Guidebook for Boston
Sightseeing
Free tour! For a small donation, you learn a lot of history, a free glass, and pitchers of beer! They also have off season/rare gallon beer jugs in the gift shop!
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Samuel Adams Boston Brewery
30 Germania StreetFree tour! For a small donation, you learn a lot of history, a free glass, and pitchers of beer! They also have off season/rare gallon beer jugs in the gift shop!
Beautiful pond in the middle of the city gives the feel you are miles from the city when in reality you're only a couple of blocks from JP & The Fens.
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Jamaica Pond
Beautiful pond in the middle of the city gives the feel you are miles from the city when in reality you're only a couple of blocks from JP & The Fens.
Food Scene
Just a couple blocks from home, sit and enjoy your coffee. Casual coffee-shop with a menu of Italian-style light dishes and specially blended drinks. Free Wifi, fireplace & great ambiance
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Caffè Nero
733 Centre StJust a couple blocks from home, sit and enjoy your coffee. Casual coffee-shop with a menu of Italian-style light dishes and specially blended drinks. Free Wifi, fireplace & great ambiance
“Friendly” servers handle the “crowded” room at this Jamaica Plain “go-to”, delivering “quality” American eats just “unusual enough to be memorable” and “interesting” cocktails at “reasonable prices”; a spacious sidewalk patio and sense of neighborhood “atmosphere” in the industrial exposed-brick interior help ensure guests “will return.”
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Canary Square
435 S Huntington Ave“Friendly” servers handle the “crowded” room at this Jamaica Plain “go-to”, delivering “quality” American eats just “unusual enough to be memorable” and “interesting” cocktails at “reasonable prices”; a spacious sidewalk patio and sense of neighborhood “atmosphere” in the industrial exposed-brick interior help ensure guests “will return.”
“Small bites feel big” at this Jamaica Plain joint putting out “delicious”, “funky” Spanish tapas that “draw all the locals”; the “cozy, welcoming” vibe driven by a “super-friendly” staff extends to a “cozy” dining room, a small patio that “feels like someone’s front yard” and an “awesome”, “unique” book and record shop in the rear.
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Tres Gatos
470 Centre St“Small bites feel big” at this Jamaica Plain joint putting out “delicious”, “funky” Spanish tapas that “draw all the locals”; the “cozy, welcoming” vibe driven by a “super-friendly” staff extends to a “cozy” dining room, a small patio that “feels like someone’s front yard” and an “awesome”, “unique” book and record shop in the rear.
Now under the same ownership as nearby tapas hit Tres Gatos, this reborn Jamaica Plain eatery serves Mediterranean and Italian cuisine prepared by chef Brian Rae (ex Rialto), including midsized plates of housemade pastas with fresh, local veggies and smaller cicchetti like roasted figs and grapes. The fully renovated interior, still quite intimate but newly stylish and slick, feels like a romantic little retreat, with wine carafes aplenty.
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Centre Street Cafe
669A Centre StreetNow under the same ownership as nearby tapas hit Tres Gatos, this reborn Jamaica Plain eatery serves Mediterranean and Italian cuisine prepared by chef Brian Rae (ex Rialto), including midsized plates of housemade pastas with fresh, local veggies and smaller cicchetti like roasted figs and grapes. The fully renovated interior, still quite intimate but newly stylish and slick, feels like a romantic little retreat, with wine carafes aplenty.
Bakeshop making breads & pastries plus light fare like soups & sandwiches, with many vegan options.
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Fiore's Bakery
55 South StBakeshop making breads & pastries plus light fare like soups & sandwiches, with many vegan options.
Informal spot for thin-crust pies with inventive toppings & a huge selection of bottled beers.
The roasted eggplant pizza is quite likely the greatest thing ever created!
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Penguin Pizza
735 Huntington AveInformal spot for thin-crust pies with inventive toppings & a huge selection of bottled beers.
The roasted eggplant pizza is quite likely the greatest thing ever created!
