Where to eat
Looking for a place to eat? Take a look at our picks below:
DBJ’s Favorite Quick Eats:
DBJ’s Favorite Quick Eats:
- Parziale’s for a slice of pizza (North End)
- Alive and Kickin’ for Lobster sandwich (Cambridge)
- Union Oyster House for clam chowder (Downtown/North End)
- El Pelon for a burrito (Fenway neighborhood)
- Flour Bakery for a sandwich/fruit tart/boston creme pie (many locations)
- Al’s State Street Cafe for a sandwich (State Street/Financial District)
North End Goodies:
- Modern Pastry (for a crunchy, authentic cannoli)
- Mike’s Pastries (for the kids. Best variety of flavors)
- Bricco Salumeria (for bread/Italian Deli food)
North End Goodies:
Where to get good seafood:
Where to get good seafood:
- Row 34
- Atlantic Fish Company
- Barking Crab (if you were here 10 years ago, don’t worry, it’s got a new chef)
- O Ya (Omakase, when you really want to impress someone)
- Saltie Girl (inventive seafood, Back Bay)
Local Places I take my wife for a night out, not too cheap, not too expensive:
- Tangierino (Charlestown, Moroccan fusion, Hookah bar downstairs)
- Vee Vee (Jamaica Plain, farm-to-table experimental American)
- Ten Tables (Jamaica Plain see above)
- Brown Sugar Cafe (Boston’s best Thai)
- Alden and Harlow (Harvard Square, American tapas)
- Casa Romero (hidden Mexican courtyard off Newbury Street, Back Bay)
- Row 34 (Seaport, ask for the lobster tacos, great for lunch)
- Amelias (Kendall)
- Grotto (Beacon Hill)
- Tartufo (Newton)
- Batifol (Kendall)
Local Places I take my wife for a night out, not too cheap, not too expensive:
Fine Dining/Upscale:
Fine Dining/Upscale:
- Ostra, Mistral, Sorellina
- Barbara Lynch’s Restaurants (No. 9 Park, Drink, B&G Oysters)
- Mastro’s (Seaport)
- Mooo . . . (Beacon Hill/steak)
North End Italian from high end to low end:
- Mama Maria (very high end, but also very good)
- Prezza (high end and tasty)
- Carmelina’s (the very best spot that is also open for lunch. Good for dinner, too)
- Quattro (upscale pizza and pasta, also good for lunch)
- Aqua Pazza Famiglia Giorgio (most stereotypical, giant portions, spaghetti and meatballs, good for kids)
- Regina Pizzeria (voted best pizza in USA)