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Where to Eat Smoked Seafood for Breakfast in Boston

From classic bagels and lox to smoked and cured trout rillettes, Boston is a hotbed of smoked seafood activity.

by Rachel Leah Blumenthal
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by Rachel Leah Blumenthal

From classic bagels and lox to smoked and cured trout rillettes, Boston is a hotbed of smoked seafood activity. In honor of Breakfast Week, here are some breakfast and brunch options around town.

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Bagelsaurus

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Bagelsaurus' hot smoked sandwich features smoked salmon from Boston Smoked Fish Co., and it comes topped with cream cheese, pickled cabbage, red onion, and fresh dill.

1796 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
(857) 285-6103
(857) 285-6103
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Bar Boulud, Boston

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Whether it's breakfast or brunch, Bar Boulud offers smoked salmon. At breakfast (6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. daily), it's served with dill cream cheese, capers, red onions, parsley, and avocado on a toasted bagel. On the weekend brunch menu (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.), it's served with scrambled eggs and toasted brioche. Go on Sunday for a side of live jazz.

776 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199
(617) 535-8800
(617) 535-8800
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Beat Brasserie

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Formerly known as the Beat Hotel, this Beehive sibling offers four types of eggs Benedict at brunch, including one with smoked salmon. The salmon can also be added to Beat's zucchini, leek, and potato latkes.

13 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 499-0001
(617) 499-0001
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Bisq

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Bergamot's younger sibling launched Sunday brunch a few months back, and the menu includes smoked rainbow trout rillette with deviled egg, capers, lemon, and johnnycakes.

1071 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA
(617) 714-3693
(617) 714-3693
Chris Coe for Eater

Brasserie Jo

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Brasserie Jo offers a few smoked salmon options. At breakfast and brunch, it's accompanied by poached eggs and hollandaise. At breakfast, diners can also get smoked salmon with a bagel, while at brunch, there's an appetizer that pairs it with crispy potatoes and horseradish cream.

120 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 425-3240
(617) 425-3240
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Café Fleuri

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Cafe Fleuri's salmon goes through a five-day process, starting with two days of salting, then two days covered with onions, ground apples, and maple syrup, then a low-temperature drying. Finally, it's cold-smoked over apple and maple wood for six hours. It's available on the breakfast menu as well as at Sunday brunch.

250 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 956-8751
(617) 956-8751
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Gaslight

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At this South End brasserie, diners can brunch on house-smoked salmon, served with a hard-cooked egg, capers, red onion, and citrus creme fraiche.

560 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
(617) 422-0224
(617) 422-0224
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Island Creek Oyster Bar

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Island Creek's Sunday brunch kicks off at 10:30 a.m. — the perfect time of day for a seeded bagel topped with smoked mackerel pate and horseradish creme fraiche.

500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 532-5300
(617) 532-5300
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Josephine

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For brunch, try the smoked salmon with whipped burrata cream and persimmons or with cucumber salad.

468 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 375-0699
(617) 375-0699
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Metropolis

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For those who love smoked salmon topped with a classic hollandaise sauce, Metropolis serves a smoked salmon eggs Benedict at brunch. It comes with smoky homefries.

584 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118
(617) 247-2931
(617) 247-2931
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Mistral

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Mistral's classy brunch, which includes essentials like orange creamsicle doughnuts and warm cinnamon buns, offers smoked salmon on its own as a side, on top of a thin-crust pizza with creme fraiche whipped potatoes and scallions, and in a Benedict dish with roasted asparagus and maltese sauce.

223 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 867-9300
(617) 867-9300
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Moody's Delicatessen & Provisions

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"We take our bagels and lox seriously here and are huge fans of this classic," says owner Joshua Smith. "Piled high with everything — red onion, tomato, capers, and house-whipped chive cream cheese." The fish comes from Acme Smoked Fish Co. in Brooklyn.

468 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 216-8732
(781) 216-8732
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Pier6 Boston

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Pier 6's weekend brunch (11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) includes smoked salmon Benedict with hollandaise, homefries, and a Stone & Skillet English muffin.