This local chain serves “wicked good”, wax paper–wrapped burgers and other “genuine American diner” eats in “no-frills”, retro-tinged spaces; “consistent” service, “cheap” tabs and “peppy” vibes come with the territory, and there’s a “great late-night” scene in Fenway – where the griddle stays hot till 2AM.
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Tasty Burger
86 Boylston StThis local chain serves “wicked good”, wax paper–wrapped burgers and other “genuine American diner” eats in “no-frills”, retro-tinged spaces; “consistent” service, “cheap” tabs and “peppy” vibes come with the territory, and there’s a “great late-night” scene in Fenway – where the griddle stays hot till 2AM.
Getting Around
7 minute walk through picturesque streets in JP to get from home to Green St Train Station.
Orange line (Oak Grove) takes you to the following:
- Back Bay station: 6 stops (12 min)
- Haymarket station (North End district): 10 stops (20 min)
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Green Street station
150 Green St7 minute walk through picturesque streets in JP to get from home to Green St Train Station.
Orange line (Oak Grove) takes you to the following:
- Back Bay station: 6 stops (12 min)
- Haymarket station (North End district): 10 stops (20 min)
Bus # 39 takes you to Back Bay station/Coplay Square in about 35 minutes. Bus stops right down the street.
South St @ Carolina Ave
Bus # 39 takes you to Back Bay station/Coplay Square in about 35 minutes. Bus stops right down the street.
Essentials
“Lucky” fans say it’s “refreshing” to frequent these deli-market takeaways given their “focus on high-quality” local ingredients, which are made into “superb sandwiches”; a few note that the pace can be “lackadaisical” and the prices are relatively “steep” to reflect the “organic” focus, but most deem it “totally worth” the “splurge.”
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City Feed and Supply
672 Centre St“Lucky” fans say it’s “refreshing” to frequent these deli-market takeaways given their “focus on high-quality” local ingredients, which are made into “superb sandwiches”; a few note that the pace can be “lackadaisical” and the prices are relatively “steep” to reflect the “organic” focus, but most deem it “totally worth” the “splurge.”
Parks & Nature
Just a couple of blocks away from home (Arborway & Centre St Entrance), the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University discovers and disseminates knowledge of the plant kingdom to foster greater understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of Earth’s botanical diversity and its essential value to humankind.
Ideal place for a peaceful walk, bike ride, picnic
More info at www.arboretum.harvard.edu
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Arnold Arboretum de la Universidad de Harvard
125 ArborwayJust a couple of blocks away from home (Arborway & Centre St Entrance), the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University discovers and disseminates knowledge of the plant kingdom to foster greater understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of Earth’s botanical diversity and its essential value to humankind.
Ideal place for a peaceful walk, bike ride, picnic
More info at www.arboretum.harvard.edu
Entertainment & Activities
The Footlight Club is the oldest continuously-running community theatre group in the United States of America, having performed every year since 1877. It is a non-profit organization, incorporated as such in 1927.
More info at www.footlight.org.
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Footlight Club
7 Eliot StThe Footlight Club is the oldest continuously-running community theatre group in the United States of America, having performed every year since 1877. It is a non-profit organization, incorporated as such in 1927.
More info at www.footlight.org.
Drinks & Nightlife
This hopping Back Bay Mexican is the “place you want to be” for “tasty” eats, “to-die-for” margaritas and “little extras” that fuel the “really funky” vibe – e.g. the temporary tattoos and complementary Pop Rocks–sprinkled cotton candy that arrive with the check; the “fabulous decor” features dim lighting and red-and-black flocked wallpaper, with the “sexy lounge” definitely working as a “hot date site.”
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Lolita Back Bay
271 Dartmouth StThis hopping Back Bay Mexican is the “place you want to be” for “tasty” eats, “to-die-for” margaritas and “little extras” that fuel the “really funky” vibe – e.g. the temporary tattoos and complementary Pop Rocks–sprinkled cotton candy that arrive with the check; the “fabulous decor” features dim lighting and red-and-black flocked wallpaper, with the “sexy lounge” definitely working as a “hot date site.”