Food Pantries by Neighborhood and Town
If you are a resident of the Greater Boston Area, it is very likely that Lovin’ Spoonfuls supplies healthy foods to a food pantry or meal program in your town or neighborhood. Please contact the organizations listed below to access food pantry programming and other services. Keep in mind that each organization has its own rules for food distribution. If you do not see your neighborhood or town on this list, food may be available from a pantry in another town near you.
Apart from the locations below, Lovin’ Spoonfuls provides food to organizations including shelters, meal programs, recovery homes, afterschool programs, and community centers. Contact us directly for more information about our work in your neighborhood at [email protected]
Click a location to view pantries:
Allston/Brighton and Brookline Burlington and Woburn Cambridge and Somerville Canton and Norwood Dorchester and South Boston Downtown Boston and South End East Boston, Charlestown, and Chelsea Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Fenway Malden Mattapan Melrose and Wakefield Newton, Needham, Waltham, and Wellesley Quincy MetroWest
A llston/Brighton and Brookline
ABCD Allston/Brighton Neighborhood Opportunity Center - Open to All (617) 903-3640 640 Washington Street Suite #203, Brighton, MA 02135
Allston/Brighton Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Allston/Brighton (617) 254-4046 404 Washington Street, Brighton, MA 02135
Allston Brighton Area Planning Action Committee - Open to Residents of Allston/Brighton (617) 783-1485 406 Cambridge St, Allston, MA 02134
Brookline Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Brookline and other Qualified Families (See Website for Details) (617) 800-5339 15 Saint Paul St, Brookline, MA 02446 and 55A Egmont Street, Brookline 02446
Brookline Senior Center - Open to Seniors (617) 730-2770 93 Winchester St, Brookline, MA 02446
Open Door and St. Bridget's Food Pantry - Open to All (617) 787-7625 62 Harvard Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
B urlington and Woburn
Burlington Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Burlington 781-270-6625 10 St Marks Road, Burlington, MA 01803
Woburn Council of Social Concern - Open to Residents of Woburn and Winchester (781) 935-6495 2 Merrimac Street, Woburn, MA 01801
C ambridge and Somerville
Cambridge Citywide Senior Center Food Pantry - Open to Senior Residents of Cambridge (617) 349-6060 806 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Catholic Charities Somerville - Open to Residents of Middlesex County (617) 471-2904 270 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 02145
East End House Food Pantry - Open to All (617) 876-4444 105 Spring Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
Elizabeth Peabody House - Open to All (617) 623-5510 x108 275-277 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145
Margaret Fuller House - Open to All (617) 547-4680 71 Cherry St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church Pantry and Meal Program - Contact for More Info 617-868-4853 146 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Project SOUP (Share Our United Pantry) - Open to All (617) 776-SOUP (7687) 165 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Pantry - Open to Residents of Cambridge (617) 661-1110 85 Bishop Richard Allen Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
C anton and Norwood
Canton Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Canton (781) 821-8062 960R Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021
Norwood Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Norwood and Westwood (781) 291-3663 150 Chapel Street, Norwood, MA 02062
D orchester and South Boston
Bethel Hispanic Seventh Day Adventist Church - Open to All (617) 282-7070 1 Dix St. Dorchester, MA 02122
Catholic Charities Yawkey Center - Open to Residents of Suffolk County (617) 506-6600 185 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125
Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry at St. Teresa of Calcutta Church - Open to Residents of Dorchester (617) 436-2190 800 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125
Second Church of Dorchester - Open to All (857) 719-5183 600 Washington St. Dorchester, MA 02124
South Boston Community Health Center - Open to Patients (617) 269-7504 409 West Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
St. Monica and St. Augustine’s Food Pantry - Open to Residents of the Old Colony and Mary McCormack Neighborhoods (617) 268-8100 331 Old Colony Ave, South Boston, MA 02127
D owntown Boston/South End
ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center - Open to All (617) 523-8125 1 Michelangelo Street Boston, MA 02113
ABCD South End Neighborhood Service Center - Open to All (617) 267-7400 554 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02118
Boston Medical Center Preventative Food Pantry - Open to Patients (617) 414-3834 or (617) 414-5263 Yawkey Building, Basement 850 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Boston Rescue Mission - Open to All (617) 338-9000 39 Kingston Street, Boston, MA 02111
Catholic Charities South End - Open to Residents of Suffolk County (617) 542-6912 76 Union Park St, Boston, MA 02118