1 8th Street, Pier 6, Boston, MA 02129
(617) 337-0054
(617) 337-0054
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Post 390

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During Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.), Post 390 serves smoked salmon and chive rillettes on a grilled baguette with dill and pickled red onion.

406 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 399-0015
(617) 399-0015
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Precinct Kitchen & Bar

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Located inside the Loews Hotel, Precinct kicks off breakfast at 7 a.m. with plenty of classics, including a toasted bagel and lox with red onion and capers.

350 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 532-3827
(617) 532-3827
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River Bar

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Brunch is served 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and there's smoked bluefish hash with poached eggs.

661 Assembly Row, Somerville, MA 02145
(617) 616-5561
(617) 616-5561
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Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar

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During brunch on Saturday and Sunday, Rosebud offers a smoked salmon omelette, featuring brown sugar smoked salmon, goat cheese, sour cream, and chives.

381 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 629-9500
(617) 629-9500
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S&S Restaurant

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There are loads of lox and smoked whitefish options at this old-school deli in Inman Square.

1334 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 354-0777
(617) 354-0777
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State Park

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State Park makes char lox in-house and serves it with a house-made everything bagel, whipped cream cheese, and fixings. When its sister restaurant, Mamaleh's, opens in the spring, there will be lots of cured and smoked fish options.

One Kendall Sq. Bld. 300, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 848-4355
(617) 848-4355
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Steel & Rye

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There's plenty of smoke to be found on Steel & Rye's compact brunch menu, including a couple of seafood options. The potato pancake comes topped with smoked salmon, lettuce, and caper creme fraiche, and there's also a smoked bluefish pate with red onion and red cress.

95 Eliot St, Milton, MA 02186
(617) 690-2787
(617) 690-2787
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Tap Trailhouse

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Tap Trailhouse's bagel n’ blues features "cognac-kissed" smoked bluefish pate with tomato and red onion, served on a toasted bagel.

19 Union St, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-0033
(617) 367-0033
Katie Chudy for Eater

The Haven

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This Jamaica Plain Scottish restaurant wins the award for best-named menu item with its Lox Ness Monster bagel — Scottish cured salmon, Finnan haddie spread (smoked haddock), and pickled accompaniments, served on an Exodus bagel. There are also smoked fish cakes made from Finnan haddie and potato, topped with poached eggs, cherry pepper hollandaise, and arugula. Brunch is served on Saturdays and Sundays.

2 Perkins St, Boston, MA 02130
(617) 524-2836
(617) 524-2836
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The Kirkland Tap & Trotter

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For weekend brunch, try the house-smoked and cured trout rillettes, served with an everything bagel, garden pickles, and salmon roe.

425 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143
(857) 259-6585
(857) 259-6585
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The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks

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The Merchant serves smoked trout two ways at brunch — with asparagus, poached egg, and pancetta, for one, or with eggs Benedict, as an optional topping.

60 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-6060
(617) 482-6060
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Townsman

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Townsman's brunch only pops up once a month, but when it does, keep an eye out for the Jamaican jerk bagel with smoked fish pate and pickled vegetables.

120 Kingston St, Boston, MA 02111
(617) 993-0750
(617) 993-0750
Katie Chudy

Worden Hall

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Worden Hall serves a bagel with house-smoked salmon at brunch. It comes with herbed cream cheese, tomato, and greens.

22 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127
(617) 752-4206
(617) 752-4206
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Zaftigs Delicatessen

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Choose a bagel (egg, cinnamon, marble, and more) and choose smoked fish (Nova, whitefish salad or filet, house-made gravlax, cold-baked salmon). It comes topped with cream cheese, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, capers, and onion. Get it anytime — Zaftigs' breakfast menu is served all day.

335 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 975-0075
(617) 975-0075
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Bagelsaurus

1796 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

Bagelsaurus' hot smoked sandwich features smoked salmon from Boston Smoked Fish Co., and it comes topped with cream cheese, pickled cabbage, red onion, and fresh dill.

1796 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
(857) 285-6103
(857) 285-6103
Yelp/Guaravi P.

