Purim is here, and we’re hungry! Here are our favorite places for tri-cornered pockets of sweet delight.
Bakey
Bakey’s Boston and Brookline locations will sell apricot, chocolate, marzipan and poppy hamantaschen, starting March 15.
Blacker’s Bakeshop
This shop tops our list every year, thanks to its wide assortment of flavors: chocolate, poppy, prune, raspberry, apricot and lemon. Plus, it’s kosher.
Butternut Bakehouse
This cozy bakery in Arlington Center, now with a larger location in Belmont, run by Suzana Samad, an alum of iconic kitchens such as No. 9 Park and Rialto, offers a variety of hamantaschen made fresh daily: look for chocolate, poppy seed, raspberry, brown sugar cinnamon and strawberry.
Cheryl Anns’
Everyone’s favorite kosher and pareve bakery (and drool-worthy hamantaschen purveyor) is back just in time for Purim, having reopened in their longtime Brookline space on March 15: They’ll sell hamantaschen in cherry, apricot, prune, poppy, blueberry, lemon, apple, raspberry and chocolate flavors. The bakery closed in 2021 following a fire.
Dushez Catering
You dream it, they can do it: This go-to kosher catering company makes treats as delicious as they are gorgeous—including hamantaschen. Hosting a Purim crowd? Just email them with your wishes.
Inn at Hastings Park
Trisha Pérez Kennealy’s cozy inn in Lexington typically offers hamantaschen for Purim; she plans the same—as well as a Passover menu—this season. Last year, she served the treats during high tea on Saturday, brunch on Sunday and at the Inn’s bar on Monday and Tuesday. Bonus: The Inn has the most welcoming wraparound porch in the area for early spring relaxing, and luxe rooms if you decide to turn your meal into a getaway.
Kupel’s Bakery
Well-priced at a mere $1.99 per treat—or $20.99 per dozen— Kupel’s in Brookline also offers a wealth of flavors: apricot, apple, blueberry, chocolate, poppy seed, prune, raspberry and strawberry.
Lehrhaus
Inman Square’s runaway hit Jewish tavern hosts a Purim party on Saturday, March 23, with arancini, Persian bean salad, pretzel hamantaschen with cheesy mustard filling, apricot chocolate hamantaschen and special cocktails—plus live music from Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars.
Mamaleh’s
Everyone’s favorite local Jewish deli, with locations in Boston, Brookline and Cambridge, offers boxes in black-and-white poppy seed, chocolate tahini and sour cherry. Get a mixed dozen for $20 or a la carte for $2. They also sell groggers.
Michael’s Deli
In Brookline, gregarious meat maven Steven Peljovich typically plans a mix of guava, Nutella, strawberry and chocolate—a classic assortment.
Rosenfeld’s
This popular kosher Newton destination, a morning hub for bagels with lines out the door, also sells apricot, cherry, chocolate, lemon, poppy, prune and raspberry hamantaschen.
Other tried-and-true options:
- Tatte Bakery (multiple locations)
- The Butcherie (Brookline)
- Clear Flour Bread (Brookline)
- Inna’s Kitchen (Newton)
- Zayde’s Market (Canton)
Want to try making your own? Check out our Purim recipes! You can also explore kosher restaurants and catering in Greater Boston.
