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In Boston any must eat places?
Posted on 4/6/11 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 4/6/11 at 2:48 pm
I'm in boston for the week, already been many places for lunch and dinner. Just wondering if there are any must eat places in the Boston/Cambridge area.
Posted on 4/6/11 at 3:05 pm to tigersnipen
Mr. Bartley's has the best burgers, IMO. Barking Crab is pretty good if you want seafood. can't remember off hand the names of the other places I went.
Posted on 4/7/11 at 6:13 am to BRingingIt
Anyone ever try Abe and Louie's? I'm going to Boston in a few weeks...
Posted on 4/7/11 at 6:22 am to tigersnipen
That's a no brainer...
Go to Fenway Park this weekend and enjoy a Fenway Frank while taking in a Sox/Yankees game.
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Go to Fenway Park this weekend and enjoy a Fenway Frank while taking in a Sox/Yankees game.
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This post was edited on 4/7/11 at 6:26 am
Posted on 4/7/11 at 6:28 am to tigersnipen
Union Oyster House - oldest resturant in US.
Good food and neat history.
Tourist Place? Sure, but, still good..
Good food and neat history.
Tourist Place? Sure, but, still good..
Posted on 4/7/11 at 8:52 am to Ole Geauxt
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Union Oyster House - oldest resturant in US.
Good food and neat history.
Tourist Place? Sure, but, still good..
I agree. Also, if you're downtown and looking for a good local steakhouse, Grill 23 is very, very good.
Posted on 4/7/11 at 9:25 am to tigersnipen
I didn't have any meals up there that I'd recommend. A few decent burgers but that's not hard to do or rare to find. Seafood is bland and not worth it every place I tried. Found a good Chinese place in Cambridge but done remember the name. A lot of people at Harvard recommended it to me while I was there. Its upstairs above a bar I think.
Posted on 4/7/11 at 10:20 am to tigersnipen
Abe and Louies is really supposed to be really solid, but it's also somewhat of a "scene" as it's in a very trendy neighborhood. I'm not a huge steakhouse guy, but you can't go wrong at places like Capital Grill, KO Prime, Grill 23, and Abe and Louies.
If it's nice outside and you have some time to kill, take a walk down Tremont Street in the South End where there are dozens of excellent restaurants. Boylston Street and Newbury Street in the Back Bay are restaurant-heavy areas too, but they are more geared for tourists.
For a great seafood meal, try Neptune Oysters in the North End, B&G Oysters in the South End, or Island Creek Oyster Bar in Kenmore Square. Union Oyster House is a cool suggestion too as it advertises being something like 300 years old and was a favorite of the Kennedys, but the places I mentioned have better food. Try a lobster roll or fried whole-belly clams, as these are two of the local specialties.
Eastern Standard in Kenmore and Citizen Public House on Boylston by Fenway are good for chilling at the bar and downing high quality food and cocktails in a trendy (but not pretentious) atmosphere. Go to the North End for Italian. The best sports bar for higher end food is Jerry Remy's on Boylston by Fenway. If you're into beer, check out The Publick House or American Craft on Beacon Street in Brookline. The dozens of Irish pubs downtown are OK for burgers, shepherd pie, fish and chips, and the like, but don't expect a gourmet meal as they're more designed for drinking (my favorite downtown pub is Kinsale by Government Center).
Despite what one poster said, the culinary scene in Boston is very strong. Sure, chefs aren't as heavy-handed with the seasonings as the are in Nola, but the variety of cuisines and ingredients is very good. The days of the city having more of a reputation as drinking city than a food city are long over. It's now among the best cities in the country to eat, trailing only a few like NYC, DC, San Fran in terms of overall quality/variety.
If it's nice outside and you have some time to kill, take a walk down Tremont Street in the South End where there are dozens of excellent restaurants. Boylston Street and Newbury Street in the Back Bay are restaurant-heavy areas too, but they are more geared for tourists.
For a great seafood meal, try Neptune Oysters in the North End, B&G Oysters in the South End, or Island Creek Oyster Bar in Kenmore Square. Union Oyster House is a cool suggestion too as it advertises being something like 300 years old and was a favorite of the Kennedys, but the places I mentioned have better food. Try a lobster roll or fried whole-belly clams, as these are two of the local specialties.
Eastern Standard in Kenmore and Citizen Public House on Boylston by Fenway are good for chilling at the bar and downing high quality food and cocktails in a trendy (but not pretentious) atmosphere. Go to the North End for Italian. The best sports bar for higher end food is Jerry Remy's on Boylston by Fenway. If you're into beer, check out The Publick House or American Craft on Beacon Street in Brookline. The dozens of Irish pubs downtown are OK for burgers, shepherd pie, fish and chips, and the like, but don't expect a gourmet meal as they're more designed for drinking (my favorite downtown pub is Kinsale by Government Center).
