May is AAPI Heritage Month, and in order to celebrate the amazing restaurants in Boston, we’ve compiled a list of AAPI-owned businesses or businesses that highlight Asian and Pacific Islander culture in the Boston area. Please consider supporting one or more of these businesses this month and all year long!
Did we miss one? Email diningplaybook@gmail.com to let us know!
(Updated April 30, 2024)
BOSTON
Banj Mi Ba Le, 1052 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA
Bao Bao Bakery, 84 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111
Double Chin, 86 Harrison Ave., Boston
Flour Bakery + Café, Multiple Locations
Five Spices House, 58 Beach Street, Boston
Fuchun Ju, 55 Beach Street, Boston, MA
Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Café, 86 Bedford St., Boston (multiple locations)
Great Taste Bakery & Restaurant, 63 Beach St., Boston
Gourmet Dumpling House, 52 Beach St, Boston
Happy Lamb Hotpot, 693 Washington St, Boston
Kaze Shabu Shabu, 1 Harrison Ave, Boston
Mei Mei, 506 Park Dr, Boston
May’s Cake House, 223 Harrison Ave, Boston
Moonshine 152, 152 Dorchester Ave, Boston
Myers + Chang, 1145 Washington St., Boston
My Thai Vegan Café, 3 Beach St. #2, Boston
Noodles King, 400 Brookline Ave, Boston
Oishii, 116 Washington St, Boston
Peach Farm, 4 Tyler St, Boston
Phinista Café, 96 Peterborough St., Boston
Pho Hoa Restaurant, 1370 Dorchester Ave., Boston
Reign Drink Lab, 1370 Dorchester Ave., Boston
Shojo, 9 Tyler St., Boston
Somaek, 11 Temple Place, Boston, MA
Somenya, 23 Hudson Street, Boston,
Taiwan Café, 34 Oxford St., Boston
Yang’s Dumplings, 196 Quincy St., Boston
Yume Ga Arukara,
ZZDesert/OneZo, 145 Brighton Ave., Boston (multiple locations)
SOUTH SHORE
Banh Mi Le, 416 Hancock St., Quincy
China Pearl Restaurant, 237 Quincy Ave., Quincy
GREATER BOSTON
Bess’s Café, 224 Cypress St, Brookline, MA
Cha Yen Thai, 613 Mount Auburn St., Watertown
Blossom Bar, 295 Washington St., Brookline MA
District Kitchen, 2 Florence St., Malden
FuGaKyu, 1280 Beacon St., Brookline
Home Taste, 1312 Mass Ave., Arlington (multiple locations)
Mala Restaurant, 129 Brighton Ave., Allston
Rutchada Thai, 153 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale
Shabu Zen, 80 Brighton Ave., Allston, MA
Sushi Momento, 399 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brookline, MA 02445
Szechuan Mountain House, 89 Brighton Ave, Allston MA
XOXO Sushi, 1154 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
CAMBRIDGE/SOMERVILLE
Cicada Coffee Bar, 106 Prospect St., Cambridge
Dakzen, 195 Elm Street, Somerville, MA
Dumpling Daughter, 73 Ames St., Cambridge (multiple locations)
Dumpling Palace, 179 Mass Ave, Cambridge
H Mart, 581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Lanner Noodles & Bar, 24 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA
Mary Chung, 464 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
PAGU, 310 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
Quindao Garden, 2382 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Shanghai Fresh, 735 Mass Ave, Cambridge
Silk Road Uyghur Cuisine, 645 Cambridge St, Cambridge
The Maharaja, 57 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge
Vester Café, 73 Ames St., Cambridge
Wusong Road, 112 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge
