Diverse-owned businesses across Greater Boston

Businesses to know

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Enhanced members across the metro. Every category has its own section further down.

Restaurants & Food in Greater Boston

Greater Boston eats along a handful of long streets rather than in one downtown: Blue Hill Avenue through Roxbury and Mattapan, Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Dudley Street, Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, and Cambridge Street out through Allston. Cape Verdean, Dominican, Haitian, Ethiopian, Nigerian, Trinidadian and Thai kitchens all sit within a few T stops of each other. Many rooms here are small and cash-friendly and several cater or trade at farmers markets alongside the dining room, so check which operation you are ordering from.

Bakeries in Greater Boston

Bakers around Boston working in everything from monthly cookie drops to long-established wholesale baking. Custom cakes and large orders normally want a week or more of notice, and several of these bakers ship rather than keeping a storefront. Weekend batches sell out early.

Legal in Greater Boston

Attorneys and law firms practising in Greater Boston across family, immigration, estate and business matters. Massachusetts rules on fee agreements mean you should get the engagement terms in writing before any work starts. Many of these firms offer a short first consultation, which is the cheapest way to find out whether you need them at all.

Community & Nonprofit in Greater Boston

Nonprofits and community organizations based in Greater Boston, covering family support, disability and neurodiversity services, and neighborhood programming. What each one actually does varies more than the category name suggests, so read the organization's own description before assuming it covers your situation. Several take volunteers as readily as donations.

Retail & Shops in Greater Boston

Independent shops and makers around Boston, from jewelry studios to clothing labels run out of the neighborhoods rather than the malls. A good number sell online as well as in person, so a small shop is not necessarily a local-only one. Stock at the maker-run labels moves in drops rather than seasons.

Construction in Greater Boston

General contractors and builders working in Boston, including firms with long track records on institutional and public projects. Permitting in the city runs slower than most first-time clients expect, so build it into the schedule. Ask to see completed work of the same size as yours.

Professional Services in Greater Boston

Consultants, architects and business services firms working across Greater Boston, several of them certified by the City of Boston and used to public and institutional work. Scope and fee structure vary widely at this end of the market, so get both in writing. Ask for work in your own sector rather than a general portfolio.