Bar Boulud, Boston

776 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199

Whether it's breakfast or brunch, Bar Boulud offers smoked salmon. At breakfast (6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. daily), it's served with dill cream cheese, capers, red onions, parsley, and avocado on a toasted bagel. On the weekend brunch menu (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.), it's served with scrambled eggs and toasted brioche. Go on Sunday for a side of live jazz.

776 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199
(617) 535-8800
(617) 535-8800
Katie Chudy for Eater

Beat Brasserie

13 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Formerly known as the Beat Hotel, this Beehive sibling offers four types of eggs Benedict at brunch, including one with smoked salmon. The salmon can also be added to Beat's zucchini, leek, and potato latkes.

13 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 499-0001
(617) 499-0001
Meg Jones Wall for Eater

Bisq

1071 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA

Bergamot's younger sibling launched Sunday brunch a few months back, and the menu includes smoked rainbow trout rillette with deviled egg, capers, lemon, and johnnycakes.

1071 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA
(617) 714-3693
(617) 714-3693
Chris Coe for Eater

Brasserie Jo

120 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116

Brasserie Jo offers a few smoked salmon options. At breakfast and brunch, it's accompanied by poached eggs and hollandaise. At breakfast, diners can also get smoked salmon with a bagel, while at brunch, there's an appetizer that pairs it with crispy potatoes and horseradish cream.

120 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 425-3240
(617) 425-3240
Official Site

Café Fleuri

250 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110

Cafe Fleuri's salmon goes through a five-day process, starting with two days of salting, then two days covered with onions, ground apples, and maple syrup, then a low-temperature drying. Finally, it's cold-smoked over apple and maple wood for six hours. It's available on the breakfast menu as well as at Sunday brunch.

250 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 956-8751
(617) 956-8751
Facebook

Gaslight

560 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118

At this South End brasserie, diners can brunch on house-smoked salmon, served with a hard-cooked egg, capers, red onion, and citrus creme fraiche.

560 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
(617) 422-0224
(617) 422-0224
Facebook

Island Creek Oyster Bar

500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215

Island Creek's Sunday brunch kicks off at 10:30 a.m. — the perfect time of day for a seeded bagel topped with smoked mackerel pate and horseradish creme fraiche.

500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 532-5300
(617) 532-5300
Provided

Josephine

468 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215

For brunch, try the smoked salmon with whipped burrata cream and persimmons or with cucumber salad.

468 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 375-0699
(617) 375-0699
Facebook

Metropolis

584 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118

For those who love smoked salmon topped with a classic hollandaise sauce, Metropolis serves a smoked salmon eggs Benedict at brunch. It comes with smoky homefries.

584 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118
(617) 247-2931
(617) 247-2931
Facebook

Mistral

223 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02116

Mistral's classy brunch, which includes essentials like orange creamsicle doughnuts and warm cinnamon buns, offers smoked salmon on its own as a side, on top of a thin-crust pizza with creme fraiche whipped potatoes and scallions, and in a Benedict dish with roasted asparagus and maltese sauce.

223 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 867-9300
(617) 867-9300
Facebook

Moody's Delicatessen & Provisions

468 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453

"We take our bagels and lox seriously here and are huge fans of this classic," says owner Joshua Smith. "Piled high with everything — red onion, tomato, capers, and house-whipped chive cream cheese." The fish comes from Acme Smoked Fish Co. in Brooklyn.

468 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 216-8732
(781) 216-8732
Facebook

Pier6 Boston

1 8th Street, Pier 6, Boston, MA 02129

Pier 6's weekend brunch (11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday) includes smoked salmon Benedict with hollandaise, homefries, and a Stone & Skillet English muffin.

1 8th Street, Pier 6, Boston, MA 02129
(617) 337-0054
(617) 337-0054
Facebook

Post 390

406 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116

During Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.), Post 390 serves smoked salmon and chive rillettes on a grilled baguette with dill and pickled red onion.

