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Best of Boston 2025: Readers’ Poll Winners

You have spoken, and you have feelings about coffee, politicians, and bagels.


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Here’s a Sneak Peek at What You’ll Eat at the 2025 Best of Boston Soirée

Arts & Entertainment

Best of Boston 2025: The City’s Best Dining, Shopping, Playing, and More

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A Handy Guide to Best of Boston 2025’s Food Winners


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If you’re the owners of this historical Lexington house, you turn your third-floor bathroom into an elegant oasis of calm.

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The Dot dining scene is flush with exciting offerings: phở, tacos, roti, and so much more.

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Malden’s Cafe Reynard Brews Coffee, Revolution

The north-of-Boston nanoroaster and “worker-owned queer cafe” opens inside Idle Hands Craft Ales.

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The Greatest Irish Pubs in Boston

Find your perfect pint at these consistent favorites—from classics like J.J. Foley’s, to cozy spots like the Druid, to plenty of charming dives.


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They Tried to Suppress Her COVID Origin Theory. Now Even the CIA Agrees with Alina Chan.

In 2020, the Broad Institute scientist ignited a controversy by suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, it sure looks like she was right.

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Sage, a North End Classic, Is (Sorta) Back

Tony Susi and Jen Matarazzo will open Little Sage this month, an homage to their award-winning Italian restaurant from back in the day.

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Designer Ken Fulk has created an all-encompassing atmosphere of delight at the members-only Back Bay social club.

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Whether you’re looking for something old or something new, this scenic ’burb with a Revolutionary past has a place for you.

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What We Lose When We Lose Old-Timey Doughnut Shops

Twin Donuts, a sugary-sweet bit of Allston history, is closing, and that’s a real bummer.

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Five Wellness Memberships Redefining Members-Only Perks

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Lydia Shire Takes Over the Bar Enza Kitchen in Cambridge

The culinary icon will oversee the Charles Hotel’s Italian restaurant while still running Scampo on Beacon Hill, too.

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