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Dine Out Boston: Where to find prix fixe deals for summer 2024
Boston's restaurant week is back, bringing you prix fixe menus from some of the city's newest restaurants and older favorites.
Boston’s restaurant week is back, giving Boston diners a taste of some of the most acclaimed, newest, or neighborhood staple restaurants in the metro area.
In its 24th year, the summer program of Dine Out will run from Aug. 4 to 17, stretching across every neighborhood, several suburbs, and every type of food — from French and Italian to sushi and Indian.
The restaurants participating, more than 150, offer up their own prix fixe menus with several courses, usually designed to showcase the restaurant’s typical offerings for those who have never dined there or guests that don’t typically shell out for an appetizer and dessert with their entree.
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And with prices running from $22 for lunch to $55 for dinner, you’re most likely paying less than you would normally for multiple courses.
Hungry yet? Be sure to make a reservation before you patronize a local restaurant during the two weeks of Dine Out. You can also find other restaurants participating on Meet Boston’s website, searching by neighborhood, cuisine, and price point.
Here’s a list of a few options we’d recommend.
Alcove
Expect New England seafood, locally-sourced meats and vegetables, and waterfront views at this West End restaurant from industry veteran Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli. His second restaurant, Hook + Line, is also participating in Dine Out with a lunch menu.
Lunch, $36: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available Monday-Friday.
50 Lovejoy Wharf, West End
Bar ‘Cino
Grilled pizzas, pastas, and shared plates make up the menu at this Brookline restaurant from Rhode Island-based Newport Restaurant Group. Its Watertown location is also participating in Dine Out, at a slightly lower price of $36.
Dinner, $41: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available daily.
1032 Beacon St., Brookline
dbar
There’s always something going on at this Dorchester restaurant and nightlife spot, from rosé garden parties to hosting DJs. They’re also getting in on Dine Out, offering up their entire menu as options for diners’ prix fixe meal; some menu items are available for a surcharge.
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Dinner, $41: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available daily.
1236 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester
DW French
Acclaimed Boston chef Douglass Williams pivoted from his Italian neighborhood restaurant concept MIDA, now with three locations, with this modern French bistro that emulates dining out in Paris. All three MIDA locations are also participating in Dine Out.
Dinner, $46: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available daily.
1391 Boylston St., Fenway-Kenmore
Grill 23 & Bar
A date night at this award-winning steakhouse just got a little bit more affordable because of their Dine Out offerings. Those looking to splurge more can add wine or an entree supplement of Prime New York steak at extra cost.
Dinner, $55: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert. Available Sunday-Friday.
161 Berkeley St., Back Bay
Matria
Another Boston newcomer makes the list in Matria, an Italian steakhouse inside the InterContinental that took on an overhaul of its restaurant and bar options this year.
Lunch, $32: Two courses that give diners a choice of an appetizer and an entree or an entree and a dessert; Available daily.
Dinner, $46: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available daily.
510 Atlantic Ave., Downtown
Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern
This Back Bay sushi spot is one of the newest locations on the Dine Out list, having opened in April as the first U.S. location from a Japan-based restaurant group.
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Lunch, $27: Three courses of a hot appetizer, cold appetizer, and Japanese rice bowl; Available daily
Dinner, $46: Four courses of two appetizers, a choice of two sushi rolls, and dessert; Available daily.
665 Boylston St., Back Bay
Shanti Restaurant
One of the more filling Dine Out options is at the Dorchester location of Shanti Restaurant — an Indian food favorite among Bostonians — serving up five courses, with two to three dish choices for each course except for dessert.
Dinner, $46: Five courses of starters, entrees, and a dessert of mango key lime pie; Available daily.
1111 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester
Source Restaurant
They’re known for their wood-fired pizza, but this farm-to-table gastropub serves more than Neapolitan pies. Try their small plates, salads, or pasta dishes for lunch — one of the cheapest participating in Dine Out — or dinner.
Lunch, $22: Two courses of an appetizer and a choice of a salad or pizza; Available Monday-Friday.
Dinner, $36: Three courses of an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available Monday-Friday.
27 Church St., Cambridge
Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
A handful of years after this contemporary Chinese restaurant opened, Hunan cuisine is still hard to find in Boston, but this spot from Le Cordon Bleu-trained Sumiao Chen remains a favorite.
Lunch, $32: A drink and three courses of soup, an appetizer, and an entree; Available daily.
Dinner, $46: Four courses of soup, an appetizer, entree, and dessert; Available daily.
270 Third St., Cambridge
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