Who We Are

 

Massachusetts Restaurants United (MRU) is a group of restaurant industry professionals that make up your beloved local date night destinations, cafes, lunch spots, and everything in between in the state of Massachusetts. As COVID-19 began affecting our state, we formed Mass Restaurants United, along with more than 800 independent restaurant owners and operators fighting to keep our lights on to continue serving food for all of you. ​


Since the pandemic, MRU has become the leading voice for our state’s independent restaurants, working with state legislators, state, and local officials to secure needed support for struggling restaurants.

Our wins include…

  • changes in law to allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks,

  • unprecedented caps on the food delivery fees charged by companies like DoorDash and Uber,

  • and the creation of a Distressed Restaurant Fund and other grant programs to help restaurants survive.

We have worked with state and local officials to reduce licensing fees for restaurants and expand outdoor dining, and offered webinars and info sessions to connect local restaurants to financial resources. We serve as the state affiliate of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, raising awareness and building support among our Congressional delegation for federal relief for bars and restaurants. We are committed to uplifting the voices of our state’s diverse restaurant community and workforce, and advocating for relief that reaches the immigrant, women, and Black and Brown-owned restaurants of Massachusetts.

 
 

Founding Members

Jody Adams
Trade / Porto / Saloniki Greek

Jon Mendez
Trade / Porto / Saloniki Greek

Tony Maws
Craigie on Main / Craigie Burger

Jamie Bissonnette
JK Food Group

Michael Leviton
Craigie Burger

Bessie King
Villa Mexico Cafe

Ken Oringer
JK Food Group

Executive Board

President: Nancy Caswell
Caswell Restaurant Group

Vice President: Stephanie Burke
Lenny's Hideaway

Executive Director: Paul Dennison
Brine Oyster Bar

Secretary: Jen Bowser
Horizon Beverage

Treasurer: Chris Macksey
Prix Fixe Accounting

Board of Directors

Allie Wainer - Sid Wainer + Son

Annie Eisemann - Hopdov HR

Arpit Patel - Baramor

Brendan Pelley - Xenia Greek Hospitality

Dan Donato - Octocog

Demetri Tsolakis - Xenia Greek Hospitality

Francesca Federico - Twelve Points

Jen Ziskin - La Morra | Punch Bowl | Heritage of Sherborn

Kristen Burke - Burke Distributing

Kristin Canty - Wood’s Hill Table

Lauren Friel - Rebel Rebel

Meghan Blair - Snow and Blair

Nancy Cushman (Emeritus) - Cushman Concepts

Pete Minich - Fresh City Kitchen

Rokeya Chowdhury - Shanti

Ryan Lotz - Traveler Street Hospitality

Suzi Maitland-Soucy - Paddle Inn | Sunset Club

William Kovel - Catalyst



Our Coalition


Aaron Cohen Gracie’s Ice Cream • Aaron MacDougall Broadstreet Coffee Roasters • Aaron Sanders Deep Ellum / Lone Star Taco • Adam Dunetz The Green Bean / The Roost • Adam Hicks Depot St. Tavern / Maddi’s Cookery & Tap House • Adam Penn Veggie Galaxy • Adam Romanow Castle Island Beer Co. • Alana Olsen Westwater Kendall Square Association • Alberto Cabre CasaB • Aldo Callejas La Hacienda • Alejandro Preciado La Esquina del Sabor • Aleksander Jeti Mucollari Venus Pizza & Grill • Aleksandr Bakhrakh Anoush’ella • Alex Crabb Asta • Alex Hedge Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse • Alex Pineda Scampo • Alex Sáenz BISq / Taqueria El Barrio • Alex Snape Far From The Tree Cider • Alex Tannenbaum Naco Taco / Lily P’s • Alexandra Hayden Fox & Knife • Alexi Illiades Farm Grill & Rotisserie • Alexia Hatziiliades Olympiana Specialty Foods • Alexis Cervasio East Boston Oysters • Alisha Lumea Wulf’s Fish • Allan Rodriguez El Centro • Alon Munzer Mamaleh’s Delicatessen • Amanda Henley Grendel’s Den • Amanda McBride Bambara Kitchen & Bar • Ameliaranne Sutton The Franklin Group • Ammy Lowney JuicyGreens • Ana Sortun Oleana / Sarma / Sofra • Andrea Sauve Bastille Kitchen • Andres Jaramillo Perros Paisas • Andrew Brady Field & Vine • Andrew Holden Eastern Standard / Branch Line / Shy Bird • Andrew Taylor Eventide • Andrew, Gina & AJ Kurban Aceituna Grill • Andy & Jackie King A&J King Artisan Bakers • Andy Husbands The Smoke Shop • Andy Kilgore The Emory • Angela & Seth Raynor The Pearl / The Boarding House • Angelina Jockovich CasaB • Ania Zaroda Mike & Patty’s / Hot Box • Anna Duarte Trattoria San Pierto • Anna Worgess The Proprietor’s Bar & Table • Anthony Caturano Prezza / Tonno • Anthony Reyes Dragon Pizza • Arlin Smith Eventide • Asia Mei Moonshine 152 • Athena Z Peters Adventure • Ayr Muir Clover Food Lab • Barbara Lynch Barbara Lynch Grupo • Barry & Begüm Edelman 5 Corners Kitchen • Barry Maiden Hungry Mother • Beau Strum Trina’s Starlight Lounge / Parlor Sports / Audubon / The Paddle Inn • Beka Chezhia Saloniki Greek • Ben Kaplan Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Ben Snyder Saloniki Greek • Bessie King Villa México Café • Bestsy Kamio Anna’s Taqueria • Beth Schunke Five Horses Tavern / Worden Hall / Elm Street Taproom • Bianca Yeager Chickadee • Bill Earle Grand Tour • Bill Goodwin Classic Restaurants • Bill Kinnealy William & Co Foods • Bill Leahy Toast • Bill Ray Acton Coffee House • Bing Broderick Haley House Bakery • Bob Tyack Rebecca’s Culinary Group • Brad Dalbeck Papagayo / Sip Wine Bar • Brendan Joy Steel & Rye / Prairie Fire • Brendan Pelley Gibbet Hill Grill • Brett Fodiman Six West / Southern Kin / Wink & Nod • Brian Axelrod The Farmacy • Brian Houlihan The Parrot / Bia Bistro / The Tinker’s Son / Galley Kitchen / Trident Galley • Brian O’Donnell Yellow Door Taqueria / Lower Mills Tavern • Brian Poe The Tip Tap Room / Bukowski Tavern / The Parish Café • Brian Rae Coppa • Bruce Rodman Cambridge Packing • Bryan Parkin BarCino • Carah McLaughlin Scampo • Carl Dooley The Table at Season to Taste • Carl Fantasia New Deal Fish Market • Carla & Christine Pallotta Nebo Cucina & Enoteca • Carlos Hidalgo Cru Oyster Bar • Carol Downs Bella Luna / The Milky Way • Carol King Ravello Italian Kitchen • Caroline Montgomery Town / Queequeg’s / Kitty Murtagh’s • Carolyn Johnson Mooncusser Fish House • Casandra Taylor Strong Style Coffee • Casey Weaver Town / Queequeg’s / Kitty Murtagh’s • Cassie & Matt Piuma Sarma / Sofra • Cecilia & Ivannoe Flores Coco Verde • Cedric & Peter Daniel Rapscallion • Charalampos Asimis Saloniki Greek • Charbel Salameh Café Barada • Charles Larner ReelHouse / Pier 6 / Mija Cantina • Charlie Christopher Cambridge Common / Christopher’s / Lizard Lounge / Toad • Charlie Fitzsimmons Black & Blue Steak & Crab • Charlie Foster