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Dine Out Boston, formerly known as Restaurant Week Boston, is back this month, serving up deals on prix fixe menus at some of the city’s best restaurants.
Held from March 10-23, this is the first of two Dine Out programs that Meet Boston, the tourism organization, puts on each year. And though those in the restaurant industry will agree that dining out at local eateries is important year-round, it’s especially important to a business during the slower winter months.
“From the bartenders to dishwashers, every guest that comes in to dine with us allows us to support our team who makes the day-to-day functions possible,” said Shore Gregory, co-owner of Row 34. “Dine Out Boston provides a great excuse to do that during the winter months.”
Whether it’s a restaurant you frequent often, or one you’ve always considered trying, there are lunch and dinner deals to explore for the next two weeks. Lunch deals can cost $22, $27, $32, and $36, while dinner menus run at $36, $41, $46, and $55.
Meet Boston said over 175 restaurants are taking part in Dine Out, more are still signing up, and around a dozen restaurants — Josephine’s, Waypoint, DW French, STK, and Umbria, for example — are participating for the first time.
You can find out all the featured restaurant menus and reservations at Meet Boston’s website. Boston.com put together a list of a few deals to consider below:
Of the deals available the next two weeks, the lunch and dinner menus at Smoke Shop’s Seaport location have the most options to choose from, pairing several starters, sandwiches, plates, baskets, or bowls. A $22 lunch — one of the cheapest options featured in Dine Out — gets you a starter and a sandwich, or you can swap the starter with butter cake. A three-course dinner is $36 and includes additional choices from the plates, baskets, and bowls menu. Owner and pitmaster Andy Husbands, pitmaster and owner, also recommends their whiskey deal, which will feature six whiskeys for $10 a pour. Available: Daily for both lunch and dinner.
Jeremy Sewall’s seafood restaurant is offering a $55 three-course menu at their Burlington location, featuring seafood, of course, with shrimp ceviche and herb-crusted haddock making the menu. But there are also options for those looking for something other than fish, like the 8-ounce flat iron steak, roasted half chicken, and two dessert options for the third course. Co-owner Shore Gregory recommends ordering their newest specialty cocktail “Cloud 9” — with vodka, creme de violette, lavender, and lemon — to go with any combination of the prix fixe menu. Available: Dinner Sunday-Friday.
This Chinatown hot pot eatery will also have lunch and dinner deals that owner Billy Gu said are a selection of their most popular dishes. “It’s what we’re most proud of.” For lunch, grab a golden bun or crab rangoon starter with either a hot pot sampler or assorted sashimi at $32. For a little bit more at $46, dinner comes with a different selection of starters — Gu recommends cold rice noodles as the most authentic option — along with hot pot sampler and sashimi entrees. Go there from 4 to 6 p.m. or 9 p.m. to close for an appetizer happy hour: one alcoholic beverage gets you two apps half off. Available: Lunch on Monday-Friday; Dinner on Sunday-Friday.
Most of the restaurants participating in Dine Out do not offer their prix fixe menus on Saturday. But if Saturday is the only day you can go out for a bite, you’re in luck with Chef Douglass Williams’s award-winning MIDA restaurants. And you’re getting a good value at $46 for a three-course meal of starters like the comforting white bean and kale soup, Williams’s personal favorite pork loin marsala as an entree option, and for dessert, something refreshing like the pear sorbetto. “No shortcuts are taken” with this menu, Williams said. Every MIDA location is participating, with the Newton location also serving lunch. And for those interested in Williams’s newest restaurant, DW French, the french brasserie also has a Dine Out menu. Available: Dinner daily; lunch daily in Newton.
Go all out with a side of oysters Rockefeller to start, a pasta dish, and a dessert for $55 at Tuscan Kitchen in Burlington or $46 in the Seaport. Culinary director Nimesh Maharjan recommends diners take advantage of the $10 filet add-on as well. “Also, I encourage guests to try our Short rib Ragu with Linguine pasta — a great hearty dish to warm your belly.” Available: Dinner Sunday-Friday in Burlington; dinner daily in the Seaport.
This $55 three-course menu at Mediterranean restaurant Trade is centered around the wine pairing, which of course, is additional, but comes highly recommended from its general manager Voula Koutsoubarisi to bring out the “true Greek flavors” in diners’s meals. Each course — starter, entree, and dessert — offers at least one wine pairing option at an additional price of $21 for 3-ounce standard wine pours or $35 for 3-ounce premium wine pours. Available: Dinner on Tuesday-Friday.
