Guidebook for Boston

Christina
Guidebook for Boston

Food Scene

This is my favorite coffee shop! It's only a block away from the apartment.
94 locals recommend
South End Buttery
314 Shawmut Ave
94 locals recommend
This is my favorite coffee shop! It's only a block away from the apartment.
This is one of Boston's best known bakery's, owned by Joanne Chang. Decadent breakfast sandwich and amazing pastries!
180 locals recommend
Flour Bakery
1595 Washington St
180 locals recommend
This is one of Boston's best known bakery's, owned by Joanne Chang. Decadent breakfast sandwich and amazing pastries!
If you are looking for amazing dumplings head over here in Chinatown and get ready to eat a lot of food!
17 locals recommend
Dumpling Cafe
695 Washington St
17 locals recommend
If you are looking for amazing dumplings head over here in Chinatown and get ready to eat a lot of food!
One of Ken Oringer's restaurants in Boston, quaint and unassuming. A small restaurant with a great bar, gorgeous drinks (try to the bartender's whim!) and a charcuterie plate that is done right.
64 locals recommend
Coppa Enoteca
253 Shawmut Ave
64 locals recommend
One of Ken Oringer's restaurants in Boston, quaint and unassuming. A small restaurant with a great bar, gorgeous drinks (try to the bartender's whim!) and a charcuterie plate that is done right.
If you dream about pizza that you see on the cover of Bon Appetite, this is the spot. They also deliver right to the door! Try the homemade ice cream :)
59 locals recommend
Picco
513 Tremont St
59 locals recommend
If you dream about pizza that you see on the cover of Bon Appetite, this is the spot. They also deliver right to the door! Try the homemade ice cream :)
One of Boston's best French restaurants, you won't be disappointed here!
34 locals recommend
Mistral
223 Columbus Ave
34 locals recommend
One of Boston's best French restaurants, you won't be disappointed here!
Fancy Italian, you'll recognize a scene from Ted in here!
19 locals recommend
Sorellina
1 Huntington Avenue
19 locals recommend
Fancy Italian, you'll recognize a scene from Ted in here!
Some of Boston's best Sushi!
20 locals recommend
Oishii
1166 Washington St
20 locals recommend
Some of Boston's best Sushi!
If you are looking for a healthy quick meal on the go, b. good is a "fast food" of salads, smoothies, juices, bowls, sandwiches, all from locally sourced ingredients.
18 locals recommend
B.GOOD
1 Eliot St
18 locals recommend
If you are looking for a healthy quick meal on the go, b. good is a "fast food" of salads, smoothies, juices, bowls, sandwiches, all from locally sourced ingredients.
Local tavern with a patio and great beer selection.
38 locals recommend
Five Horses Tavern - South End
535 Columbus Ave
38 locals recommend
Local tavern with a patio and great beer selection.
Meats and pizza. Nice outdoor patio!
23 locals recommend
The Salty Pig
130 Dartmouth St
23 locals recommend
Meats and pizza. Nice outdoor patio!
This is my favorite neighborhood spot. They have the best steak frites at a reasonable price!
8 locals recommend
Coda
329 Columbus Ave
8 locals recommend
This is my favorite neighborhood spot. They have the best steak frites at a reasonable price!
Best Asian Fusion in town.
64 locals recommend
Myers+Chang
1145 Washington St
64 locals recommend
Best Asian Fusion in town.
Mexican, great food.
Zocalo Mexican Bistro & Tequila Bar
35 Stanhope St
Mexican, great food.
One of the best brunches in Boston
94 locals recommend
South End Buttery
314 Shawmut Ave
94 locals recommend
One of the best brunches in Boston
One of Boston's best Oyster restaurants.
72 locals recommend
B&G Oysters
550 Tremont St
72 locals recommend
One of Boston's best Oyster restaurants.
Infamous, but hard to get a table!
104 locals recommend
Neptune Oyster
63 Salem St
104 locals recommend
Infamous, but hard to get a table!
A french bakery with incredible delights.
22 locals recommend
Cafe Madeleine
517 Columbus Ave
22 locals recommend
A french bakery with incredible delights.
For the coffee snobs!
52 locals recommend
Render Coffee
563 Columbus Ave
52 locals recommend
For the coffee snobs!
Boston's very best tapas. Get the bone marrow and the corn!
168 locals recommend
Toro Boston
1704 Washington St
168 locals recommend
Boston's very best tapas. Get the bone marrow and the corn!