Woods Hill Table • Charlie Redd Dragon Pizza • Charlie Sayer River Rock Farm • Charlotte Wells All Heart PR • Cheryl Straughter Soleil • Chris Chug Nomi Nonmi • Chris Chung Momi Nonmi • Chris Coombs Boston Urban Hospitality • Chris Damian Papagayo / Sip Wine Bar • Chris Douglass Ashmont Grill / Tavolo • Chris Frothingham Great Road Kitchen / Groton Publick House • Chris Himmel Himmel Hospitality • Chris Lutes Miracle Of Science / Middlesex Lounge / Horse Thieves Tavern • Chris Parsons Lily P’s / The Oyster Club • Chris Powell Orange Door Kitchen • Chris Yorty Foundry On Elm • Christian Thornton Atria • Christian Touche The Hourly Oyster House • Christina Theophanis Dave’s Fresh Pasta / Semolina Kitchen & Bar • Christopher Hsi Taste Wine Bar & Kitchen / Common Vines Wine Store • Chuck Silverston Paris Creperie • Ciaran Nagel Foundation Kitchen • Claudia Gallego En Farrados • Clinton Terry The Nautilus / Gaslight • Colin Lynch Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Conor Dennehy Tallula • Corey Barriera Newport Restaurant Group • Cynthia Gold FRANK • Damian deMagistris Restaurant Dante / The Wellington / il Casale • Damian Dowling The Abbey • Dan & Daniella Mammola North Shore Hospitality Group • Dan Donato Fortune Bar • Dan Kerrigan Steel & Rye / Prairie Fire • Daniel Bojorquez La Brasa / Fat Hen • Daniel Lanigan Lord Hobo • Daniel Myers Loyal Nine • Dante deMagistris Restaurant Dante / The Wellington / il Casale • Dave Jick Dave’s Fresh Pasta / Semolina Kitchen & Bar • Dave Punch Sycamore / Little Big Dinner / Buttonwood • Dave Silva Nantucket Hospitality Group • David & Adena Winer Adeas Mediterranean Kitchen • David & Karen Chabon David S. Chabon, CPA • David & Rosemary Littlefield The Sausage Guy • David Blessing The State Room / Longwood Ventures • David Delancey The Lobster Trap • David Doyle Tres Gatos / Casa Verde / Little Dipper • David DuBois Tasty Burger / Franklin Café / Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar / Our Fathers Deli • David Edwards Senses • David McKillop Rockafellas • Dean Taormina The Abbey • Deborah Hansen Taberna de Haro • Debra Jamrok Abby Park / Novara / Cypress • Deirdre Taracevicz-Berg Novara • Denise Santini Casa Razdora • Deon Thomas Chef Deon’s Kitchen • Derek & Stephanie Burke Lenny’s Hideaway • Derek Thrasher The Mug ‘N’ Muffin • Diane & Lee Wolf The Lobster Shanty • Dierdre Auld CODA / Salty Pig / SRV • Dominic & Heather Costa Revolution Health Kitchen • Dominic Casale Lord Hobo • Dora Tavel-Sanchez Luz The Farmhouse / Buttercup • E.J. Harvey The Seagrille • Elaine Wong Nomi Nonmi • Elias Khoury Pita Thyme • Elissa Rae PORTO • Ellie Tigiao Tanam • Emily Kantowski TORO • Emily Kelly Or, The Whale • Emma Roberts Capers Catering • Emmanuel Rojas Or, The Whale • Eric Grealish Novara • Eric Papachristos TRADE / PORTO / Saloniki Greek / The Venetian • Eric Quadrino Sulmona • Eric Zircher Cru Oyster Bar • Erin Miller Urban Hearth • Ernie Campbell Jamaica Me Hungry • Eugene Massey BarTaco • Euz Azevedo Six West / Southern Kin / Wink & Nod • Evan Harrison State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Fatima Langa Muqueca Restaurant • Fernanda Tapia Comedor • Filippo deMagistris Restaurant Dante / The Wellington / il Casale • Frank & Heather McClelland FRANK • Frank Zhang Feng Shui Restaurant • Gabriel Frasca Straight Wharf • Gabriel Sanchez Luz The Farmhouse / Buttercup • Garrett Harker Eastern Standard • Gary Griffin Oleana / Sarma / Sofra • ​Gary Morrison Papa Razzi • George & Nick Delegas Demos Restaurant • George & Themis Boretos Greek Corner / The Arlington • George Athanasopoulous The Breakfast Club • George Carey Finz Seafood / Sea Level Oyster Bar • George Carey Finz / Sea Level • George Coughlin Olde Magoun’s Saloon / Blackmoor Bar + Kitchen / Longcross Bar + Kitchen • George Howell George Howell Coffee • George Kelly Sandbar at Jetties Beach / or, The Whale • George Kougianos Brothers Deli • George Lewis, Jr. Pastoral • Gerald Finnegan Washington Square Tavern • Gerald Sheerin Grafton Group • Giancarlo Baldini Casa Razdora • Gideon Coltof Bit Bar • Gildaro Preciado Terulias Café • Gina Richard Select Oyster Bar • Ginger Phomjun The Mad Monkfish • Grer Reeves Viale • Guy Ciolfi Servizio Café & Corporate Catering • Hal & Erin Ryerson Sweet Life Café • Haley Fortier haley.henry wine bar / nathálie wine bar • Heather Kennaway Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Heather Mojer State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Henry Patterson Foodservice Financials / Rethink Restaurants • Holly Heslop Cambridge Common / Christopher’s / Lizard Lounge / Toad • Honor Lydon BostonChefs • Hratch Adourian Kendall Kitchen • Humberto Garjales Nápoles Restaurant • Ian So Chicken & Rice Guys • Irene Li Mei Mei Street Kitchen • Irene Rodriguez BarTaco • Jack Bardy The Beehive / Beat Brew Hall / Cosmica • Jacques Hayek Wrapro • Jamal & Manal Abu Rubieh The Brookline Lunch • Jame DiSabatino Roxy’s Grilled Cheese • James Choi Perillas • Jamie Lee Nass Or, The Whale • Jamie Mammano Mistral / Teatro / Sorellina / Mooo / L’Andana / Ostra / Bar Lyon • Jamme K. Chantler The Mad Monkfish • Jane Stoddard Cru Oyster Bar • Jason Alves East Cambridge Business Association • Jason Bond Bondir • Jason G. Macioge Bistro Zinc / Betty’s Pizza • Jason Kleinerman Rail Trail Flatbread Co. / New City Microcreamery • Jason Melmed Papi’s Stuffed Soppapilas • Jason Santos Citrus & Salt / Buttermilk & Bourbon • Jeanne Topham JT Cakes / I Dream of Jeanne Cakes • Jed Webber Webber Restaurant Group • Jeff Nace Neptune Oyster Bar • Jeff Pond Area Four • Jeff Tenner Spyce • Jefferson Macklin Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Jeffery Abellard Bistro781 • Jeffery Gates Aquitaine / Cinquecento / Gaslight Brasserie / Metropolis Café • Jeffrey Salazar Parsnip • Jen Faigel CommonWealth Kitchen • Jenik Khelalfa Little House Café • Jennie Song Dado Tea • Jennifer Park Diesel Café / Forge Baking Co. / Bloc Café • Jennifer Scott Taste Wine Bar & Kitchen / Common Vines Wine Store • Jeremy & Rebecca Kean Brassica Kitchen + Cafe • Jeremy Sewall Island Creek Oyster Bar / Row 34 • Jeremy Werther Homestead • Jeremy Werther Homestead • Jeromy Morse Lucie Drink + Dine • Jerry Ullman Tip Tap Room • Jess Willis The Independent / Foundry On Elm / Saloon / Brass Union / The Rockwell • Jesse Lauden Select Oyster Bar • Jesse Martin La Soffitta • Jessica Chiep Love Art • Jim Gould Mayflower Poultry Company • Jim Hoben El Pelon Taqueria • Jim Wilker Specialty Foods • Jimmy Liang Fuji / Shabu & Mein • Joanne Chang & Christopher Myers Myers & Chang / Flour Bakery • Joanne