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Top 13 Chef-driven restaurants based in Boston, United States

RevenueBase identified 36 chef-driven restaurants headquartered in Boston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 761 professional contacts across them, including 184 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers chef-driven restaurants headquartered in Boston, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
36Companies
761Contacts tracked
184Verified emails
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The 13 largest chef-driven restaurants based in Boston, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 13 of 36 chef-driven restaurants based in Boston, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to chef-driven restaurants: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000259 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In 1985, at the young and ambitious age of 24, Steve DiFillippo purchased a locally-owned family restaurant called Davio’s on Newbury Street in Boston’s trendy Back Bay.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000111 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Genuine Foods is the leading national, purpose-driven food service company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1989, The Briar Group has been bringing innovative, quality dining experiences to Boston.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50054 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Broadway Restaurant Group is a collective of five community-focused restaurants in South Boston that pride themselves on genuine hospitality paired with fantastic food, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lucca Restaurant is situated on bustling Hanover Street in Boston's historic North End neighborhood.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are the proprietors of Grill 23 & Bar, Harvest, Bistro du Midi and The Banks Seafood and Steak.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Milk Street Cafe first opened its doors in Boston on November 21, 1981 and has been proud to serve the finest house made foods ever since.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Boston Urban Hospitality, we believe in seasonal, sustainable, and local food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“On the bustling Seaport waterfront at The St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Strong evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Big Heart Hospitality is a Boston based restaurant group owned by Chef Tiffani Faison.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Traveler Street Hospitality (TSH) is a Boston-based hospitality group owned and operated by Chef Colin Lynch, Heather Kennaway Lynch, and Jefferson Macklin.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fox & the Knife embraces the concept and spirit of aperitivo, a communal gathering place where guests come together to celebrate the everyday joys of good company and great food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-501 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe that people are social, seeking to develop and enhance that personal connection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Chef-driven restaurants based in Boston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
24.2%Verified-email coverage
21.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
388.9%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Boston, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Boston, over 36 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among chef-driven restaurants, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Boston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “chef-driven restaurants”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names chef-driven restaurants), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among chef-driven restaurants, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Boston are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 184 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names chef-driven restaurants, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many chef-driven restaurants are there based in Boston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 36 chef-driven restaurants headquartered in Boston, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, headquartered in Boston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most chef-driven restaurants?

New York leads with 140 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (69) and San Francisco (48).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 36 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.