New Restaurants North of Boston This Fall

Restaurant openings are the part of local food news that goes stale fastest, so this roundup is built from what outlets have reported since September, with the date and source for every entry. We did not visit any of these places, we can’t tell you whether they’re good, and a restaurant “opening any day” in one outlet may have opened since. The aim is a usable list of what’s new north of Boston, with addresses.

The list leans north: Somerville, Winchester, Lynn, Salem, Arlington, Saugus, Chelmsford, Swampscott, Burlington and Watertown. Boston proper, where most of the new openings are, is left for the outlets that cover it.

Reported open

Saint Brigid’s Well, Somerville. 525 Medford St., Magoun Square. A 65-seat Irish pub with upscale pub fare. Boston.com’s September 17 roundup had it opening mid-September, and Boston Magazine’s November 5 guide lists it as now open. Sources: Boston.com, Boston Magazine.

First Crush, Somerville. 259 Washington St., Union Square. A wine bar that Boston Magazine says grew out of a pop-up. Listed as open in its November 5 guide. Source: Boston Magazine.

Liars, Somerville. 1153 Broadway, Teele Square. A small-plates restaurant from the team behind Spoke Wine Bar, included in the Boston Globe’s September 23 list of 10 intriguing fall openings. The Globe excerpt we read gave no opening date. Source: Boston Globe.

Ciao! Pizza and Pasta, Lynn. 41 Sutton St. A Neapolitan-style pizzeria that Boston Magazine’s November guide says has expanded to Lynn, the closest North Shore opening in that list. Source: Boston Magazine.

Colette Bakery, Arlington. 681 Massachusetts Ave. A French-inspired bakery with breads, pastries, sandwiches and quiches, from the bakery that also has shops in Medford and Melrose. Boston.com’s October 22 roundup listed it as open, and Boston Magazine’s November guide mentions the expansion. Sources: Boston.com, Boston Magazine.

Kri Kri Grill, Chelmsford. 18 Boston Road, Suite 200. A casual Greek restaurant listed in the Globe’s September 23 piece, with no opening date given in the excerpt we read. Source: Boston Globe.

Opening soon, as of the latest report

Caffè Ducali, Winchester. 959 Main St. Boston Magazine’s November 5 guide says the cafe and bakery, a branch of the North End espresso bar, will open “any day now.” Other reports have pushed this project back more than once. A Globe item from October 16 said it was due to open the following week, but we found no confirmation of the actual day or the hours. Source: Boston Magazine.

The Goat, Salem. 311 Derby St. Patch reported on October 8 that the New Hampshire-based bar and restaurant with live music was “finally about to open,” and held a hiring fair for bartenders, servers and kitchen staff. The Goat has other locations in Newburyport, Portsmouth, Hampton and Manchester, N.H. No opening date was given. Source: Patch.

First Watch, Swampscott. 450 Paradise Rd. The breakfast and brunch chain’s Swampscott location was reported by Patch as expected in late fall, around 3,700 square feet with 130-plus seats. No exact date we could find. Source: Patch.

Badam Uyghur Cuisine, Watertown. 58 Mt. Auburn St. Hand-pulled noodles, lamb kebabs and rice pilaf, in a small takeout-focused spot from the owner of Silk Road in Cambridge. Boston.com’s October 2 roundup said it was opening in November. Source: Boston.com.

Buff’s Pub, Watertown. 46 Arsenal St. The second location of the Newton Corner wings-and-tenders pub, reported as opening this fall in Boston.com’s September 24 roundup. Source: Boston.com.

Reported, but we couldn’t confirm the opening

• 7th Street Burger, Saugus. 880 Broadway. The New York smashburger chain was reported for an October opening in Boston.com’s October 2 roundup. We didn’t find a later confirmation that it opened. Source: Boston.com.
• Citrus & Salt, Burlington. 19 Third Ave. Chef Jason Santos’s second Citrus & Salt, in the former Osteria Nino space, was reported in early 2026 with a summer 2026 target. We couldn’t confirm that it has opened or set a date. Source: WhatNow Boston.
• Northshore Mall, Peabody. Patch reported earlier this year that Fogo de Chão, Dave’s Hot Chicken and Shake Shack were expected to arrive at the mall “in the coming weeks.” We couldn’t confirm any of them has opened. Source: Patch.

How to use this list

• If you want a sit-down Irish pub or a wine bar, the Somerville entries are the ones that two outlets agree are open.
• If you want something to try this month, the Winchester and Salem openings are close, but neither has a confirmed date.
• If you drive, Chelmsford and Burlington are the farther-out entries.

What we couldn’t confirm

• Opening dates for Liars, Kri Kri Grill, The Goat and First Watch.
• Hours for any entry.
• Whether Caffè Ducali, 7th Street Burger, Citrus & Salt and the Northshore Mall restaurants have opened.

Where each one is

For a quick map in your head: Somerville has three (Magoun Square, Union Square and Teele Square), Winchester has Caffè Ducali on Main Street, Lynn has the Sutton Street pizzeria, Salem has The Goat on Derby Street, Swampscott’s First Watch is on Paradise Road, Chelmsford’s Kri Kri Grill is on Boston Road, and Watertown has two on Mt. Auburn and Arsenal Streets. Arlington’s Colette is on Massachusetts Avenue.

Sources

• Boston Magazine, Where to Eat in Greater Boston for November 2026bostonmagazine.com
• The Boston Globe, 10 intriguing new restaurants this fall (Sept. 23, 2026)bostonglobe.com
• Boston.com, restaurant openings (Oct. 2, 2026)boston.com
• Boston.com, restaurant openings (Oct. 22, 2026)boston.com
• Boston.com, restaurant openings (Sept. 17, 2026)boston.com
• Boston.com, restaurant openings (Sept. 24, 2026)boston.com
• Patch, The Goat coming to Salem (Oct. 8, 2026)patch.com
• Patch, First Watch in Swampscottpatch.com
• Patch, new restaurants at Northshore Mallpatch.com

Details such as dates, hours and prices come from the sources above and can change. Check with the organizer before you go.