Break your cabin fever—Boston restaurants are opening their doors to offer shelter from the storm and rolling out snow specials to make the winter more bearable. Never mind the bread and milk; instead, keep your eye on the list of open restaurants by city and be sure to check back for updates as the storm progresses.
WHERE: BOSTON
BACK BAY
Who: Back Bay Harry’s
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-5:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Bistro du Midi
What: Cafe special: lamb cannelloni with a glass of wine ($19 each)
When: all day, 11:30am-10:00pm
Who: Doretta Taverna
What: Prix Fixe: three-course date night menu ($50 per couple) and $1 oysters
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Grill 23
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-10:30pm
Who: L’Espalier
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-10:30pm
Who: Lucca Back Bay
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Post 390
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:30pmke
Who: Porto
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:30pm
Who: Precinct
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-2:00pm; dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Sorellina
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
BEACON HILL
Who: Grotto
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Scampo
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-11:00pm
CHARLESTOWN
Who: Pier 6
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-4:00pm; dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
CHINATOWN
Who: Townsman
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
DOWNTOWN
Who: The Merchant
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-4:00pm; dinner, 4:00pm-1:00am
Who: Marliave
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: State Street Provisions
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-4:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
FENWAY
Who: Hojoko
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-3:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Sweet Cheeks Q
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-5:00pm
Who: Tiger Mama
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
FORT POINT
Who: Drink
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 4:00pm-1:00am
Who: Menton
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:00pm; dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
Who: Oak + Rowan
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-3:00pm; dinner, 5:15pm-12:00am
Who: Sportello
What: Busines as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-4:30pm; dinner, 4:30-11:00pm
Who: Tavern Road
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-3:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
KENMORE SQUARE
Who: Eastern Standard
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
SOUTH BOSTON
Who: Area Four Boston
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Lincoln Tavern
What: Business as usual (with emphasis on pizza for National Pizza Day)
When: lunch, 11:30am-5:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
SOUTH END
Who: Banyan
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:30pm
Who: Bar Mezzana
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: B&G Oysters
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-5:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Coppa
What: Business as usual (plus pizza specials for National Pizza Day)
When: all day, 12:00-10:00pm
Who: SRV
What: Special: bottomless meatballs in red sauce ($4 per order)
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm; anytime the MBTA is closed during a declared snow emergency
Who: The Butcher Shop
What: Specials: Swedish meatballs and mulled wine (a la carte)
When: dinner, 4:30-11:00pm
Who: Tremont 647
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 4:00-10:00pm
THEATER DISTRICT
Who: Abby Lane
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:00pm
Who: Teatro
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:30pm
WEST END
Who: Ward 8
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
WHERE: BROOKLINE
Who: Burro Bar
What: Special: spiked Mexican hot chocolate ($12)
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
WHERE: CAMBRIDGE
Who: The Table at Season to Taste
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
CENTRAL SQUARE
Who: Bondir Cambridge
What: Prix Fixe: four-course menu ($45 per person)
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Craigie on Main
What: Special: limited burgers at the bar (a la carte); Prix Fixe: four-course ($45 per person) or six-course ($57 per person) Chef’s Whim menus
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
HARVARD SQUARE
Who: Alden & Harlow
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00pm-1:00am
Who: Forage
What: Prix Fixe: three-course storm special ($39 per person)
When: dinner, 5:30-10:30pm
Who: Grafton Street
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-4:00pm; dinner, 4:00-11:00pm
Who: The Hourly
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-5:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Park Restaurant and Bar
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00pm-2:00am
Who: Russell House Tavern
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-3:00pm; dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Temple Bar
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Waypoint
What: Special: $1 oysters
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
INMAN SQUARE
Who: BISq Cambridge
What: Specials: Fried chicken and bubbles-by-the-glass ($9-$15)
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
Who: Puritan & Company
What: Prix Fixe: three-course storm menu ($35 per person)
When: dinner, 5:30-11:00pm; whenever there’s more than three inches of snow
KENDALL SQUARE
Who: Abigail’s
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:00pm
Who: Area Four
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-6:00pm; dinner, 6:00-11:00pm
Who: Cambridge Brewing Company
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-4:00pm; dinner, 4:00-10:00pm
Who: EVOO
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: Mamaleh’s
What: Business as usual
When: all day, 8:00am-10:00pm
Who: The Smoke Shop
What: Business as usual
When: all day, 11:00am-1:00am
Who: State Park
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:30am-2:30pm; in-between, 2:30-5:00pm; dinner, 5:00pm-12:00am
EAST CAMBRIDGE
Who: ArtBar
What: Business as usual
When: lunch, 11:00am-3:00pm
WHERE: JAMAICA PLAIN
Who: Casa Verde
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: The Frogmore
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
WHERE: NEWTON
Who: Sycamore
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
WHERE: SOMERVILLE
Who: La Brasa
What: Specials: wood-fired pizzas (a la carte)
When: dinner, 5:00-10:00pm
Who: The Painted Burro
What: Specials: Suerte tequila flight ($21 each)
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Posto
What: Specials: Margherita, marinara, pepperoni and risotto pizzas ($12 each)
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm
Who: Rosebud
What: Specials: Big Kahuna Burgers ($14.95 each) and Tiki cocktails (a la carte)
When: dinner, 5:00-11:00pm
Who: Sarma
What: Business as usual
When: dinner, 5:30-10:00pm