406 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 399-0015
(617) 399-0015
Facebook

Precinct Kitchen & Bar

350 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116

Located inside the Loews Hotel, Precinct kicks off breakfast at 7 a.m. with plenty of classics, including a toasted bagel and lox with red onion and capers.

350 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 532-3827
(617) 532-3827
Chris Coe for Eater

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River Bar

661 Assembly Row, Somerville, MA 02145

Brunch is served 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and there's smoked bluefish hash with poached eggs.

661 Assembly Row, Somerville, MA 02145
(617) 616-5561
(617) 616-5561
Katie Chudy for Eater

Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar

381 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144

During brunch on Saturday and Sunday, Rosebud offers a smoked salmon omelette, featuring brown sugar smoked salmon, goat cheese, sour cream, and chives.

381 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 629-9500
(617) 629-9500
Katie Chudy for Eater

S&S Restaurant

1334 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139

There are loads of lox and smoked whitefish options at this old-school deli in Inman Square.

1334 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 354-0777
(617) 354-0777
Yelp/Dave S.

State Park

One Kendall Sq. Bld. 300, Cambridge, MA 02139

State Park makes char lox in-house and serves it with a house-made everything bagel, whipped cream cheese, and fixings. When its sister restaurant, Mamaleh's, opens in the spring, there will be lots of cured and smoked fish options.

One Kendall Sq. Bld. 300, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 848-4355
(617) 848-4355
Bagel testing for Mamaleh's/Instagram

Steel & Rye

95 Eliot St, Milton, MA 02186

There's plenty of smoke to be found on Steel & Rye's compact brunch menu, including a couple of seafood options. The potato pancake comes topped with smoked salmon, lettuce, and caper creme fraiche, and there's also a smoked bluefish pate with red onion and red cress.

95 Eliot St, Milton, MA 02186
(617) 690-2787
(617) 690-2787
Meg Jones Wall for Eater

Tap Trailhouse

19 Union St, Boston, MA 02108

Tap Trailhouse's bagel n’ blues features "cognac-kissed" smoked bluefish pate with tomato and red onion, served on a toasted bagel.

19 Union St, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-0033
(617) 367-0033
Katie Chudy for Eater

The Haven

2 Perkins St, Boston, MA 02130

This Jamaica Plain Scottish restaurant wins the award for best-named menu item with its Lox Ness Monster bagel — Scottish cured salmon, Finnan haddie spread (smoked haddock), and pickled accompaniments, served on an Exodus bagel. There are also smoked fish cakes made from Finnan haddie and potato, topped with poached eggs, cherry pepper hollandaise, and arugula. Brunch is served on Saturdays and Sundays.

2 Perkins St, Boston, MA 02130
(617) 524-2836
(617) 524-2836
Lox Ness Monster/Instagram

The Kirkland Tap & Trotter

425 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143

For weekend brunch, try the house-smoked and cured trout rillettes, served with an everything bagel, garden pickles, and salmon roe.

425 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143
(857) 259-6585
(857) 259-6585
Facebook

The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks

60 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110

The Merchant serves smoked trout two ways at brunch — with asparagus, poached egg, and pancetta, for one, or with eggs Benedict, as an optional topping.

60 Franklin St, Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-6060
(617) 482-6060
Katie Chudy for Eater

Townsman

120 Kingston St, Boston, MA 02111

Townsman's brunch only pops up once a month, but when it does, keep an eye out for the Jamaican jerk bagel with smoked fish pate and pickled vegetables.

120 Kingston St, Boston, MA 02111
(617) 993-0750
(617) 993-0750
Katie Chudy

Worden Hall

22 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127

Worden Hall serves a bagel with house-smoked salmon at brunch. It comes with herbed cream cheese, tomato, and greens.

22 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127
(617) 752-4206
(617) 752-4206
Provided

Zaftigs Delicatessen

335 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

Choose a bagel (egg, cinnamon, marble, and more) and choose smoked fish (Nova, whitefish salad or filet, house-made gravlax, cold-baked salmon). It comes topped with cream cheese, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, capers, and onion. Get it anytime — Zaftigs' breakfast menu is served all day.

335 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 975-0075
(617) 975-0075
Facebook

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