Hastings Restaurant Dante • Joe Brenner Tuscan Kitchen • Joe Faro Tuscan Kitchen • Joe Grafton Rethink Restaruants • Joey Acari The Playright / Tavern In The Square / The Derby / Tavitas • John Adams Flat Top Johnny’s • John Chong Wong Feng Shui • John Collings Boston Harbor Hotel • John daSilva Chickadee • John Gates Nashoba Brook Bakery & Café • John Keane Town / Queequeg’s / Kitty Murtagh’s • John Kim OliToki • John Paine Brewer’s Fork • Jon Goodman Clear Flour Bread • Jonathan Gilman Brato Brewhouse & Kitchen • Jose & Joanna Giraldo El Xielo • Jose Duarte Taranta • Jose Vilorio Dragon Pizza • Josh Childs Trina’s Starlight Lounge / Parlor Sports / Audubon / The Paddle Inn • Josh Danoff Union Square Donuts • Josh Kessen State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Josh Shirazi Shirazi Distributing • Josh Weinstein The Quiet Few • Joshua Gerber 1369 Coffeehouse • Joshua Van Dyke NU Kitchen • Julian Maria Papa Razzi • Julie King Villa México Café • Julie Roche Steel & Rye / Prairie Fire • Justin Mattera Longboards / Popped! Gourmet Popcorn • Justin Urso The Dial / Blue Owl • Kale Rodgers Spyce • Karen Akunowicz Fox & Knife • Karim El-Gamal Rail Trail Flatbread Co. / New City Microcreamery • Kate Driscoss Papaleoni Kate’s Table, Catering & Events • Katherine Tang Select Oyster Bar • Kathie Mainzer Bella Luna / The Milky Way • Kathryn Vallier 907 Main / The Dial / Blue Owl • Kathy Sidell Sidell Hospitality • Kathy Tanner Veggie Galaxy • Kelly Delaney Cakes For Occasions • Kelly Griffin Kate’s Table, Catering & Events • Kelly Walsh Big Heart Hospitality • Kelsey Tenore Ledger Restaurant • Kenshi Imura Café Sushi • Kevin Duong Shaking Crab • Kevin Marchino Rockafellas • Kevin O’Donnell SRV • Kevin Traynor The Rising / Phoenix Landing • Khavala Macken-Fraizer City Girl Café • Kimberly & Alec Rutter Rover Bagel • Kristen Rummel Honeycomb Creamery • Kristin Canty Woods Hill Table / Adelita • Kyle Anderson La Soffita / Waterside Market • Larry Leibowitz Bambolina / Kokeshi • Larry Leibowitz Kokeshi / Bamblolina • Larry Margulies Pavement Coffeehouse • Laura Baldini Mother Juice • Lauren Anderson City Girl Café • Lauren Friel Rebel Rebel • Lena Kikuchi Itadaki • Liam Mackey The Nautilus / Gaslight • Linda Marino La Bonne Maison • Lindsay Dickinson Toast • Lindsay Dow Casa Verde • Lisa Flores Mistral / Teatro / Sorellina / Mooo / L’Andana / Ostra / Bar Lyon • Liza Shirazi Revival Café & Kitchen • Liza Shirazi Revival Care • Lizzie Szczepaniak Sycamore • Louis DiBiccari CREATE / Humaari / FrontBurnerSocial • Luis Vasco TacoMex • Luz Arango Suculento • Lydia Reichert Sycamore • Lydia Shire Scampo • Manuel Depina Colonnade Hotel • Marci Joy Highland Kitchen / Highland Fried • Marcus Palmer Great Row Kitchen / Sythe & Dove Steak • Margaret Mancuso Novara / The Jetty • Margaret Pimentel Achilitos Taqueria • Marisol Lazo-Flores Rethink Restaruants • Mark D’Alessandro Mistral / Teatro / Sorellina / Mooo / L’Andana / Ostra / Bar Lyon • Mark Grande Senses • Mark Romano Highland Kitchen / Highland Fried • Marta Garcia Orinoco • Mary & Jackson Kenworth State Road / Beach Road • Mary Dumont Field & Bench Hospitality • Mary Kurth Spoke Wine Bar • Mary Lawton Senses • Mary Ting Hyatt Bagelsaurus • Mathew Stuart TORO • Matt O’Keefe Buttonwood • Matthew Linehan Sparrow