Boston Magazine

Here’s what you loved reading the most from us this year.

The acclaimed Middle Eastern restaurant triples in size with a new Central Square home—plus za’atar croissants and orange blossom soft serve for good measure.

A MetroWest cellar remodel reveals a polished, versatile hub.

Backbar cofounder Sam Treadway reflects on a decade-plus of the acclaimed drink destination—known for its geekery and inclusiveness—as he leaves it in the capable hands of the Field & Vine team next door.

After 50 years in the kitchen, the celebrated Boston-based chef dishes on industry pile-ons, the lost art of handwritten menus, and the right way to cook a lobster.

Designer Jess Cooney revives a traditional Massachusetts slopeside home into an open, industrial-inspired retreat.

With showrooms in historic Freeport and Portland buildings, Chilton bet big on quality over trends.

Our intrepid society columnist reports from Boston’s liveliest affairs, including the Saugus restaurant’s 75th-anniversary block party and the Moondance Gala.

With sailboats skimming across Boston Harbor just outside its windows, this Charlestown pied-à-terre now embraces its extraordinary outlook at every turn.

A mall craft zone turned a dreary Sunday into a sweet, screen-free bonding session.

It’s amazing what a few miles can do to the market. This month, we spotlight an architectural gem in Jamaica Plain and a renovated estate on the Neponset River in Milton.

He was a “thug who wanted to be an artist.” He was a boss who paid in burrito gift cards. He was fun, impossible, and absolutely necessary—and he will be dearly missed.

Agosto, a tasting-menu-focused, intimate restaurant, will open around summer 2026, followed by bakery-café Baby Sister later in the year.

Boston’s restaurant scene has never looked better from the dining room, but behind kitchen doors, the industry is struggling with thin margins, labor shortages, and a culture of burnout. To survive, today’s top chefs are reinventing everything—and their solutions might just save it all.

Rediscovering joy and rhythm in a welcoming Punjabi folk dance class in Cambridge—no Bollywood experience required.