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Everything we list across Boston and the cities around it. Cape Verdean, Dominican, Haitian, Ethiopian, Nigerian, Thai and Trinidadian kitchens, wine bars and a queer bar, bakeries, jewelers and skincare makers, salons, dance studios, architects, builders, caterers and commercial real estate — each with a source and a verification status you can check.
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Featured memberFox & the Knife
Boston, MA
Chef Karen Akunowicz's enoteca on West Broadway in South Boston.
Featured memberRestaurante Cesaria
Boston, MA
Cape Verdean cooking on Bowdoin Street, consistent for two decades.
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What's in Greater Boston
65 businesses across 15 categories
Published listings in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Wayland, Quincy, Newton, Salem, Somerville, Hingham, Medford, Watertown, and Winchester. Every one shows where its information came from.
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We are looking to add businesses in Malden, Waltham, Arlington, Lynn, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Dedham, Braintree, Framingham, Lowell, Brockton, Lawrence, and Peabody. If you run one, this is where Boston shoppers are already looking, and you would be the first listed in your city. A free listing puts it there.
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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.
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Boston, MA · Brookline, MA · Cambridge, MA · Wayland, MA · Somerville, MA · Watertown, MA
Bars & Nightlife in Greater Boston
Bars and taprooms across Boston run from natural wine rooms downtown to neighborhood breweries out in Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain. The city's late licenses are earlier than most American metros and last call comes round quickly, so plan an evening backwards from it. Several of these rooms run drag, karaoke and watch-party calendars worth checking before you pick a night.
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.
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.
Boston, MA · Cambridge, MA
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.
Newton, MA · Boston, MA · Hingham, MA
Beauty & Personal Care in Greater Boston
Salons, studios and skincare makers around Boston, some working from a chair on Dorchester Avenue and others selling what they make online. Appointment books at the smaller studios run weeks out, and several take deposits. Where a maker sells product rather than services, being local is not a requirement.
Boston, MA · Salem, MA
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.
Health & Wellness in Greater Boston
Wellness, fitness and movement studios across Boston, including dance-based classes that run in blocks of weeks rather than as drop-ins. Class sizes are small enough that booking ahead is usually necessary. Check whether a program is a single session or a multi-week course before you sign up.
Marketing & Creative in Greater Boston
Boston, MA · Medford, MA
Arts & Entertainment in Greater Boston
Arts, entertainment and experience venues around Boston, from escape rooms to performance and event work. Weekend slots at the ticketed venues go first and most take bookings online. Group sizes and age limits vary, so check both before you buy.
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.
Events & Weddings in Greater Boston
Caterers and event specialists working Boston weddings, corporate meetings and private celebrations, including drop-off caterers who do not staff the room. Dates in the September-to-October window book many months out. Ask early whether a caterer handles service and rentals or food alone.
Home Services in Greater Boston
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.
Events in Greater Boston
- MayTBAArlington Town PrideExpected May 2027
- MayTBABAMSI PrideExpected May 2027
- MayTBABelmont Pride ParadeExpected May 2027
Heritage and awareness days
- October 25-31Ace Week (Asexual Awareness Week)LGBTQ+
- October 26Intersex Awareness DayLGBTQ+
- November 1-2Día de los MuertosHispanic and Latino
- November 8DiwaliFaith
- Oct15-25Boston Asian American Film FestivalAAPI · October 15-25, 2026
- Oct16-25Boston Palestine Film FestivalArab and MENA · October 16-25, 2026
- Oct31+Festival Dia de Muertos (Veronica Robles Cultural Center)Latino · October 31 to November 2, 2026
- Nov1Festival Día de Muertos at Chelsea Square ParkLatino · November 1, 2026
Nonprofits & Community Organizations in Greater Boston
Nonprofits around Boston for getting help, getting involved and giving back: community centers, youth programs, health services, Pride, the arts, disability services and career support.

Youth · Community center
BAGLY
Boston, MA · statewide
Boston youth-led community center providing comprehensive social support, healthcare navigation, and leadership programs for LGBTQ+ youth.
Serves: LGBTQ+ youth and young adults ages 22 and under across Greater Boston and Massachusetts
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Health & HIV · Transgender support
Fenway Health
Boston, MA
Pioneering community health center advancing comprehensive medical, behavioral, dental, and LGBTQIA+ healthcare and research across New England.
Serves: LGBTQIA+ individuals, people living with HIV, and the broader community across Greater Boston and New England
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Youth · Community center
NAGLY
Salem, MA
Providing a safe, supportive community center and peer programs for LGBTQ+ youth across the North Shore of Massachusetts.
Serves: LGBTQ+ youth and young adults ages 12 through 23, their families, and allies on the North Shore of Massachusetts
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Youth · Community center
OUT MetroWest
Framingham, MA
Fostering affirming communities and joyful youth-led programs where LGBTQ+ and allied youth thrive across MetroWest Massachusetts.
Serves: LGBTQ+ youth ages pre-K through young adulthood, their families, and allies in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts

Disability services · Health & HIV
Lifeworks
Westwood, MA
Lifeworks empowers individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through residential homes, vocational supports, and clinical care.
Serves: Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and brain injuries in Norfolk County and surrounding communities

Disability services · Career & workforce
Northeast Arc
Danvers, MA
Pioneering Massachusetts agency transforming disability services through inclusive community living, early intervention, employment, and innovation.
Serves: Children and adults with disabilities and autism and their families across 190 communities in Eastern Massachusetts

Disability services · Youth
The Arc of the South Shore
Hingham, MA
Delivering comprehensive lifelong services, early intervention, autism clinical care, and community living for individuals with disabilities.
Serves: Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and developmental delays across the South Shore region

Disability services · Career & workforce
Communitas
Wakefield, MA
Empowering people of all abilities across Greater Boston through residential, day, vocational, and family support services.
Serves: Children, teens, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in Greater Boston and Middlesex County
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