Guidebook for Boston

Shira
Guidebook for Boston

Food Scene

Excellent food and fun atmosphere. They don't take reservations. Go early and often.
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Toro Boston
1704 Washington St
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Excellent food and fun atmosphere. They don't take reservations. Go early and often.
Excellent new restaurant with outdoor seating and great drinks!
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Banyan Bar + Refuge
553 Tremont St
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Excellent new restaurant with outdoor seating and great drinks!
Open for lunch! A bit pricy but great Oysters and very charming outdoor seating!
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B&G Oysters
550 Tremont St
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Open for lunch! A bit pricy but great Oysters and very charming outdoor seating!
Good fast food close to the T stop. Order on-line ahead of time.
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B.GOOD
1 Eliot St
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Good fast food close to the T stop. Order on-line ahead of time.
Delicious Pasta & Pizza and everything else. A bit upscale but my sisters go to. Not the easiest to get to from my house but if you don't mind taking cabs it is totally doable.
Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca
11 Fan Pier Boulevard
Delicious Pasta & Pizza and everything else. A bit upscale but my sisters go to. Not the easiest to get to from my house but if you don't mind taking cabs it is totally doable.
This restaurant opened at the end of 2016 and is my new favorite spot in the neighborhood. It is chef owned and has a creative but not over the top menu. I suggest the $40 tasting menu. After dinner head two blocks down Washington St. to Wally's Cafe Jazz Club.
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MIDA
782 Tremont St
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This restaurant opened at the end of 2016 and is my new favorite spot in the neighborhood. It is chef owned and has a creative but not over the top menu. I suggest the $40 tasting menu. After dinner head two blocks down Washington St. to Wally's Cafe Jazz Club.
In the heart of the Puerto Rican community, this restaurant is authentic and more reasonably priced than most restaurants in the south end. It is also steps from my condo so you can put your name in on a busy night and then go back to the apartment to wait for your table.
Vejigantes Restaurant
57 W Dedham St
In the heart of the Puerto Rican community, this restaurant is authentic and more reasonably priced than most restaurants in the south end. It is also steps from my condo so you can put your name in on a busy night and then go back to the apartment to wait for your table.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great for a night out with friends or a date night.
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Beehive Restaurant
541 Tremont St
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Great for a night out with friends or a date night.
It is my favorite bar not outside the neighborhood. They don't have a menu and make drinks to order as you like them. And they have a secret burger. Go early and often!
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Drink
348 Congress St
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It is my favorite bar not outside the neighborhood. They don't have a menu and make drinks to order as you like them. And they have a secret burger. Go early and often!
Live Jazz every night of the year. This is a classic and not to be missed. It is the last surviving reminder of Boston's jazz heyday and was one of the first racially integrated venues in New England. Jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and art Blakey played here. Don't be fooled by the title, they don't serve food but you can bring food in. There is no cover, just drinks and live music.
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Wally's Cafe Jazz Club
427 Massachusetts Ave
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Live Jazz every night of the year. This is a classic and not to be missed. It is the last surviving reminder of Boston's jazz heyday and was one of the first racially integrated venues in New England. Jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and art Blakey played here. Don't be fooled by the title, they don't serve food but you can bring food in. There is no cover, just drinks and live music.

Arts & Culture

Beautiful modern museum on the water with great events and great art!
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Інститут сучасного мистецтва, Бостон
25 Harbor Shore Dr
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Beautiful modern museum on the water with great events and great art!
Amazing courtyard, beautiful old museum!
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way
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Amazing courtyard, beautiful old museum!
My favorite library in America. The old part reminds me of Harry Potter and there is a beautiful courtyard and very nice restaurant cafe. The new part was just redone and a great place to bring kids.
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Бостонська публічна бібліотека
700 Boylston St
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My favorite library in America. The old part reminds me of Harry Potter and there is a beautiful courtyard and very nice restaurant cafe. The new part was just redone and a great place to bring kids.

Parks & Nature

A must see! Beautiful gardens/ park in the heart of the city. 25-35 minute walk from my apartment
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Boston Public Garden
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A must see! Beautiful gardens/ park in the heart of the city. 25-35 minute walk from my apartment
Pack a lunch and take the kids to the park! Or if you are without kids take a romantic afternoon in the park.
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Арнольдський арборетум Гарвардського університету
125 Arborway
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Pack a lunch and take the kids to the park! Or if you are without kids take a romantic afternoon in the park.

Shopping

All natural beauty products
Follain
53 Dartmouth St
All natural beauty products
Great gift shop that specializes in small batch artist handmade specialty items.
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Olives & Grace
623 Tremont St
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Great gift shop that specializes in small batch artist handmade specialty items.

Essentials

Am amazing local butcher shop. 316A Shammut Ave. They have many different kids of meat from farms across New England.
Walden Local Butcher Shop
316 A Shawmut Ave
Am amazing local butcher shop. 316A Shammut Ave. They have many different kids of meat from farms across New England.
Not a grocery store but an amazing farm shop with local organic vegetables, dairy & bread.
Siena Farms South End
106 Waltham St
Not a grocery store but an amazing farm shop with local organic vegetables, dairy & bread.
Closest grocery store to the house. A bit expensive but they usually have everything I need I can't get at the local butcher or farm stand.
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Foodie's Markets South Boston
230 W Broadway
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Closest grocery store to the house. A bit expensive but they usually have everything I need I can't get at the local butcher or farm stand.

Getting Around

The closet T stop (orange line) and Amtrak stop to my house. Please not if you are arriving on Amtrak there are two stops in Boston and this is the one you need.
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Back Bay Station
145 Dartmouth St
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The closet T stop (orange line) and Amtrak stop to my house. Please not if you are arriving on Amtrak there are two stops in Boston and this is the one you need.