This is the category listing for Worcester's Openings. Using the below links, you will find some of Central Massachusetts' best restaurants and our ratings and reviews for each restaurant in this category. The below links have information on each Openings restaurant, including website addresses, restaurant ratings, reviews, and directions!
A New Place to Mangia!
By Rachel Shuster
Looking for a new place to feast on
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A Healthier Treat for Chinese Cuisine
By Rachel Shuster
Do you ever get that heavy, greasy, guilty feeling after indulging in some hearty Chinese food? Well, feel guilt-free and light as air when you visit the Buddha Hut, located
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By Lauren Koblara
With the ongoing revamp and revitalization of Downtown Worcester we’ve seen plenty of new and enticing restaurants popping up in the area. Waiting to here what’s good? Well, the verdict is in on Garden Fresh Courthouse Café. Located directly across from the brand new Worcester Courthouse on Main
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By Lauren Koblara
Whether you’re a hardcore athlete or just trying to stick to your New Year’s resolutions, finding delicious food that doesn’t break the rules can be tricky. Sure, you can eat salad everyday or go on one of those all juice diets… or you can bite into a juicy burger from Wah-Bo Grill in Shrewsbury. I think
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A Taste of the Middle East, Just Down the Street
By Rachel Shuster
Want to have a one-of-a-kind, Middle Eastern experience but jetting overseas doesn’t really seem practical? Don’t feel helpless, loyal Worcesterites, one of the city’s latest editions, Morocco, is incredibly rich in ethnicity and culture. Newly opened on November 1st, this restaurant is “more than just food,” manager and co-owner
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By Rachel Shuster
The most famous thing about Mezcal tequila might be the worm, but the most famous thing about the new restaurant named after it is definitely the unique choices it offers. Introducing Mezcal, a southwestern and Mexican influenced tequila bar, located at 166 Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. Since
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Get Your Game Face On at The Banner
By Rachel Shuster
It’s that time of year when voices give out from cheering, rivalries grow stronger and team spirit is at an all time high. You got it, it’s peak sports season. All that’s needed now is a place to let loose that fiery passion. Luckily, the Banner Bar and
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By Jennie Fitzgerald
We’re all familiar with local favorite The Bean Counter for its amazing coffee and desserts ~ the perfect place to relax with a cappuccino and read (Pulse Mag, of course!) or chat it up with friends after a long weekend. Now there will be a second store on Rt.9 in Shrewsbury, so you’ve got two close-by destinations for
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By Lauren Koblara
Drinks after work? A night out with friends? Special dinner date? Whatever the occasion, it’s not always easy to find a place that will suit everyone’s needs and tastes. If you want to satisfy even the pickiest members of your social circle, try introducing them to the Cellar Lounge and Wine Bar (It’s OK, I’ll
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The Gym Sports Bar and Grill
385 Main St., Worcester
508-929-3224
There's a new sports bar in town and it’s giving new meaning to going to The Gym. Located at 385 Main Street in the space that previously housed Seoul Leecci, The Gym Sports Bar and Grille is just the sort of spot that will attract all sorts of people from
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By Linnea Sheldon
What do you get when you mix Mexican fare with a couple of Irishmen? You get Jose Murphy’s, which means two floors and 6,000 sq. ft. of dining, drinking, and relaxing.
Dessie McKane and Cal Dolan, the owners of Funky Murphy’s, used a similar mix of good food, a comfortable, lively atmosphere and a full bar when
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By Linnea Sheldon
Much to the excitement of local college students and wings fans alike, there is a new joint in Worcester that serves terrific tasting wings, even late night. Everywhere you go there seems to be someone talking about the new Wings over Worcester, located on Water Street at 1 Kelly Square. Part of the WOW franchise, the
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82 and 86 Winter Street
Worcester, MA 01604
508-797-1011
By Linnea Sheldon
The owners of Block 5 have a new treat in store for local food lovers. Bocado, a full-fledged tapas restaurant, is scheduled to open in the beginning of this month. The restaurant will be taking over the spaces at 82 Winter Street (formerly occupied by S.P.Q.R. an Italian
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By Linnea Sheldon
There’s a new sushi bar in town, but this one is putting a different spin on what Worcester has come to expect from a sushi restaurant. Haiku, located at 258 Park Avenue, serves sushi as well as other Asian inspired dishes, all with a little bit of a French influence. It bills itself as Worcester’s first
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Imperial Buffet, located in the Fairlawn Plaza at 380 Maple Ave. in Shrewsbury, is one of the newest arrivals in town catering to the all-you-can-eat crowd. The buffet offers both Chinese and American specialties at six different buffet stations. The offerings include a raw bar, a grilled food bar, a dessert bar,
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By Alex Kantarelis
In the mood for lavish and exquisitely prepared entrées? Luxury champagne and bottle service? Decadent desserts? Elegant surroundings punctuated by a soothing waterfall? Attentive staff ready to spoil you? Then you need look no further than The Flames Grille.
Yes, although Flames is located right here in Worcester (inside the Platinum Premier Complex), walking through
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By Lauren Koblara
Picture this. It’s late on Friday night and you feel empty inside. No, not the depressed and lonely kind of empty, but the hungry kind. Used to be you’d make a mental list of all the fast food drive-thrus within a 20 mile radius and succumb to late night munchie defeat. Well, you can now
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By Melissa Pingeton
What smells, tastes, and feels like summer more than BBQ? Nothing!
Woodfire BBQ, owned by Scott Tefft and Franny Morin, brings authentic southern BBQ to Worcester using wood cookers to loving prepare slow-cooked meats slathered in homemade sauce.
Building on the success of the original (and still going strong)
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By Melissa Pingeton
Take mouthwatering treats plus just-as-mouthwatering drinks and what you do you get? Allgos, Worcester’s original dessert lounge and bar.
Located at 58 Shrewsbury St. Allgos has a “coffee house sort of feel” with “a little bit of everything,” according to owner Naat (Natchi) Paiva. But as the 25-year-old, who is
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By Alex Kantarelis
In the mood for lavish and exquisitely prepared entrées? Luxury champagne and bottle service? Decadent desserts? Elegant surroundings punctuated by a soothing waterfall? Attentive staff ready to spoil you? Then you need look no further than The Flames Grille.
Yes, although Flames is located right here in Worcester (inside the Platinum Premier Complex), walking through its
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