Planning a power lunch in the next couple of weeks? For $32, you can do it at Abe & Louie’s with their two-course lunch menu, featuring a starter choice between a cauliflower leek soup or spinach salad. Next, pick between the marinated steak tips or a miso baked cod as your entree. Other Tavistock Restaurant Collection restaurants — Atlantic Fish Co., Coach Grill, Joe’s on Newbury, and Joe’s Waterfront — are also participating in Dine Out, though menus and days available differ. Available: Lunch on Monday-Friday.
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Investigators identified Tyler Brown of Boston as the man who allegedly opened fire on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leaving two victims with life-threatening injuries.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said Brown fired 50 to 60 shots on the busy road shortly after 1 p.m. Monday.
Two male victims were hit in vehicles, Ryan said. They are in critical condition and fighting for their lives.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper and a civilian with a license to carry a firearm went toward the gunman and fired their weapons at him. Officers treated Brown at the scene, and he was brought to a Boston hospital, where he is in intensive care, according to the district attorney.
This video shared with NBC10 Boston appears to show a man opening fire at cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, May 11, 2026.
Authorities have, so far, shared limited information about the suspect.
“Mr. Brown is from Boston, and apparently was in the process of moving here. We understand that Mr. Brown was under the supervision of either the Massachusetts Probation Department or Department of Parole,” Ryan said.
She did not elaborate on why Brown may have been on probation or parole.
“We will address Mr. Brown’s criminal record, if any, at the arraignment,” she said.
Ryan added that she did not know enough about Brown’s condition to say whether he would be arraigned in court or in a hospital bed. The timing was also not clear.
He will face two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and firearms charges, and “a variety of other charges as we unfold what took place, exactly, and we have a chance to speak to the many, many people who were out there,” Ryan said.
An inbound stretch of Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road will be closed each night through August for tunnel repairs, officials announced.
Starting Monday, the closures will begin at 8 p.m. and last until 5 a.m., state officials said.
Road closures begin at North Harvard Street in Allston and stretch along the Charles River Esplanade to Mugar Way in Boston, near the Hatch Memorial Shell, officials said.
Traffic will be detoured into Cambridge over the Anderson Bridge, along Memorial Drive, and then be routed into Boston over the Longfellow Bridge.
The closures will allow ongoing repairs to the Storrow Drive Tunnel in the Back Bay. The work is the first phase of a two-stage project to extend the lifespan of the tunnel, which carries roughly 50,000 drivers to and from downtown Boston daily.
The outbound portion of the tunnel and accompanying roadways will not be affected.
State transportation officials said changes to the work schedule will be made when necessary to minimize impacts during major local events at TD Garden, Fenway Park, or during the FIFA World Cup and 250th anniversary celebrations scheduled for this summer.
Additional changes may be made without notice due to weather.
Transportation officials have not specified when the closures will end.
Bryan Hecht can be reached at bryan.hecht@globe.com. Follow him on Instagram @bhechtjournalism.
This story has been updated with new information
OXFORD — Ole Miss softball is back in the NCAA Tournament after making the Women’s College World Series a season ago.
The Rebels (34-24) will play Boston (46-13) on May 15 (1 p.m. CT, ESPNU) in the Lubbock Regional. Ole Miss is the No. 2 seed in the regional, and Boston is the No. 3.
Texas Tech (52-6), the No. 11 overall seed and regional host, will face No. 4 Marist (37-19).
The Rebels went 6-18 in SEC play this season, and have a largely new-look roster from the team that made the WCWS last season.
Ole Miss beat South Carolina and Tennessee in the SEC Tournament to improve its seed.
Freshman Madi George has burst onto the scene in the SEC. The first-year infielder leads Ole Miss with a .385 batting average. She has a team-high 21 home runs and 58 RBIs.
Seniors Emilee Boyer (3.86 ERA), Kyra Aycock (3.97 ERA) and junior Lily Whitten (3.04 ERA) are the primary options in the circle for coach Jamie Trachsel.
Trachsel is in her sixth season leading the Ole Miss program. She led the Rebels to their first WCWS appearance in program history in 2025.
Boston entered the Patriot League Tournament as the top seed and the Terriers delivered. Boston beat No. 2 Colgate 12-1, becoming the second team in Patriot League history to four-peat as conference champions. Boston is on a 12-game winning streak. Kylie Doherty leads the team with a .396 batting average and 26 home runs.
Texas Tech made the 2025 WCWS championship series, losing to Texas in three games.
Texas Tech lost just three Big 12 games this season but lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. The Red Raiders are a strong threat to get to the WCWS again. There are four Texas Tech batters hitting over .400. Star pitcher NiJaree Canady leads the Red Raiders with a 1.24 ERA. She has 209 strikeouts.
Marist plays in the MAAC and won the conference tournament. Marist split a two-game series against South Carolina early in the season. Ava Metzger (12-3, 2.51 ERA) and Peyton Pusey (.404 batting average) lead the team.
Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_
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