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Boston Demographic - Known as Beantown.
[edit] How to get there
Train: South Station
North Station
Road: I-95/128 I-93 I-90 MA Pike I-495
Air: Logan Airport
Parking: Best Parking is a great site to help you find the best parking rates in a particular area you might want to be at and with the cost of parking easily costing you $40 a day if you don't get the best place, this will help loads!
[edit] Places to Eat
- Guide to Restaurant Week - An event held every year in Boston, where you can have lunch or dinner on the cheap at a variety of restaurants, about 30 of them.
10 Bosworth St
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 423-6340
A few more reviews - [1], [2]
Located between Tremont and Washington street, it is near Congress and Franklin Street. This is a great place for casual dining, not very imposing place, tucked away on a side street. The food is superb, portions large, cost low, they also have a good selection of drinks on tap. This place is particularly good in the summer because of the terraced seating that over looks the neighbourhood, which is just a few minutes walk from the financial district.
Located in Jamaica Plain
Parking is a bit of a mare especially on Sox game nights, but you'll find it behind the bar. Since the website review, they now take credit card too. It's probably one of the best pubs around, it's pretty intimate setting up front, with a large extended dining area out the back with the best atmosphere and plenty of interesting things to look out for, photo's of famous actors, politicians, they've all been here, this bar and location was where a lot of "Mystic River" was filmed as well as a couple of other films.
The food is typical pub food, but well priced and really good food, and the drinks, about $3-4.50 a pint, which is pretty good, though they have a superb collection of draft beers, especially seasonal beers, Sam Adams especially since that brewery isn't far from the pub.
Located in Quincy Market
The owners have two other bars in Boston that are worth visiting, but this place just happens to be in a great location, Faneuil Hall, Hay Market, the docks and parks all within a few minutes walk, with easy access off the T, there's also a $10 multi story car park a few minutes walk away.
Though these themed bars tend to be quite cheesy, this is the exception, in that it had a nice atmosphere, the food is also actually very good and homely, with large portions that is quite affordably cheap for Boston. The selection of drinks is also very impressive.
The famous bar. Beacon Hill is the original location, and the one to visit for the food and service, though the one at Faneuil Hall is convenient, the food and service there is very much to a lower standard in comparison, especially with all the other places to visit.
- Take the Red Line out to Harvard Square and get a burger and frappe at Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage. Alternatively, Herrell's has what might be the best ice cream in the US. While there, also see what's happening in the local clubs. Also, see MIT's Stata Center in Kenmore Square: It's surreal.
- Drink some Tremont Ale, also here's a brewpub guide:
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/gallery/local_brewpubs/
- Spend one night in the North End for the best Italian food you've ever had. Hit Mike's Pastry afterward.
- Cambridge Brewing Company - walkable from downtown (just a few minutes across the bridge over the Charles River). Above-average brewpub beers, rather nice food and large outside seating area (with open fire-pit in case it's chilly). Nice atmosphere inside too.
[edit] Places to See
No visit would be complete without a quick visit to this place, the stores are varied and fun, and also a good place to go for snack food and to get out of the cold in winter, or to cool down in the summer.
This is one of the largest markets around and the best place to go for your fresh fruit and veg, as well as cheeses and meats, the prices can't be beat, and it's just a very charming place, even if a lot quieter than a market in the UK.
- Go to the MFA which is an amazing, sprawling Museum. Also see the IS Gardner Museum which is right around the corner.
- Take the Red Line out to Harvard Square and get a burger and frappe at Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage. Alternatively, Herrell's has what might be the best ice cream in the US. While there, also see what's happening in the local clubs. Also, see MIT's Stata Center in Kenmore Square: It's surreal.
- Boston is a walking city. Walk through the Public Garden and the Commons through to Chinatown and Downtown Crossing. Hit the Fens and riverside if you have a chance.
- Check out the 100 foot arcs of electricity from the Van Der Graaf generator at the Museum of Science. Hearing one of those things hit is a memory you won't forget.
- Catch a game at Fenway...if you can and do the tour of the oldest stadium in the league.
- Take a Green Line train to see the oldest subway in the US.
- Freedom Trail...it's really worth doing. Go out to Charlestown and the Naval Yard if you have a chance.
- Sam Adams Brewery Tour. Located in Jamaica Plain (Off exit 18 from I-93 and off the Orange line), the tours are free but a $2 donation is recommended which goes to local charities, it's great fun and you get plenty of samples, but you must be over 21. The tours are held Tuesday through Thursday and on Saturdays.
- Boston Duck Tours This is something fun and cute if you've little kids and a good way to see some of the city
- USS Constitution A superb site to see, and the US equivalent to HMS Victory. It has free tours, though for the next couple of years it won't be sailing as it is under going maintenance.
- Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl Every summer in Boston Common (middle of June). If you like ice cream, it's a couple bucks to sample as much ice cream as you can over a three day event. The money goes to a good cancer charity fund.
- New England Wild Flower Society - This isn't strictly Boston, it's in Framingham, a suburb about 15 miles west, but if you like flowers and greenery, this is a worthy detour. Located between Rt 9 and Rt 20. This has a 45 acre garden of native plants and is a wonderful family place to check out for a nice walk, open all week and often with a special event such as the giant insect showing.
[edit] Places to Shop
- Shopping on Newbury Street for you-can't-afford-this stuff or Mass Ave for the more funky stuff.
[edit] Accommodation
