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Massachusetts Conference for Women Serves Up $400k to Support Women-Owned Restaurants

Massachusetts Conference for Women serves up $5,000 grants to support women-owned restaurant banner

The Massachusetts Conference of Women is proud to serve up grants to support women-owned restaurants affected by the pandemic for the second year in a row. This year, we awarded 80 women-owned restaurants throughout Massachusetts with $5,000 grants⁠—totaling $400,000! Thank you to our sponsors and attendees for helping us to make these grants possible as well as the Massachusetts Restaurant Association for helping us to administer them.


Meet our Grant Recipients:

Acton
El Huipil Restaurant Corp

Acushnet
Country Whip Inc.

Amherst
Formosa Chinese Restaurant

Andover
Revitalive Cafe & Juice Bar
Tokyo Steak House

Bedford
The Great Wall Restaurant

Boston
Frenchie
Suya Joint All African Cuisine

Brockton
Jamaica’s Best Restaurant

Chelsea
Bella Isla Cafe

Chicopee
Bullseye Cafe

Clinton
Sunshine Café

Dorchester
Cape Verde Taste

Dracut
Dracut House of Pizza & Seafood
Shoreline Beach Club

East Longmeadow
Cookie’s Cafe

Easthampton
PoH-keh Bowl

Fall River
19 Prime & Tapas
Savor the Moment Cafe

Falmouth
Osteria La Civetta
Pickle Jar Kitchen

Gloucester
Thai Choice

Halifax
Lyonville Tavern & Restaurant

Hingham
The Square Cafe

Jamacia Plain
Ula Cafe

Lenox
Frankie’s Ristorante Italiano

Lowell
Gallery Z Café
Simply Khmer

Ludlow
Gung Ho Restaurant

Lynn
B Sweets Cakes and Desserts

Malden
Island Restaurant Malden

Marblehead
Eat Well Kitchen

Marshfield
Ming Dynasty

Mattapan
Divine Mercy Restaurant

Maynard
Gigi’s Restaurant

Middletown
Blue Fin Japanese Restaurant

Needham
Mandarin Cuisine

New Bedford
Spicy Lime Thai Cuisine
Taqueria La Raza
Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Newburyport
Grog Shop

Newton
Farmstead Table Restaurant

North Adams
Freight Yard Pub
Renee’s Diner

North Andover
Rolf Pub

Norwood
Cheff’n & Eetinn
Taso’s Euro Cafe

Peabody
Green Tea

Plainville
House of Fortune, Inc.

Quincy
The China Restaurant & Sports Bar

Rehobeth
Park’s Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar

Rockport
Fleurcuisine Harborside

Salisbury
All American Tavern

Saugus
K Pub Kitchen and Bar

Seekonk
Sarcastic Sweets

Shrewsbury
Imperial Buffet

Somerville
Daddy Jones
Sugidama Soba & Izakaya

Southborough
Tomasso Trattoria

Stoughton
Ming Du

Sturbridge
Enrico’s Brick Oven Pizzeria

Tewksbury
Merrimack Valley Pavilion (MVP)

Wareham
Mummamarys Italian Cafe

West Bridgewater
Crystal’s Kitchen

West Roxbury
Greek International

West Stockbridge
Truc Orient Express

Westwood
Bubbling Brook
The Toast Office

Weymouth
Lime Leaf Restaurant
Mad Hatter

Williamstown
Crisp

Winthrop
Beraka Juice

Worcester
Accra Girls Restaurant
ChiodasTrattoria
Cotter Grill LLC dba Park Grill
El Castillo Latin Food
Fatima’s Café
Mill City BBQ and Brew
Unique Café

Yarmouth
Wok-N-Roll


Support our Grant Recipients:

  • Follow and engage with our grant recipients on social media
  • Place takeout orders directly through their restaurants when possible
  • Purchase merchandise and specialty food items—like freshly made salsa and bottles of wine
  • Post a positive review online for good service
  • Purchase gift cards