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5 new restaurants we’re excited to try in November
From a Florentine sandwich shop in the Back Bay to a Colombian-inspired steakhouse in West Roxbury, here are five new restaurants to check out this month.
Boston continues to attract global flavor this month as a cult-favorite Florentine sandwich shop moves into the Back Bay and a Colombian-inspired steakhouse opens in West Roxbury. Further afield the outskirts of Beantown are welcoming some exciting openings, including a second outpost of a downtown, Caribbean-fusion hotspot at Patriot Place and a new nautical theme ramen bar in Arlington. Here’s where you’ll find us dining this month.
All’Antico Vinaio
In 1991, the Mazzanti family opened a trio of sandwich shops around Florence, Italy that quickly shot to global fame as one of the city’s most iconic street food experiences. Today, there are more than a dozen outposts around the world, including the most recent opening in Boston’s Back Bay. Renowned for their 24-hour fermented, freshly baked Tuscan Schiacciata bread (a thin, square flatbread with a perfectly airy center and crispy exterior) and the use of their gourmet Italian ingredients like the soft, tangy stracchino cheese from Northern Italy or Tuscan prosciutto, All’Antico Vinaio is sure to have a line out the door for many months to come. Fan favorites from the Florentine shops grace the menu, including La Toscana with Tuscan salami, pecorino, and truffle honey ($19) or L’Inferno with porchetta, nduja, spicy eggplant, spicy zucchini, and arugula ($17). Signature Bostonian versions are on the way, just as All’Antico Vinaio did for their other U.S. locations, including The New Yorker (roast beef, porcini cream, tomato, arugula) for Manhattan and La Broadway (pistachio cream, stracciatella, sun dried tomato, spicy zucchini, arugula) for the Nashville chain.
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565 Boylston St., Back Bay
Now Open
Capricho Colombian Steakhouse
After owning and working at their pizzeria in West Roxbury, husband-wife duo Vanessa Dorta and chef Carlos Andrés Gómez Porras took a leap of faith to act on a long-term dream of “creating a space that celebrates authentic Colombian flavors in an elevated way,” shares Dorta. They conceptualized Capricho Colombian Steakhouse as a way to combine their culinary and cultural backgrounds with a menu that highlights premium grilled meats and bold Colombian flavors like their Mar y Tierra, a duet of 8 oz filet mignon and shrimp finished with a rich demi-glace ($55) or Punta de Anca, a 10-oz Colombian-style picanha, or sirloin cut, served with papa criolla and roasted lulo sauce ($40). “Each dish reflects our passion for fire-grilled perfection and a creative balance between traditional and contemporary cuisine,” says Dorta, noting how they met while working at a steakhouse in Boston. “It feels incredible to finally bring a piece of Colombia’s warm hospitality and rich culinary tradition to the city we now call home,” adds Dorta. As Capricho Colombian Steakhouse sheds its soft-opening hours with the new month, Dorta and Gómez are ready to welcome guests for a transportive experience with olive, terracotta and wood accents to evoke the Colombian countryside mixed with vibrant music and color that feel like “being invited to dinner at a friend’s home in Colombia,” she says. “We want every visit to feel like a celebration of culture and community.”
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1627 Beacon St., Brookline
Now Open
Estella
When Lillian and Helder Brandão debuted their first restaurant in Downtown Boston in 2022, they discovered their knack for design; they applied this same creativity to their second location, a similar ebony-and-gold-dappled venue but infused with a balance of sporty elegance to reflect their new home at Patriot Place (think: oversized TVs juxtaposed against ornate chandeliers). “The Patriot Place organization had dined with us at our Boston location several times before we even knew who they were. When they later told us they’d unanimously voted to bring Estella to Patriot Place, it was such an honor,” shares Lillian. The new location will open with dinner service but weekend brunch is forecasted to begin in early December of this year, making it the perfect place for a pre-game given its space for 250 guests from the high top bar seats to the private dining areas which can host two events simultaneously. The menu will act as an extension to the flagship restaurant’s fusion of Latin and Afro-inspired flavors, including signature dishes the Rasta Pasta, a fresh pappardelle tossed in spicy oxtail cream with onion and peppers ($23) and Bife A Casa, a Portuguese-style ribeye topped with an over easy egg, Chef Tony’s steak sauce, house rice and beans and hand-cut fries ($45) with a plan to add specials unique to Patriot Place further down the line. Cocktails will also reflect the playful, premium recipes the team’s garnered attention for on Temple Place, including the Lychee martini, smokey old fashioned and tropical bliss made with vodka, mango, coconut, pineapple and lemon juice (all starting from $17).
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226 Patriot Place, Foxborough
Opens: Early November
Sumen Arlington
Japanese comfort food is a promise at this new Arlington venue with various ramen, sushi and donburi headlining its specialities. While ramen and sushi are recognized in the western mainstream, donburi is a classic Japanese rice bowl dish topped with varying proteins; Sumen prioritizes different fish like salmon, tuna, yellowtail, shrimp, mackerel and ikura (salmon roe) in its Sumen Bay Don ($22.95) or otoro, salmon, yellowtail, tuna and uni in their Deep Sea Don ($32.95). Comforting bowls of pork-broth ramen, both spicy and classic, are also a highlight, topped with guests’ choice of protein (Chashu pork, grilled chicken, crispy chicken, crispy pork, crispy tofu or shrimp tempura) as well as Sumen’s selection of special sushi rolls, both cooked and uncooked. While the sushi classics can be ordered, including nigiri, the signature rolls are thoughtful with their ingredient combinations and names. Take the Red Sox Roll, shrimp tempura and avocado topped with fresh tuna, black tobiko, tempura flake and eel sauce ($16.95) or the Garden in the Sea Roll, built with seaweed salad, tempura flake and cucumber and topped with salmon, avocado, black tobiko and spicy mayo ($16.95).
444 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington
Now Open
Twisted Fate Brewing
At the beginning of last month, this family-owned nanobrewery became the first retail tenant to open in Suffolk Downs’ Beachmont Square with its second taproom. After opening in Danvers in 2022, the majority female-owned Twisted Fate Brewing made a mark on North Shore beer enthusiasts with their New England Hazy IPAs as well as a variety of other lagers, stouts and Belgian style beer. All of these beers will be available across the 16 taps at the ground-floor Beachmont Square location along with a taproom exclusive—Paul Revere, a New England Hazy IPA made with Mosaic, Cashmere and Krush hops (6.6% ABV)—and two lukr taps (side-pour facets) pouring European style lagers. Another differentiator from its Danvers flagship: the new taproom features an onsite restaurant. They rolled out their first dishes November 1, personal seven-inch pizzas and soft, doughy pretzel sticks, and will continue to roll out new items like chicken nuggets, meatballs and tater tots as they continue to settle into their new space. All this and more—the taproom is celebrated as Revere’s first brewery (some beer will be brewed onsite here while others still brewed at the flagship) and is planning to open a patio in spring 2026.
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64 Salt St., Revere
Now Open
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