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Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Boston 2026
Boston is kinder to a Monday diner than most cities. The steakhouses run seven days, the Back Bay and South End dining rooms keep their full menus, and only the small chef's-counter kitchens tend to take the night off. These six are confirmed open Monday, with hours to match.
Plenty of cities go dark on a Monday. Boston mostly does not. The city's dining backbone is its steakhouses and its Back Bay and South End rooms, and those trade seven days a week, which means a Monday here gives you real choice rather than slim pickings. The kitchens that do close at the start of the week are the small, tasting-menu and counter operations that rest their teams, so a curious Monday plan steers toward the larger landmark rooms. Each pick below was checked against its current Monday hours, and the list runs the serious kitchens first.
Grill 23 & Bar
Monday: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
The steakhouse every other Boston steakhouse is measured against, set in a former insurance hall on Berkeley Street with mahogany, marble columns and a roar that builds even on a Monday. Grill 23 ages its own prime beef, runs a raw bar worth ordering from, and keeps a wine list deep enough to need its own director. The Monday menu is the full one, no weeknight shortcuts, which makes it the obvious answer for a Monday dinner that has to deliver. Book through OpenTable and ask for the main floor rather than the mezzanine if you want the full effect.
Mistral
Monday: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Jamie Mammano's South End grande dame has held its place at the top of Boston's special-occasion list for more than two decades, and it keeps a Monday service when plenty of its peers do not. The high arched windows and the tuxedoed room set a tone that the French-Mediterranean cooking lives up to: the thin-crust tarte flambee, the rack of lamb, a wine list that rewards a splurge. It is the place for a Monday anniversary or a deal dinner where the room matters as much as the plate. Reserve ahead; even on a Monday the prime tables go first.
Deuxave
Monday: 5:00pm – 9:30pm
Chris Coombs's corner room on Commonwealth Avenue at Massachusetts Avenue is the modern fine-dining pick open Monday, more contemporary than the steak-and-cellar institutions and just as polished. Deuxave plates a precise New American menu, a celebrated lobster, seasonal tasting options and a strong by-the-glass list, in a room that feels grown-up without being stiff. It opens at 5pm on Monday with the full carte, which makes it the choice when you want refined cooking rather than a slab of beef. Sit at the bar for the a la carte if the dining room is booked.
Sorellina
Monday: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
The sleek black-and-white room overlooking Copley Square, and the dressier sibling to Mammano's Mistral. Sorellina cooks a refined modern Italian, handmade pastas, branzino, a serious veal chop, in a room built for a date or a celebration rather than a quick bowl of spaghetti. It keeps a Monday dinner when much of the city's Italian old guard in the North End has closed for the night. For a Monday that wants Italian without the red-sauce trappings, this is the Back Bay answer. Book early in the evening, as the Monday hours close at 8:30pm.
Mooo
Monday: breakfast 7:00am, lunch from 11:00am, dinner 5:30pm – 9:00pm
The steakhouse inside the XV Beacon hotel, tucked into a townhouse on Beacon Street steps from the State House, and the most all-day option on this list. Mooo serves breakfast, lunch and dinner on a Monday, so it covers a working trip as well as a celebration, with prime steaks, a famous wagyu and a wine list that runs into rare verticals. The room is clubby and discreet, the kind of place for a quiet Monday deal over beef and a Bordeaux. Reserve through the hotel or OpenTable, and ask about the wine cellar table for a private Monday dinner.
Abe & Louie's
Monday: 11:30am – 10:00pm (continuous)
The Boylston Street steakhouse that opens earliest and stays open latest of the three on this list, running continuous from 11:30am on a Monday. Abe & Louie's is the brass-and-leather Back Bay classic, a power-lunch room by day and a steak-and-martini room by night, with prime cuts, a raw bar and a sidewalk view of the Boylston Street parade. The all-day Monday service makes it the safe answer for an off-hour meal, a long lunch that runs into the afternoon, or a late dinner after a Monday-night game. Walk-ins find space at the bar; book the dining room ahead.
Boston Monday dining FAQ
Which upscale restaurants are open on Monday in Boston?
Six are confirmed open: Grill 23 & Bar in Back Bay serves from 5pm, Mistral in the South End opens at 5:30pm, Deuxave on Commonwealth Avenue runs from 5pm, Sorellina at Copley opens at 5:30pm, Mooo on Beacon Hill serves all day, and Abe & Louie's on Boylston Street opens at 11:30am. Boston is a Monday-friendly city: its steakhouses and Back Bay dining rooms keep a full Monday, and the rooms most likely to close are the small chef's-counter and tasting-menu kitchens.
Is Grill 23 open on Monday in Boston?
Yes. Grill 23 & Bar at 161 Berkeley Street is open Monday from 5pm to 10pm. It is the city's steakhouse of record, a Back Bay institution in a former insurance hall with soaring ceilings, dry-aged prime beef and one of the deepest wine lists in New England. The Monday service is the full menu, not a cut-down version, which makes it the default answer for a serious Monday dinner. Reserve through OpenTable, as the bar and the main room both fill even early in the week.
Are many Boston restaurants closed on Monday?
Fewer than in many cities. Boston's big steakhouses and Back Bay and South End dining rooms mostly keep a Monday service, so the city is easier to navigate at the start of the week than, say, Florence or much of Europe. The rooms most likely to be dark on a Monday are the small, chef-driven tasting-menu spots and counters that rest their teams. When in doubt, the Back Bay and Beacon Hill rooms above are the safe Monday bets.
What is the best Monday steak in Boston?
Grill 23 & Bar is the Monday steakhouse pick, open from 5pm with dry-aged prime cuts and a landmark wine list in Back Bay. If it is booked, Boston has two strong alternatives open Monday: Mooo on Beacon Hill, inside the XV Beacon hotel, serving all day from breakfast, and Abe & Louie's on Boylston Street, open from 11:30am. All three are classic American steakhouses rather than modern rooms, so expect cocktails, sides and a proper wine list with the beef.
Where can I get fine dining on a Monday in Boston?
Mistral, Deuxave and Sorellina are the three fine-dining rooms on this list open Monday. Mistral in the South End cooks French-Mediterranean in a high-ceilinged room from 5:30pm; Deuxave on Commonwealth Avenue plates refined New American from 5pm; Sorellina at Copley Square serves a polished modern Italian from 5:30pm. All three take reservations and all three keep their full menus on a Monday, so any of them works for a Monday meal that matters.
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