Arc Farm • Matthew Thayer American Provisions / Gray’s Hall • Matthew Wallace BerryLine • Maura Kilpatrick Sofra • Max Harvey Wulf’s Fish • Max Toste Deep Ellum / Lone Star Taco • Maya Vaidya Eataly Boston • Megan Mainzer Bella Luna / The Milky Way • Melissa Thunberg Bramble Hospitality • Merrick Carriero Little House Café • Michael & Kari Cooney Brewer’s Fork • Michael Agricola Salvatore’s Riverwalk • Michael Brisson L’étoile Restaruant • Michael Chandler Lucie Drink + Dine • Michael Crawford The Druid • Michael Farid Spyce • Michael Getter Dune Restaruant • Michael Gurevich Mike & Patty’s / Hot Box • Michael Jacek Ten Yen • Michael Kasseris Rail Trail Flatbread Co. / New City Microcreamery • Michael Lombardi SRV • Michael Scelfo Alden & Harlow / Waypoint / Longfellow • Michael Schlow Schlow Restaurant Group • Michael Serpa Select Oyster Bar / Grand Tour • Michael Staub Group M • Michael T. Glynn Glynn Hospitality Group • Michael Wilkins Toast • Michal LaScola The Proprietor’s Bar & Table • Michelle Bradley Grand Tour • Miguel & Milena Medina El Penol • Mike Krupp Area Four • Mike Pagliarini Giulia / Benedetto • Mike Stangfeld Ten Yen / 3 Monkeys / Mad Minnow • Mike Wiley Eventide • Ming Tsai Blue Dragon • Miri & Roi Shpindler Pressed Café • Mohamad El Zein Moona • Molly & John Wilson Water Street Kitchen • Nadia Michaud Senses • Namwon Kang Dado Tea • Nancy Caswell Caswell Restaruants • Narinder Gihania Passage To India • Natasha Shibko Lucca • Nattarin Kowatanakun Dok Bua Thai Kitchen • Neil Ferguson American Seasons • Nicholas Wu Shaking Crab • Nick Nass Sandbar at Jetties Beach / or, The Whale • Nick Patel Subway • Nick Rossi Rita’s Catering • Nick Zappia Craigie Burger • Nicole Walsh Clear Flour Bread • Nina & Raffi Festekjian Anoush’ella • ​Nir Caspi Café Landwer • Noah Danhoff Union Square Donuts • Olga Makarova Hum’oveh • Omar Bouibegh Baraka Café • Orla Murphy-LaScola The Proprietor’s Bar & Table • Pam & Chris Willis Pammy’s • Pam Ralston Giulia / Benedetto • Pamela & Matt Chin Corner Pub • Pan Gu Feng Shui Kitchen • Pankaj Pradhan Red Lentil • Patria Vandermark Ride Studio Café • Patrick Lee Grafton Group • Patrick Lynch Bon Me • Patrick Lyons Lyons Group • Patrick Magee Atwood’s Tavern • Patrick Whittaker Novara • Paul Delios Kane’s Donuts • Paul Gentile Gentile Brewing Company • Paul Lee Hong Kong • Paul Schiavone BostonChefs • Paul Wilson Glynn Hospitality Group • Paula Carbeau Toast • Paula Lopera Bohemios Restaurant • Paula Osorio Café Gigu • Peter & Colleen McCarthy EVOO / Za • Peter & Ginhee Ungár Tasting Counter • Peter Lee Grafton Group • Peter Smyth Life at Humphrey’s • Phil Audino Tasty Burger / Franklin Café / Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar / Our Fathers Deli • Phil Bannatyne Cambridge Brewing Company • Phil Schein Fazenda Coffee • Pierce Boalt North Square Oyster • Rabi Islam El Centro • Rachael Sundet State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Rachel & Charles Kelsey Cutty’s • Rachel Afshari Lemon Press Market • Rachel Miller Night Shade Noodle Bar • Rachel Miller Munzer State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Raffaele Scalzi Casa Mia / Pazza On Porter • Raj Adhikari Café of India • Raj Mohapatra Rang Indian Bistro • Ramesh Khadka Curry Express Indian Foods • Randall Freidus