Rosie’s Place - Open to Women (617) 442-9322 889 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Haley House Food Pantry - Open to All (617) 236-8132 23 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116
Salvation Army South End - Open to Residents of Downtown Boston and Allston/Brighton (617) 536-5260 1500 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118
E ast Boston, Charlestown, and Chelsea
Grace Federated Church Saturday Food Pantry - Open to Residents of East Boston (617) 569-5358 760 Saratoga Street, East Boston, MA 02128
Harvest on the Vine - Open to Charlestown Residents (617) 990-7314 49 Vine Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
Salvation Army Chelsea - Open to Residents of Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston and Charlestown Soup Kitchen Open to All (Monday - Friday 11:30AM - 12:30 AM) (617) 884-0260 258 Chestnut Street, Chelsea, MA 02150
St. Luke's Pantry and Meal Program - Open to All (617) 884-4278 201 Washington Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150
J amaica Plain, Roxbury and Fenway
ABCD Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center - Open to All (617) 445-6000 714 Parker Street, Roxbury, MA 02120
Baraka Community Wellness - Healthy Moms Healthy Kids - Open to Mothers and Their Children Contact Online Curtis Hall Community Center 20 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Baraka Community Wellness - FoodCaresBOSTON - Open to All Contact Online Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center 640 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Boston Temple Church - Open to All (617) 536-5022 105 Jersey Street, Boston, MA 02215
Sojourner House - Open to All (617) 442-0590 85 Rockland Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
M alden
Bread of Life Malden - Open to Residents of Malden, Medford, Everett, Melrose, Saugus, Stoneham, Wakefield, Reading, North Reading and Winchester (781) 397-0404 54 Eastern Avenue, Malden, MA 02148 Or Everett City Hall, 484 Broadway, Ground Floor, Everett, MA 02149 (Everett Residents Only)
Salvation Army Mystic Valley - Open to Residents of Malden, Medford, Everett and Melrose (781) 324-1970 ext. 301 213 Main Street Malden, MA 02148
M attapan
Healthy Baby, Healthy Child - Open to Residents of Boston (617) 534-2032 205B River St, Mattapan, MA 02126
St. Paul’s Victory Assembly of God - Open to All (617) 296-3037 (Church Phone #) 870 Cummins Hwy, Mattapan, MA 02126
M elrose and Wakefield
Servant's Heart Pantry - Open to Residents of Melrose (781) 662-8226 200 Franklin St, Melrose, MA 02176
Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Wakefield (781) 245-2510 467 Main St, Wakefield, MA 01880
N ewton, Needham, Waltham and Wellesley
Centre Street Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Newton, Brookline, Brighton, Watertown, Waltham, Needham, Wellesley, West Roxbury (617) 340-9554 11 Homer Street, Newton Center, MA 02459
Jewish Family & Children’s Services - Open to All (781) 647-5327 1430 Main Street, Waltham MA 02451
Needham Community Council Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Needham (781) 455-7555 570 Hillside Ave, Needham Heights, MA 02494
Newton Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Newton 617-928-6021 Newton City Hall (Basement Level) 1000 Commonwealth Avenue Newton, MA 02459
Salvation Army Waltham - Open to All (781) 894-0413 33 Myrtle Street, Waltham, MA 02453
Wellesley Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Wellesley (781) 235-1188 207 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
Q uincy
Interfaith Social Services - Open to Residents of Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate or Weymouth (617) 773-6203 105 Adams Street, Quincy, MA 02169
Salvation Army Quincy - Open to Residents of Quincy (617) 472-2345 6 Baxter Street, Quincy, MA 02169
Sanger Center for Compassion - Open to Residents of the South Shore (617) 847-6967 282 Billings Road, Quincy MA, 02170
Southwest Community Food Center - Open to All (617) 471-0796 1 Copeland Street, Quincy, MA 02169
M etroWest - Bellingham, Framingham, Milford, Natick, Southborough, Sudbury, and Surrounding Towns
A Place to Turn - Open to MetroWest Residents with Referral (See Website for Referral Details) (508) 655-8868 99 Hartford St. Natick, MA 01760
Daily Bread Food Pantry - Open to Residents of Milford and Surrounding Communities (508) 478-4225 21 Exchange St., Milford, MA 01757
Daniels Table - Open to All (508) 815-4728 (They prefer text messages) 102 Fountain St, Framingham, MA 01702 (Food Pick Up Locations Throughout Framingham)
Loaves and Fishes - Contact for More Information (508) 966-2862 1158 South Main St., Bellingham 02019
Natick Service Council- Open to Clients (Must be a resident of Natick) (508) 655-1791 2 Webster Street, Natick, MA 01760
Southborough Food Pantry - Open to Southborough Residents and Parishioners of the United Parishes of Southborough Inc. Churches (See Website for Details) (508) 485-4847 15 Common Street, Southborough, MA 01772
Sudbury Food Pantry - Open to All (978) 443-7725 160 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA 01776
Apart from the locations above, Lovin’ Spoonfuls provides food to a range of nonprofit organizations including shelters, meal programs, recovery homes, afterschool programs, and community centers. Contact us directly for more information about our work in your neighborhood: [email protected]