Prime Dartmouth Street Restaurant & Hospitality Opportunity

For Lease

111 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116

You can currently find 1 retail space(s) available for lease at Prime Dartmouth Street Restaurant & Hospitality Opportunity. Designated use type for space listed here includes restaurant. Current retail listings at this property total 2,900 square feet. Lease type options include Full Service. Expand the listing and property details below for additional information on leasing opportunities at Prime Dartmouth Street Restaurant & Hospitality Opportunity.

Space Available For Lease 1

Contacts

Michael Hartwick

Gibson Commercial

Property Details

  • Property Type Retail - Street Retail
  • Property Size 10,160 SF
  • Units 1
  • Lot Size 0.07 Acre
  • Year Built 1899
  • Date Updated May 13, 2026
109–111 Dartmouth Street presents a classic Boston mixed-use hospitality and commercial property positioned within the heart of the Back Bay/South End corridor, one of the city’s most established and highly trafficked urban neighborhoods. The property combines historic architectural character with functional restaurant and commercial infrastructure, creating an opportunity for an operator or tenant seeking a highly visible location within Boston’s core dining and lifestyle district. The building features prominent street presence along Dartmouth Street and benefits from strong pedestrian activity generated by the surrounding residential density, office population, boutique retail, hospitality uses, and nearby transit connectivity. Located moments from Back Bay Station, Newbury Street, Copley Square, and Columbus Avenue, the property sits within an active urban environment supporting consistent daytime and evening traffic. The commercial component at 111 Dartmouth Street was previously occupied by Brownstone and retains substantial restaurant infrastructure, including a dedicated kitchen area, separate restroom facilities, office space, and an expansive lower-level prep, freezer, and storage component. The interior has largely been cleared back to core systems, creating a flexible foundation for a future restaurant, wine bar, café, hospitality, or experiential food and beverage concept. The space offers a balance between operational functionality and creative flexibility, allowing a future operator to customize the environment, service flow, seating plan, branding, and guest experience without inheriting an overly specialized prior buildout. The existing basement support infrastructure provides meaningful operational utility that is increasingly difficult to replicate within urban Boston restaurant footprints. Located within an RC (Residential/Commercial) zoning district, the property sits within a mature mixed-use neighborhood characterized by a blend of hospitality, retail, residential, and commercial uses. The surrounding area continues to benefit from strong occupancy fundamentals, stable pedestrian traffic patterns, and long-term neighborhood demand. 109–111 Dartmouth Street is well suited for operators seeking to establish a long-term presence within one of Boston’s most recognizable and established hospitality corridors.111 Dartmouth Street offers a thoughtfully built restaurant space designed to support both front-of-house atmosphere and back-of-house functionality. Previously occupied by Brownstone, the environment created within the space reflects an intimate neighborhood restaurant feel with strong operational flow and separation between guest experience and kitchen infrastructure. The layout includes separate restrooms, a dedicated kitchen area with adjoining office space, and a substantial lower-level prep and storage component equipped with existing freezer infrastructure. The basement area provides meaningful operational flexibility for prep, cold storage, dry storage, and support functions that are increasingly difficult to incorporate efficiently into urban restaurant footprints. The space has effectively been brought down to its core systems, creating a clean foundation and blank canvas for the next operator to shape around their own concept, brand identity, and customer experience. Rather than inheriting an overly specialized buildout, a future tenant has the opportunity to step into an environment where significant groundwork has already been completed while still maintaining flexibility in layout, design, and operational vision. The overall footprint lends itself well to a long-term restaurant, wine bar, café, hospitality, or experiential food concept seeking to create a highly intentional guest experience within a classic Boston setting.
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Highlights

  • Accessible to public transportation
  • Flexible lease terms and options
  • High-end finishes and fixtures
  • High-visibility, ground-floor space
  • Large windows for natural light
  • Modern and stylish interior
  • Prime location in Back Bay
  • Spacious and open layout

