Guidebook for Boston
Food Scene
Locals go here for breakfast, lunch and local flavor. Crowded on the weekends at lunch time but great place during the week, and open as early as 5:30 (6:30 on Sunday)
53 locals recommend
McKenna's Cafe
107-109 Savin Hill AveLocals go here for breakfast, lunch and local flavor. Crowded on the weekends at lunch time but great place during the week, and open as early as 5:30 (6:30 on Sunday)
Very good Indian and Bangladeshi food. Good deal at lunchtime, an all you can eat buffet special.
29 locals recommend
Shanti Restaurant
1111 Dorchester AveVery good Indian and Bangladeshi food. Good deal at lunchtime, an all you can eat buffet special.
This is a REALLY good place for dinner, open 5:30-10:30 or 11:00pm. They take reservations from their website. Contemporary American Cuisine. You can walk to it in half an hour or take the T one stop from Savin Hill to JFK, going left on Columbia road, right on Vernon street and left on Boston Street
8 locals recommend
224 Boston Street • Dorchester
224 Boston StreetThis is a REALLY good place for dinner, open 5:30-10:30 or 11:00pm. They take reservations from their website. Contemporary American Cuisine. You can walk to it in half an hour or take the T one stop from Savin Hill to JFK, going left on Columbia road, right on Vernon street and left on Boston Street
Chau Chow Restaurant
699 Morrissey BlvdVery good Chinese food-you don't have to go all the way to Chinatown!
Ba Le Restaurant
1052 Dorchester AveVery good Vietnamese take-out.
Parks & Nature
You can walk this or bike it, I usually jog it. I leave the house going right, to a right on Old colony Terrace where you come out at Morrissey Boulevard. I go a little left, and cross at the intersection over to UMass Boston. The trail/path goes around the school along the water, and behind the JFK museum. I turn around at the second dock, (round trip is 3-1/2 miles) but you can continue on to Castle Island, which is 5 miles from my house. Very Scenic ocean views.
you can see more if you copy and paste this link to your browser-http://bikeitorhikeit.org/boston_harborwalk.htm
6 locals recommend
HarborWalk
HarborWalkYou can walk this or bike it, I usually jog it. I leave the house going right, to a right on Old colony Terrace where you come out at Morrissey Boulevard. I go a little left, and cross at the intersection over to UMass Boston. The trail/path goes around the school along the water, and behind the JFK museum. I turn around at the second dock, (round trip is 3-1/2 miles) but you can continue on to Castle Island, which is 5 miles from my house. Very Scenic ocean views.
you can see more if you copy and paste this link to your browser-http://bikeitorhikeit.org/boston_harborwalk.htm
This is a short hike right in the neighborhood with a great view. If you copy and paste this link, you can see photos.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/savin-hill-park-dorchester?
Savin Hill Park
25 Caspian WayThis is a short hike right in the neighborhood with a great view. If you copy and paste this link, you can see photos.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/savin-hill-park-dorchester?
Arts & Culture
Presidential History. You can walk to it or drive, the parking is free. There is a cafe onsite as well, and right next door is the Edward Kennedy Institute.
129 locals recommend
John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum & Library
Columbia Point Presidential History. You can walk to it or drive, the parking is free. There is a cafe onsite as well, and right next door is the Edward Kennedy Institute.
Institute contains a full-scale reproduction of the United States Senate Chamber,a replica of Senator Kennedy’s Washington, D.C. office, and digital exhibits.
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
210 Morrissey Blvd Institute contains a full-scale reproduction of the United States Senate Chamber,a replica of Senator Kennedy’s Washington, D.C. office, and digital exhibits.
Built to evoke a 15th-century Venetian palace, the museum itself provides an atmospheric setting for Isabella Stewart Gardner's inventive creation. Gardner hired Willard T. Sears to design the building near the marshy Back Bay Fens to house her growing art collection.[3] Inside the museum, three floors of galleries surround a garden courtyard blooming with life in all seasons.
500 locals recommend
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans WayBuilt to evoke a 15th-century Venetian palace, the museum itself provides an atmospheric setting for Isabella Stewart Gardner's inventive creation. Gardner hired Willard T. Sears to design the building near the marshy Back Bay Fens to house her growing art collection.[3] Inside the museum, three floors of galleries surround a garden courtyard blooming with life in all seasons.
Shopping
Really nice yarn store, with lots of helpful people often knitting right there in the store.
Stitch House Dorchester
846 Dorchester AveReally nice yarn store, with lots of helpful people often knitting right there in the store.
Essentials
This store is at the JFK T stop. I sometimes stop here on my way home from work, pick up a few things and walk the rest of the way home. They have a pretty good selection of prepared food, and have a pharmacy as well.
81 locals recommend
Star Market
4 River StThis store is at the JFK T stop. I sometimes stop here on my way home from work, pick up a few things and walk the rest of the way home. They have a pretty good selection of prepared food, and have a pharmacy as well.
This is the pharmacy I use. Just a short way past the T on the corner of Savin Hill Ave and Dorchester Ave.
34 locals recommend
Rite Aid
971 Bennington StThis is the pharmacy I use. Just a short way past the T on the corner of Savin Hill Ave and Dorchester Ave.
Getting Around
Red line inbound to get you to Downtown Boston. 7 minute walk from my house
12 locals recommend
Savin Hill station
125 Savin Hill AveRed line inbound to get you to Downtown Boston. 7 minute walk from my house
Red line T stop, More trains to choose from when coming home. If I don't want to wait for an Ashmont train to go to Savin Hill I get off here and walk 15-20 minutes home along Morrissey Boulevard.
27 locals recommend
JFK / UMass station
599 Old Colony AveRed line T stop, More trains to choose from when coming home. If I don't want to wait for an Ashmont train to go to Savin Hill I get off here and walk 15-20 minutes home along Morrissey Boulevard.
They will come pick you up at the house if you make a reservation through them.+1 617-282-3900
22 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
4009 Washington StThey will come pick you up at the house if you make a reservation through them.+1 617-282-3900
This is a pick up and drop off for zip car rental. They charge either by the hour or the day.
141 Savin Hill
141 Savin Hill AveThis is a pick up and drop off for zip car rental. They charge either by the hour or the day.