Our favorite entrée was confit-duck-and-smoked-sausage cassoulet. The white beans here were fully cooked, the garlic sausage excellent, and the confit duck lightly cured and plentiful. Read more.
Avoid the familiar and order everything weird, especially fried okra, Hakka lamb, and date pancakes. Unusual dishes using Indian spices and Chinese techniques are the strongest. Read more.
The Otis House Museum exemplifies the elegant life led by Boston's governing class after the American Revolution. It also houses Historic New England's headquarters & its Library and Archives.
Order your appetizer with your drinks or it'll either come with your entree or not at all.
The library was founded in 1848 by an act of the Massachusetts legislature and first opened in 1854 in a former schoolhouse located on Mason Street. It moved here to its current building in 1895.
Amazing cocktails, great atmosphere, fab outdoor (summertime) seating make this an excellent choice if you avoid the pre/post Fenway crowd. -Tania Peterson, Top Chef Just Desserts
For almost 200 years this bar has been a staple of life in the French Quarter. Visitors can sip their favorite beverages as the sights & sounds of the French Quarter trickle into this comfy tavern.
Flavors and prices are large. Try the signature app, “Out of the Blu.” Outstanding venison, fish, scallops, and lamb. Our critic preferred the cheese plate with ingenious garnishes to any desserts. Read more.
Sandwiches are crusty, buttery, and gooey. Skip the Swiss: it's consolation food for miserable dieters, stretching pleasantly for miles, but tasting waxy and dull. Read more.
With over 8,500 bottles of wine to pretend to be kno about, this truly is a high roller’s paradise. Pair the extra-juicy double-cut lamb chops with the shrimp cocktail for phenomenal taste synergy. Read more.
Five hours of all you can eat sushi every Thursday for only $29.95 at this Copley hotel’s rolling spot. (between 5 & 10 PM) Read more.
Everyone’s favorite inquisitive monkey is alive and well at this fun and vibrant book and toy store. Read more.
Our critic was knocked out by the flavored sashimi platter, the kurobuta pork noodle soup, and the bellweather phoenix roll. The novelty is actually robata — neat little charcoal-grilled skewers. Read more.
This fine-dining French-Italian hybrid serves a four-course prix fixe and seven-course chef's tasting menu in an elegant green/grey/brown space replete with a cozy couch-laden lounge. Read more.
During the summer if order takeout from the Beacon Hill Bistro (lunch only) you get a free picnic basket and blanket to eat in the common.
Bartenders here craft herbs, exotic liqueurs, and even pickles into concoctions that are unforgettable, no matter how many you guzzle. Sit back, drink in hand, and watch the beautiful people. Read more.
Offers a superb selection of bivalves, plus sophisticated lobster rolls and chef's fabulousities of scallops, soft-shell crabs, tuna, and more. Surprisingly informal room; dress up or down. Read more.
Boston: Boys will be girls at Boston's premier drag queen bar and self-proclaimed "favorite place for female impersonation 7 nights a week." ....7 NIGHTS!! -IFC Viewer
Built in 1660, this cemetery is the final resting place of notable figures of the American Revolution, including Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Boston Massacre victims & Elizabeth "Mother Goose" herself.
On Tuesdays, gorge yourself on $1 tacos until 10pm at this mexican wrestling themed spot where the atmosphere is 'like a night in Tijuana.' Read more.
After the Battle of New Orleans in 1814 the square was renamed Jackson Square after General Andrew Jackson. Jackson Square has been featured in movies, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