Despite what one poster said, the culinary scene in Boston is very strong. Sure, chefs aren't as heavy-handed with the seasonings as the are in Nola, but the variety of cuisines and ingredients is very good. The days of the city having more of a reputation as drinking city than a food city are long over. It's now among the best cities in the country to eat, trailing only a few like NYC, DC, San Fran in terms of overall quality/variety.
This post was edited on 4/7/11 at 10:22 am
Posted on 4/9/11 at 10:00 am to CptEllerby277
Dolce Vita in the North End.
Posted on 4/9/11 at 10:56 am to tigersnipen
Eating at Mama Maria in the North End tonight. I'll Try and remember to report back with pictures. About to go to james hook and get a lobster roll.
Posted on 4/9/11 at 11:29 am to bignick33
nick, nice post..
afro, pics yet? i'm hungry..
i love dem clams....
afro, pics yet? i'm hungry..
i love dem clams....
Posted on 4/9/11 at 11:39 am to tigersnipen
spent a week there in September.....
Mike's Pastry's: Get a cannoli. Really.
Abe & Louie's: Its great. Very nice steakhouse. Steak was very solid and seafood was outstanding (had a chilled tray and lobster).
Locke Ober: Took a crew here. They gave us a private room with several 3 level stacked cold seafood trays, and a couple warm seafood trays. They appeared to have most of what was offered on the tray. Very well done. Very good seafood. I had the lamb special of evening....winner. Several people at our table ordered the Savannah and were very pleased. Good grub. Great ambiance.
Union Oyster House: Oldest restrnt in US. Good seafood, but definately a tourist joint.
Neptune: was pretty good....dont remember being wow'd.
Atlantic Fish: remember really enjoying the restrnt....seafood and white wine....dont remember specific entrees tho. sorry.
Oceanaire: Mediocre
Boston has the typical chains: Flemings, Ruths, Mortons, Capital Grille, etc.
Be wary of their "local" chain seafood jointsy (legal seafood, crabby jacks)
Mike's Pastry's: Get a cannoli. Really.
Abe & Louie's: Its great. Very nice steakhouse. Steak was very solid and seafood was outstanding (had a chilled tray and lobster).
Locke Ober: Took a crew here. They gave us a private room with several 3 level stacked cold seafood trays, and a couple warm seafood trays. They appeared to have most of what was offered on the tray. Very well done. Very good seafood. I had the lamb special of evening....winner. Several people at our table ordered the Savannah and were very pleased. Good grub. Great ambiance.
Union Oyster House: Oldest restrnt in US. Good seafood, but definately a tourist joint.
Neptune: was pretty good....dont remember being wow'd.
Atlantic Fish: remember really enjoying the restrnt....seafood and white wine....dont remember specific entrees tho. sorry.
Oceanaire: Mediocre
Boston has the typical chains: Flemings, Ruths, Mortons, Capital Grille, etc.
Be wary of their "local" chain seafood jointsy (legal seafood, crabby jacks)
This post was edited on 4/9/11 at 11:43 am
Posted on 4/9/11 at 11:43 am to Ole Geauxt
quote:
afro, pics yet? i'm hungry..
i love dem clams....
Nope. Stuck on this damn train just outside of Boston. "track improvements". Damn Yankees. Pictures Coming soon....I hope.
Posted on 4/9/11 at 11:55 am to LSUAfro
quote:oh yeah,,, and "frick a tunnel", at least while it's being built...
Stuck on this damn train just outside of Boston. "track improvements". Damn Yankees
Posted on 4/9/11 at 8:13 pm to bigwheel
The Hungry Heifer and Melville's.
Posted on 4/9/11 at 8:56 pm to tigersnipen
- Neptune Oyster in the North End
- Villa Franchesca for Italian in the North End
- Artu (italian)
- Abe and Louis (best steakhouse imo)
- Towne on Boylston, new place very popular
- Union Oyster (touristy but good)
- beehive in the southend, live music kind of trendy... great place though
- no. 9 park on Beacon Hill
- the parish cafe, right by the common
- Villa Franchesca for Italian in the North End
- Artu (italian)
- Abe and Louis (best steakhouse imo)
- Towne on Boylston, new place very popular
- Union Oyster (touristy but good)
- beehive in the southend, live music kind of trendy... great place though
- no. 9 park on Beacon Hill
- the parish cafe, right by the common
Posted on 4/9/11 at 8:57 pm to LSUAfro
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Eating at Mama Maria in the North End tonight
Even if you really enjoy it, it is only because you don't understand Italian food and the 29 regions and 94 subregions.
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