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Getting around

  • 98/100

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  • 99/100

    Transit Score ®

  • 90/100

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Location

  • City Boston, MA
  • Neighborhood South End Boston
  • Zip Code 02116
  • Market Boston

Points of Interest

  • Boston Back Bay

    0.06 miles

  • Back Bay

    0.07 miles

  • Tufts Medical Center

    0.63 miles

  • Hynes

    0.67 miles

  • Boylston

    0.72 miles

  • Park Street

    0.95 miles

  • Green Line (Inbound) | Red Line (All Trains)

    0.97 miles

  • Broadway

    0.97 miles

  • Downtown Crossing

    0.98 miles

  • Kenmore

    1.04 miles

  • Tesla Supercharger

    0.27 miles

  • The Colonnade Hotel

    0.28 miles

  • Tesla Destination Charger

    0.30 miles

  • Shell

    0.54 miles

  • Gulf

    0.59 miles

  • Sunoco

    1.03 miles

  • Southie Gas

    1.07 miles

  • ChargePoint

    1.21 miles

  • JuiceBar

    1.48 miles

  • Stop & Shop Gas

    1.56 miles

  • Dartmouth Street Garage

    0.03 miles

  • 100 Clarendon Street Garage

    0.13 miles

  • Copley Place Parking

    0.18 miles

  • Prudential Center Garage (P4, P5)

    0.24 miles

  • Atelier | 505 Garage

    0.26 miles

  • Back Bay Garage

    0.27 miles

  • Prudential Center Parking Garage

    0.32 miles

  • Arlington Street Lot

    0.34 miles

  • Nike Town Garage

    0.34 miles

  • Motormart Garage

    0.49 miles

  • Brownstone

    0.00 miles

  • B.GOOD

    0.02 miles

  • Clery's

    0.02 miles

  • The Salty Pig

    0.05 miles

  • Tasty Burger

    0.05 miles

  • Dunkin'

    0.06 miles

  • Dunkin' Donuts Express

    0.08 miles

  • Parm Famous Italian

    0.09 miles

  • Bon Me

    0.15 miles

  • Flour Bakery + Cafe

    0.15 miles

  • Neiman Marcus

    0.10 miles

  • Copley Place

    0.15 miles

  • Star Market

    0.23 miles

  • Saks Fifth Avenue

    0.28 miles

  • Prudential Center

    0.32 miles

  • Trader Joe's

    0.33 miles

  • Ming's Supermarket

    0.52 miles

  • C-Mart

    0.53 miles

  • CityPlace

    0.58 miles

  • Whole Foods Market

    0.64 miles

111 Dartmouth Street Listing Brief

  • A property’s location contributes to the asking rent almost as much as its characteristics do. For instance, central urban locations with high walkability or suburban locations with ample parking and easy access by car will claim higher rents but offer superior access to your customer base. Likewise, the quality of the building systems and property finishes have a significant impact on how businesses can conduct their activity there, as well as on the experience of their customers.

    111 Dartmouth Street is located in South End Boston, which is home to a total of 10 listing(s). The rent for retail space at 111 Dartmouth Street is available upon request. Feel free to reach out using the contact form conveniently included on this page to find out more about what the property can offer for your business.

  • The property includes 2,900 square feet of retail space for lease. Of this total, 2,900 square feet are Restaurant.

    Lease agreement conditions for the availability at this property include Full Service.

    For more information or to schedule a tour of the property, use the convenient contact form on this page to get in touch with a representative.

  • You should keep in mind that different areas gradually build a reputation as hotspots or desirable corridors for shopping, eating, or other entertainment and consumer activities. So, while renting retail space in an area with a well-established high-end reputation might mean more customers that are more willing to spend, it will also place you in a more competitive environment.

    Knowing your ideal customer is essential. For your consideration, the average age of residents in South End Boston is 34. The average household income here is $98,224 per year.

Contact Listing Broker
Michael Hartwick

Gibson Commercial

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