bobby Consiglio, sons of Sally who’re nonetheless concerned within the enterprise. “Everybody on the staff is dedicated to transporting the identical expertise our father dreamed up 85 years in the past, and with the growth of the menu and the bar, there actually is now one thing for everybody.” That’s proper, together with the placement growth, comes a menu growth, too, with new appetizers, an elevated entree part, together with hen and eggplant parmesan ($24.50 and $19, respectively) and a 12 oz. ribeye with a cherry pepper sauce ($36), in addition to a powerful bar program that includes pink and white wine by the bottle and glass, and Italian-inspired cocktails just like the Sicilian Margarita. And naturally, there’s Sally’s signature pizza that represents the traditional New Haven-style pie – skinny crust pies which can be handmade and coal-fired; the roots of which originate from Naples, Italy. The Woburn-location’s coal-fired oven was rigorously constructed to the identical specs of the unique oven of Sally’s Apizza on Wooster Road. There shall be three sizes of pizzas obtainable (12-, 15-, and 18-inches ranging from $16.50) and there are some things Sally’s Apizza needs its new clients to know: Its identify is pronounced “Abeetz” – an Italian-American slang phrase fashioned from the dialect of Neapolitan immigrants arriving in New Haven. The pizza is charred, not burne: New Haven-style pies are left within the sizzling brick oven barely longer than other forms of pizzas, forming a chewy, but crispy texture and smoky taste. Lastly, mozzarella cheese is a topping, and when you don’t ask for it – correctly, referring to it as “mootz” not “mozz” – you’ll possible obtain a plain pizza. 

300 Mishawum Drive, Woburn

Now Open 

The Most Instagrammed Restaurant in the US is lastly in Boston. Sugar Manufacturing unit, a worldwide chain that’s well-known for its superstar endorsed candy-inspired goblet drinks (beginning at $46), like Snoop Dogg’s Strawberry Lemonade Smash, Bruno Mars’ Watermelon Piña Colada, and Brody Jenner’s Mamitas Hurricane, is now in Faneuil Corridor. Its evidently candy identify portrays solely a portion of the menu as the brand new 11,836-square-foot-space, spanning two flooring, additionally affords a full-service restaurant and retail area. The 124-seat fundamental eating space is assessed because the “Pink Room,” a rosy-hued room with heart-candy prints, cotton-candy-colored cubicles, flowery chandeliers, a devoted bar with capability for 50 visitors, each indoor and outside seating. These with a candy tooth shall be impressed by the greater than 50 methods to get a sugar rush, from milkshakes to brunch favorites to desserts. Favourite dishes embody Reese’s Items Churro French Toast topped with vanilla ice cream, peanut butter cups, whipped cream, and a drizzle of peanut butter and chocolate sauce ($14); or the Giggles Snickers Milkshake with vanilla ice cream blended with caramel and peanuts, served in a chocolate caramel popcorn mug, topped with fried Oreos, gummy worms, peanuts, chocolate, and dulce de leche sauce, whipped cream, and a Snickers Bar ($20). The Boston Cream Pie is without doubt one of the specialty menu gadgets created for this location, with a variety of different New England-influenced dishes, together with savory gadgets like fried Ipswich clams with a savory buttermilk tart shell (market worth), lobster mac and cheese ($25) and lobster sliders ($43). There’s additionally an indulgent burger menu, together with their famend Flaming HOT Cheetos® Burger ($22), and 24K Gold Burger, served dripping in edible 24K gold leaf ($150).

100 South Market Constructing, Quincy Market, Items 100-134 

Now Open

Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Juan Carlos Vidal are able to convey their award-winning Japanese udon noodles to the Seaport at The Superette. Translating to “As a result of I’ve a dream,” this shall be Yume Ga Arukara’s second location, however diners can anticipate the identical integrity of the scratch kitchen, respecting every ingredient for an elevated noodle expertise on this minimalist, however stylish, area. Their signature dishes embody the Chilly Niku Udon, a mixture of candy and savory sliced beef topped with grated ginger, dried seaweed, scallion, crispy tempura batter, a lemon wedge and daikon radish ($14); Spicy Chilly Niku Udon with a selfmade chili paste and oil that enhances the flavors of authentic ($17); Sizzling Niku Udon that’s served with selfmade hen broth ($17); and Soup Curry Udon, a dine-in specialty that’s a mix of conventional sizzling udon and hearty curry, topped with pink onion, scallion, crispy tempura batter, Japanese pepper flakes, an onsen egg and cheddar cheese ($25). The brand new location shall be open for lunch and dinner, adjusting its choices for the time of day. Lunch will see a quicker tempo to match the pace of the buzzing Seaport, whereas dinner will current a menu with further appetizers in addition to sake, beer and wine. 

70 Pier 4 Blvd., Seaport

Opens: Early January