5 Jamaica Plain Businesses Win Best Of Boston 2018

JAMAICA PLAIN, MA — JP is the place to be for bicycles, toy stores, yoga, Mexican food and Bagels. That's according to the annual rankings put out by Boston Magazine.

For the past 12 months, Boston magazine's team of judges ate, drank, and shopped their way across Boston, Cambridge, to the 'burbs to the Cape and the Islands to find the best the area has to offer. The July issue of the magazine names its winners and they include 5 JP based- winners.

Chilacates, which recently opened on Centre Street in addition to its first spot near the Stonybrook T stop, got recognized for best Mexican restaurant for the second year in a row.

"Socrates Abreu’s J.P. restaurants may be small, but the aromas coming out of his Mexican street-food kitchens are big and bold. There’s no wrong way to go with the mix-and-match menu here," reads the glowing winners report from Boston Magazine.

And then there's Exodus Bagels, which took over the space formerly occupied by Canto 6 on the corner of Green and Washington and has had a line out the door, since.

"Fresh off the shelf at baker Adam Hirsh’s long-awaited new shop, the bagels are a soft, chewy foundation for substantial sandwiches such as the Monumental, featuring a hard-boiled egg, local greens, and bacon. Warmed, the crisp exterior crackles pleasantly. Bagel lovers can’t go wrong," reads the review.

JP Centre Yoga earned praise for its inclusive environment.

"This community-focused studio manages to challenge advanced students, encourage beginners, and make everyone feel welcome. No gimmicks, no fusions, just well-taught yoga," reads the praise.

Check below to see who made the list this year.

AWARD, NAME OF LOCATION

Dining

Bagels: Exodus: 3346 Washington St., Jamaica Plain, exodusbagels.com

Mexican: Chilacates: 224 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, 617-522-6000, chilacates.mx

Service:

Yoga Studio: JP Centre Yoga: 670 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 617-942-8936, jpcentreyoga.com

Shopping

Bicycles: Bikes not Bombs

Toy Store: Boing!

All of the "Best of Boston" winners can be found here.

Do you disagree? What do you think should have been on their list but wasn't? Send us an email at Jenna.Fisher@Patch.com and let us know.
Sign up for the free newsletter and get more breaking Cambridge news and news alerts like this direct to your inbox. Did we mention it was free?
Got something to add?
Sign up to post to Patch and tell your neighbors what's going on in town. Post anything from calendar events to a column about a need in your neighborhood to a public meeting folks should know about. Our philosophy is the more neighborhood watchers the better

File Photo of an Exodus Bagel by Jenna Fisher/Patch Staff