The biggest Hingham restaurant news of 2026 so far is a closing. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Wahlburgers shut its original location at 19 Shipyard Drive, where Paul Wahlberg and his brothers Mark and Donnie opened the first one in October 2011. The new places that opened in town this year went in elsewhere. A poké shop opened across Lincoln Street. A donut shop and two clothing stores opened at Derby Street Shops. A boutique moved within downtown, and a café is aiming for North Street. At the Shipyard waterfront, this fall is mostly about waiting. The rest of this guide walks through what's open, what's planned, and what to check before you go.
The Shipyard waterfront, address by address
Shipyard Drive has a small number of addresses, so tracking them one at a time is the easiest way to see what changed. The town's 2026 license renewals, approved by the Select Board on Dec. 16, 2025, cover four restaurants on the strip. Here is how each one stands in early October.
| Address | Restaurant | Status as of early October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Shipyard Drive | The Beth | Operating, with menus, reservations and waterfront patio dining on its website |
| 19 Shipyard Drive | Wahlburgers | Closed Sept. 30, 2026; a new full-service restaurant is expected but not yet named |
| 19 Shipyard Drive | Salty Days Fish Co. | Announced for the former Boathouse Bistro space; opening not yet confirmed |
| 22 Shipyard Drive | Alma Nove | Operating waterfront restaurant taking reservations |
| 23 Shipyard Drive | Trident Raw Bar & Galley | Operating, with posted hours and reservations |
You'll see 19 Shipyard Drive twice in the table. Wahlburgers used that address, and the 2025 Salty Days announcement put its new restaurant there too, in the space Boathouse Bistro left when it moved to Hull. No published report gives unit numbers. Nothing on record says the two are the same space, and nothing says Salty Days is taking the old Wahlburgers room.
What's known about the Wahlburgers space
The Patriot Ledger reported on Sept. 30, updated Oct. 1, that a leasing executive said "a new full-service restaurant will soon take its place." The restaurant has not been named in anything published so far. Wahlburgers said on social media that its lease ended Sept. 30 and that it is looking for a new location in the Boston area. Its other Massachusetts restaurants are at Fenway, Springfield, Plainville and Logan Airport. In its goodbye post, the company said Hingham "will always hold a special place in our story" and thanked the community for 15 years.
The Ledger describes the site as part of the Launch at the redeveloped Hingham Shipyard, which combines shopping, restaurants and housing. Because people live there, the dining lineup matters to the people next door every day, not only to visitors.
Salty Days, still on the way
Salty Days Fish Co. started in Hingham. It opened here in October 2020, added Cohasset two years later, and closed the original Hingham spot in September 2023. The Shipyard restaurant would bring it back to town, and the opening date has moved more than once. The Hingham Anchor's April 2025 announcement aimed for that fall. The restaurant's own locations page still says "SPRING 2026" for Hingham and lists no street address or hours. The most recent dated report, from What Now Boston in February 2026, says the Shipyard location is "slated to open in late 2026."
That same report helps explain the delay. Owners Sean and Joanne McDaniel have also been opening in Marshfield, their hometown, in the former Ocean House Coastal Grille space at 1899 Ocean St., inside The Shops at Oceans Gate, which was planned for summer 2026. The Hingham plans announced in 2025 included sushi similar to the Cohasset menu, a smash burger and tuna tartare, a full bar with about 10 seats, a larger outdoor patio, and lunch and dinner seven days a week. Those are plans from 2025. Expect the menu and seating to be final only when the doors open.
Across Lincoln Street, the one new food opening near the water
The closest new place to eat near the Shipyard this year opened on the other side of the road. Pokémoto opened at 400 Lincoln St., in the former Vacuum House building across from Hingham Shipyard, on June 17, with grand-opening events starting Friday, June 19. A Hingham family brought it to town. The fast-casual menu has build-your-own poké bowls, wraps, salads and boba tea.
Right now it's the only new food business near the Shipyard with a confirmed opening date in 2026. It also fills a quick, casual lunch slot that the sit-down restaurants on Shipyard Drive don't.
Derby Street Shops filled in fastest
If you're tracking openings by date, Derby Street Shops has had the busiest 2026 in town. The openings came in quick succession, and they tell you where the newest shopping and dessert stops are.
- Union Square Donuts, 94 Derby St. The center announced it on May 14 for summer 2026, and the Patriot Ledger confirmed it was open by its Sept. 9 update. It sells made-from-scratch donuts and coffee.
- Johnnie-O, open by July 8. It's the brand's first Massachusetts store, selling men's, women's and boys' clothing, footwear and accessories, including casual and golf-inspired apparel.
- Aritzia, opened Monday, Sept. 14. The boutique carries dresses, knitwear, suiting, outerwear and accessories.
Add Pokémoto and you have three food and retail openings with confirmed dates on the Derby Street and Lincoln Street side of town since June. At the Shipyard over the same months, the confirmed news is one closing and one tenant that hasn't been named.
Downtown is changing through local owners
Hingham Square's 2026 changes are smaller and happening more slowly. Most of them involve owners who already live or work in the area.
Home and gift boutique holly & olive moved from 28 South Street to 88 North Street early this spring. The Hingham Anchor's July 21 profile describes its mix of entertaining goods, décor, gifts and accessories.
A few doors away, Slow Coffee has been preparing a second South Shore café at 106 North St. Owners Anson Gao and Bo Wang told the Hingham Anchor in July that they hoped to open "by the end of August or the beginning of September." The plans call for a renovated 20-seat room with dine-in and takeout, breakfast sandwiches and pastries, and drinks such as an iced tiramisu latte, a black sesame latte and a strawberry matcha latte. We haven't found a published opening date as of early October, so check the café's own channels before you walk over.
Further out, a Hingham resident and investor has proposed a restaurant at 44 North Street. The Hingham Anchor reported in January that it could be an upscale American, family-friendly place with a bar and private event and dining space. The goal was to start construction in fall 2026 and open in late spring or early summer 2027. If that holds, construction would be starting about now.
Before you head out
These are the openings to confirm before you go and the ones you can count on:
- Open and confirmed: The Beth, Alma Nove and Trident Raw Bar & Galley on Shipyard Drive; Pokémoto at 400 Lincoln St.; Union Square Donuts, Johnnie-O and Aritzia at Derby Street Shops; holly & olive at 88 North St.
- Worth a quick check: Slow Coffee at 106 North St., which was aiming for a late-summer opening.
- Still on the way: Salty Days at the Shipyard, most recently reported for late 2026, and the unnamed full-service restaurant expected in the former Wahlburgers space.
- Next year: the proposed restaurant at 44 North Street, targeted for late spring or early summer 2027.
For now, Shipyard dinners mean The Beth, Alma Nove or Trident, and new places in town mean Lincoln Street, Derby Street or North Street. The next real update at the Shipyard will come when the new tenant for 19 Shipyard Drive is named or when Salty Days announces an opening date.
Whether you live near the Launch or a few streets from Hingham Square, the businesses opening and closing nearby are part of how a town feels day to day. Poppy Troupe follows these Hingham changes closely, and if you'd like to talk about what the new openings could mean for your corner of town, Let's Connect.