Cambridge School Of Culinary Arts • Rebecca Arnold Whole Heart Provisions • Rebecca Fitzgerald George Howell Coffee • Regina Stanley Artcliff Diner • Remon Karian Fiorella’s / Fiorella’s Express • Renato Valentim Broadway Hospitality Group • Richarz Kzirian Violette Imports • Rigoberto Restrepo Billares Colombia • Robert Fecteau BirchTree Bread Company • Roberto & Seila Green Las Palmas • Roberto Trujillo Mexical Sushi • Robin King Oro • Rodrigo Angulo La Chiva • Rodrigo Souza Comeketo Brazilian Steakhouse • Ronald Liu Love Art • Rosalie & Joe Kovacs Shay’s Pub & Wine Bar • Ruth-Anne Second Wind • Ryan & Kevin McGuire Pennypacker’s • Ryan Lotz Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Sa Nguyen Soall Bistro • Saleh Benyamina Praline • Salvatore Boscarino ReelHouse / Pier 6 / Mija Cantina • Sam Olivari Bar Mezzana / Shore Leave / No Relation / Black Lamb • Samuel Jackson K.O. Pies • Sanjay Ray Holi Indian Restaurant • Sara Fetbroth Oleana • Sara Markey Field & Vine • Sarah Murphy Vinal Bakery • Sarkis Antreassian 705 Grille • Saul Ortes Pollo Royal • Sean Kennedy Grafton Group • Sean P. Leonard Cambridge School Of Culinary Arts • Sean Wesoky The State Room / Longwood Ventures • Seizi & Mindy Imura Café Sushi • Servio Garcia Bergamont / BISq / Taqueria El Barrio • Seth Gerber & Douglass Williams MIDA • Seth Greenberg Bastille Kitchen • Shanna & Aaron Chambers Settler • Simon Restrepo Scampo • Sing Lau & Kings Lam Great Chow • Stanislas Hibert Forage • Stavros Papantoniadis Stash’s Pizza • Stefanie Gerken Cushman Concepts • Stephen Bowler The Nautilus / Gaslight • Stephen Dong Feng Shui Hibachi Lounge • Steve Kurland EVOO / Za • Steve LaCount Chiara • Steve Postal CommonWealth Kitchen • Steven & Isabel Darwin Darwin’s Ltd. • Susan Bergeron Eat Well Kitchen • Susan Wilkinson The Jetty • Suzanne Mermelstein Mariposa Bakery • Tamy Tiongson Parsnip Restaruant • Tanya McDonough The Club Car • Tara Novak Foundation Kitchen • Taylor Choquet Tambo 22 • Taylor Oliver Ventuno / Via Mare / Pizzeria Gemelle • Ted Kennedy Lucca • Ted Kilpatrick Chickadee • Teddy & Alyssa Applebaum Elmendorf Baking Supplies • Tess Wood Bad Doughnut • Theo Bougas Publico Street Bistro / Backyard Betty’s • Thomas C. Covert Shine Square Pub • Thomas Holland A&B Burgers • Tiffani Faison Big Heart Hospitality • ​ Nancy Cushman Bianca/mr roni cups/o ya/Hojoko/gogo ya/Ms Clucks Deluxe • ​Tim Cushman Bianca/mr roni cups/o ya/Hojoko/gogo ya/Ms Clucks Deluxe • Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli Alcove • Tony Lawrence Picco • Tony Portillo Winners • Tracy Chang PAGU • Ty Costa The Club Car • Tyler Potter New England Charcuterie • Tyler Sundet State Park / Mamaleh’s / Café Du Pays • Tzurit Or Tatte Bakery & Café • Valerie Gurdal Fromaggio Kitchen • Vance Welch Ventuno / Via Mare / Pizzeria Gemelle • Vanessa & Casey White Jaju Pierogi • Victor & Mary Alsobrook La Bonne Maison • Vikram Hedge Select Oyster Bar • Vincent Turco Gelato & Chill • Wagner Garcia Alma Fusion • Walter Castaneda Casa Colombia • Wayne Capolupo Seaglass Restaurant / Capri Seaside Italian Grille • Wei Ding My Happy Hunan Kitchen • Weltkuche Bistro Passage To India • Will Gilson Puritan & Co • William Kovel Catalyst • Yahya Noor Tawakai Halal Café • Youji Iwakura AtelierKitchen Zen • Yujin Kawakami Hess Itadaki