Bostonian Glass Company

Bostonian Glass is the South Boston shop people call when glass breaks and a house or storefront can't be left open overnight — a shattered door pane, a window blown out by wind, a break-in early on a Sunday. Gene, the owner-operator, is usually the one who shows up, and customers write about him by name far more often than they write about the company. What they keep describing is how fast he gets there. In a 2025 review, a customer whose friend's Brookline retail store had been broken into texted him a photo and had him on site in 25 minutes. A homeowner writing in February 2026 had already been told by a contractor that two broken panes would be complicated and extensive; Gene agreed to come the next day and fixed both. One customer this July said he replaced a shattered window perfectly and faster than they thought possible. The quieter half of the work is planned: frameless shower doors, mirrors and custom enclosures. A designer with a four-unit project had six shower doors installed in March 2026 and called it an easy, in-and-out job. In a 2022 review, a customer who had collected quotes for three showers chose Bostonian because it could cut the mirrors to fit as well, and a homeowner writing in June 2026 was pleased with the glass and hardware on their own shower. Price comes up often and favorably — in a 2023 review, a repeat customer who had bought both street-facing window panes and shower doors called his prices exceedingly reasonable. A handful of customers describe the same snag, and it is about what happens once a price or a callback is involved. One writing in 2025 rented a car to deliver a window, was quoted a different price on arrival than over text, and said the amount changed again after the window was handed over. A 2024 customer said a newly installed shower door leaked from day one and could not get anyone back to look at it. Another caller that year found him short on the phone and never received the quote he asked for. Nine people have written in the past six months, all of them positive. Google puts the company at 4.3 stars from 44 ratings, and Angi lists 16 years in business. Its BBB file was only opened in April 2026, so there is no BBB rating or accreditation behind it yet. For emergency glass in Boston, or a shower enclosure cut for an awkward bathroom, this is the work customers describe best. Get the price and what it covers in writing before the glass is ordered, and ask how a callback on a leaking door gets scheduled.