Woodfire kitchen & bar · The Street, 55 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill · Since 2020
Wood fire, scratch cooking, seasonal comfort.
A modern, everyday restaurant with the polish of the o ya kitchen: fresh pasta made by hand, bread pulled from the oven and a dining room built for every occasion.
- Opened
- 2020
- Setting
- Lifestyle center
- Service
- Lunch · Dinner · Brunch
- 2026 sales
- +9.6% YoY
Why it exists
One room for every hour of the neighborhood.
The anchor a shopping district needs
Suburban centers need a restaurant that works all day: lunch between errands, a family dinner, a bar seat on a Thursday, a birthday in the private room. Bianca was built for that range in one room, and the wood-fired grill gives it a signature without narrowing the menu.
Why guests want it
It feels like a getaway: white stucco, a skylight, green leather booths and a retro Palm Springs palette. The bar takes walk-ins, the patio fills in summer, and the menu has something for the table that eats everything and the one that does not.
It opened during COVID with no grand opening. Today it is the fastest-growing unit in the group.
On the menu
Off the fire.
Handmade pasta
Rigatoni in a slow-cooked sugo under a snow of parmesan.
The Bianca burger
With house pickles and fries.
Seasonal salads
Bright, generous plates from the market.
Proof
Best Family-Friendly Restaurant.
Named by Boston Magazine in its 2022 Best of Boston list, and growing year over year since.
Where it fits
The anchor for a mixed-use project.
Lifestyle centers
A dining anchor with patio frontage that keeps a district busy after the shops close.
Affluent suburbs
Neighborhoods where families and couples want a chef's restaurant close to home.
Hotel all-day dining
Breakfast-to-dinner range with a menu that suits travelers and locals.
Private events
A private dining room and patio built for celebrations and corporate groups.
Now
Open six days a week, growing year over year.