New & Notable

These places opened their doors recently enough that the big directory sites often haven’t caught up with them yet:

• Suzette French Creperie — Northampton. Sweet and savory crêpes downtown.
• Notch 8 Grille — Northampton. A new American grille arrival.
• The Mamou — Springfield. Cajun-Creole cooking comes downtown.
• The Farmer’s House Restaurant — Springfield. Farm-style comfort plates.
• Chef Jiang Chinese Cuisine — Springfield. A new Chinese kitchen in the lineup.
• Masuda’s Cafe — Amherst. A fresh café stop in town.
• The Well Burger Bar — Agawam. Burgers and a bar on the Agawam side of the river.
• Dulcére Pâtisserie — Westfield. A European-style pastry shop on Elm Street with lines out the door since day one.
• Paddy’s Pizza — Springfield (Sixteen Acres). A new pizzeria and sub shop on Wilbraham Road.
• Boricua Bites — Springfield. Puerto Rican comfort food on State Street.
• Izote Latin & American Kitchen — Amherst. A pan-Latin kitchen on West Street.
• Nourish Wellness Café — Easthampton. An organic, locally sourced café inside the Eastworks building.
• Café Zernó — Westfield. A family-owned café newcomer on Elm Street.
• Comfort Bagel — Westfield. Small-batch bagels downtown.
• Local Burger — Easthampton. The Northampton burger joint’s second location.
• Lao Hu Tong — Amherst. Northern-Chinese noodles and dumplings, opened 2024 and still the newest thing in town’s Chinese lineup.

Part of keeping this directory honest is taking places off the list. In recent months we’ve removed Springfield’s Osteria (closed), the Hot Oven Cookies storefront (closed), and 1636 North (rebranded). If a listing anywhere on this site is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it promptly.

Once a month we sweep local news — MassLive, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, WWLP, The Reminder — for openings, closings, and rebrands across all nine towns, and update the directory. New spots land here first, then take their place on the town and cuisine pages.