Best of Boston
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What’s worth your time in Boston
- Where to Eat: North End Italian is overrated for the price · Chinatown dim sum from $12 · Skip Faneuil Hall food court
- Things To Do: Freedom Trail is free and worth 3 hours · Book Isabella Stewart Gardner on a weekday · Harvard campus self-tour costs nothing
- Nightlife: Landsdowne Street for live music · Cambridge has better cocktail bars · Cover charges rarely above $15
- Outdoors: Emerald Necklace bike loop is 7 miles · Harbor Islands ferry $20 round-trip from Long Wharf · Best in Sept–Oct
- Kids & Family: New England Aquarium $34 adults, $25 kids · Boston Children’s Museum $22 · Free on Friday nights 5–9pm
- Beauty & Spas: Newbury Street has luxury spas from $150 · South End has better value massage studios around $90/hr
- Home Services: Average cleaning $150–200 for 2BR · Plumber call-out starts at $125 · Snow removal is a December scramble
Neptune Oyster, North End
Everyone fights about the best lobster roll in Boston. We think Neptune Oyster wins — $28 for a hot buttered roll that’s been consistent for years. Go at 4:30pm on a Tuesday to skip the 90-minute weekend line. The raw bar is excellent too.
What’s new in Boston
Time Out Market Boston reopened with 5 new vendors
The Fenway food hall added a Sichuan noodle counter and a lobster grilled cheese stand. Weekend lunch crowds are intense — go before 11:30am.
Reopened this weekHarbor Islands ferry season starts April 12
PartnerGeorges Island and Spectacle Island accessible again. $20 round-trip from Long Wharf, first ferry at 9am.
Added 3 days agoGroupon: 50% off Prudential Skywalk
PartnerObservatory deal at $12 instead of $25. Valid through May. Views are better from the south side in the afternoon.
Added 5 days agoWhat are you in the mood for?
Date night
Cocktails in the South End, dinner in the North End, walk along the Harborwalk after.
Weekend with kids
Children’s Museum in the morning, Duck Boats at noon, ice cream on the Common.
Friends night out
Start at Trillium beer garden, move to Lansdowne for live music, finish at Chinatown.
Something new
Take the ferry to Spectacle Island, explore the Seaport street art, try a new pop-up.
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Faneuil Hall lobster roll
$38
Neptune Oyster lobster roll
$28
Same lobster, 10 fewer dollars, and Neptune’s has been the real deal since 2004. Faneuil Hall is for photos, not food.
SoWa Open Market — free entry, 100+ vendors
Every Saturday 10am–4pm in the South End through October. The food truck row alone is worth the trip — arrive by 10:30 before the tacos sell out.
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