Drinks & Nightlife

The Beehive isn't only a bar, it's also a great dinner and brunch restaurant with live music. They have a gorgeous outdoor patio that sits in the heart of the South End.
229 locals recommend
Beehive Restaurant
541 Tremont St
229 locals recommend
The Beehive isn't only a bar, it's also a great dinner and brunch restaurant with live music. They have a gorgeous outdoor patio that sits in the heart of the South End.
Great drinks and food.
68 locals recommend
Eastern Standard
775 Commonwealth Avenue
68 locals recommend
Great drinks and food.

Sightseeing

Boston's park and gardens!
567 locals recommend
Boston Common
139 Boylston St
567 locals recommend
Boston's park and gardens!
One of the oldest public libraries in the country, go have tea in the Courtyard Restaurant!
288 locals recommend
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St
288 locals recommend
One of the oldest public libraries in the country, go have tea in the Courtyard Restaurant!
Walk down to the Boston Esplanade, run the Charles, see the boat houses!
95 locals recommend
Esplanade Hatch
1 David G Mugar Way
95 locals recommend
Walk down to the Boston Esplanade, run the Charles, see the boat houses!
A weekly market in the South End, food trucks, vendors, vintage market, artwork, and Farmer's Market.
44 locals recommend
South End Open Market
375 Harrison Avenue
44 locals recommend
A weekly market in the South End, food trucks, vendors, vintage market, artwork, and Farmer's Market.

Arts & Culture

Boston has a beautiful Museum of Fine Arts, definitely worth checking out!
1042 locals recommend
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Ave
1042 locals recommend
Boston has a beautiful Museum of Fine Arts, definitely worth checking out!
Fenway Park, enough said! The oldest baseball park and stadium in the country. They have a wonderful ballpark tour, the whole park is like a museum!
815 locals recommend
Fenway Park
4 Jersey St
815 locals recommend
Fenway Park, enough said! The oldest baseball park and stadium in the country. They have a wonderful ballpark tour, the whole park is like a museum!
If you're looking to hit the movies!
Loews Boston Hotel
154 Berkeley St
If you're looking to hit the movies!
Great live music.
96 locals recommend
Wally's Cafe Jazz Club
427 Massachusetts Ave
96 locals recommend
Great live music.

Shopping

The Copley Mall and Prudential Center are connected, you'll find all your shopping needs there!
148 locals recommend
Copley Place
100 Huntington Ave
148 locals recommend
The Copley Mall and Prudential Center are connected, you'll find all your shopping needs there!
Newbury Street is Boston's Rodeo Drive! Shop til your little heart's content.
647 locals recommend
Newbury Street
Newbury Street
647 locals recommend
Newbury Street is Boston's Rodeo Drive! Shop til your little heart's content.
CVS is close by.
429 locals recommend
CVS
624 Massachusetts Ave
429 locals recommend
CVS is close by.
Great boutiques!
58 locals recommend
Charles Street
58 locals recommend
Great boutiques!
They have an amazing vanilla ginger latte (and almond milk!) and have a wonderful selection of food.
111 locals recommend
Thinking Cup
165 Tremont St
111 locals recommend
They have an amazing vanilla ginger latte (and almond milk!) and have a wonderful selection of food.

Everything Else

Ladies, if you're in town for an event, the Drybar is a short walk from my apartment!
Drybar Back Bay
234 Clarendon St
Ladies, if you're in town for an event, the Drybar is a short walk from my apartment!
If you are looking for a great yoga or barre class!
Exhale Boston - Back Bay
28 Arlington St
If you are looking for a great yoga or barre class!
Day Spa. The best!
Bella Santé Day Spa Med Spa
38 Newbury St
Day Spa. The best!
If you want to get a workout in!
Invictus Boston
116 St James Ave
If you want to get a workout in!
Gym!
6 locals recommend
Equinox Dartmouth
131 Dartmouth St
6 locals recommend
Gym!
Amtrak Acela and Orange Line Next door!
81 locals recommend
Back Bay Station
145 Dartmouth St
81 locals recommend
Amtrak Acela and Orange Line Next door!
Italian District. Walk around and see a historical neighborhood.
405 locals recommend
North End
405 locals recommend
Italian District. Walk around and see a historical neighborhood.

Essentials

A great local market with lots of items and great juice, smoothies, wraps, breakfast sandwiches. (Their traditional breakfast sandie is on a Portuguese roll!)
Five Seventy Market
570 Tremont Street
A great local market with lots of items and great juice, smoothies, wraps, breakfast sandwiches. (Their traditional breakfast sandie is on a Portuguese roll!)
Best wine shop and steps away!
11 locals recommend
The Urban Grape
303 Columbus Ave
11 locals recommend
Best wine shop and steps away!
They are a full service store with groceries and a liquor store.
1155 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
413 Centre St
1155 locals recommend
They are a full service store with groceries and a liquor store.