Free tastings in theSouth Boston Waterfront brewery weekdays are at 4 p.m.; there is an additional tasting at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Leggi tutto.
The empty expanse is livened up by free concerts sponsored by the city on summer Wednesday evenings. Leggi tutto.
Shakespeare on the Common performances here are always fun. In 2012, "Coriolanus" will be performed from July 25 - August 12,Tuesdays-Saturdays 8pm & Sundays 7pm. Leggi tutto.
It costs money to join, but this private library offers free tours of its treasures on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 p.m. Reservations required. Meet at the circulation desk. 617-227-0270, ext. 279 Leggi tutto.
Enjoy strolling Olmsted's parks any day of the week. Or try one of the free walking tours, Sundays, 1 to 2:30 p.m., through October. Leggi tutto.
Bring your kids age 10 and under to British Beer Company (at all 10 locations) on Monday nights for a free meal. Kids can choose from Shepherd’s Pie, hot dogs, fish ‘n chips, and more. Leggi tutto.
Bring your kids age 10 and under to British Beer Company (at all 10 locations) on Monday nights for a free meal. Kids can choose from Shepherd’s Pie, hot dogs, fish ‘n chips, and more. Leggi tutto.
Free meals for kids under 12, if you dine before 7 p.m. weekdays. The kid’s menu includes clam chowder, grilled chicken breast, and baked cod. Plus Shirley Temples or milk. Leggi tutto.
If you don’t mind eating on the earlier side (3-6pm weekdays), take your kids to Abby Park during the week for a free meal. Kids can enjoy grilled cheese, sliders, chicken fingers and more. Leggi tutto.
Kids under 12 eat free on weekdays. Meal choices include the standard favorites: PB&J, Kraft mac and cheese, and mini pizzas. Leggi tutto.
Kids eat free on Monday and Tuesday nights after 4 p.m, munching on mozzarella cheese wedges, chicken fingers, burgers, and more. More places where kids eat free: http://bo.st/REmUcD Leggi tutto.
Kids eat free on Monday and Tuesday nights after 4 p.m, munching on mozzarella cheese wedges, chicken fingers, burgers, and more. More places where kids eat free: http://bo.st/REmUcD Leggi tutto.
Tuesday nights, kids eat free from 5-10:30 on traditional Italian fare such as spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, and ravioli. Leggi tutto.
Do your kids love traditional Italian fare such as spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, and ravioli? Bring the kids between 5 and 10:30 p.m. for a free Italian meal on Tuesday nights. Leggi tutto.
Kids under 12 can enjoy burgers, chicken fingers, pizza, hot dog, fish, crunchy veggies, and more for free, after 5 p.m. Sunday - Wednesday. Leggi tutto.
Kids under age 12 can nosh pizza and other foods off the Fire Chief Jr. Menu for free Tuesday nights between 5 and 8 p.m. Leggi tutto.
Bring kids to The Village Manor on Tuesday night for free hamburgers, pizza, pasta, seafood, salads, and more. Leggi tutto.
Your kids can enjoy vanilla ice cream for dessert and kiddie hot dogs, cheeseburgers, spaghetti, and more for a free dinner on Tuesday nights. Leggi tutto.
Kids eat free on Tuesday night. Read our full list at http://bo.st/R7GPSa Leggi tutto.
Bring the kids on Sunday to try a kid’s sushi roll (with cucumber, carrot, and cream cheese), kids pasta made three ways, haddock, corn dogs, and more. Leggi tutto.
Kids eat free every Sunday night at Jack Tar. Children must be under 12. Kids can choose from fish ‘n chips, salad, chicken fingers, and more. Leggi tutto.
Kids eat free on Sunday nights. Adults can enjoy oysters, salmon, steaks, and more while kids feast on pizza and grass-fed beef burgers. Leggi tutto.
Kids love pizza. And adults love free. Bring your kids for free pizza on Sunday nights at Ravi’s Pasta & Pizzeria. Kids must be under 10. Leggi tutto.
Bring your kids age 12 and under to Qdoba Mexican Grill on Tuesday nights. Your kids can enjoy burritos, quesadillas, and tacos for free. Leggi tutto.
Bring your kids age 12 and under to Qdoba Mexican Grill on Tuesday nights, and they'll enjoy burritos, quesadillas, and tacos for free. Leggi tutto.
Kids age 12 and under eat free on Tuesday nights. They can try the “Moo Moo Mr. Cow” (a kid-sized burrito served with your choice of protein, beans, seasoned rice, and cheese). Leggi tutto.
Kids will get a chuckle out of eating entrees with names like “Moo Moo Mr. Cow” (a kid-sized burrito served with your choice of protein, beans, seasoned rice, and cheese), as they eat free on Tues. Leggi tutto.
That Somerville is now a hot dining destination is due, in large part, to Keith Pooler. In his kitchen at Bergamot, the chef takes the ubiquitous farm-to-table theme and runs with it. Leggi tutto.
When chef Barbara Lynch opened this South End boîte, she proved that slabs of fat-streaked, air-cured meats and stylish Bostonians make an excellent, if unlikely, pairing. Check the stellar wine list. Leggi tutto.
Is it worth an hour wait? Put it this way: We’d stand in the February cold for the whipped lardo crostini. We’d get pelted with hail for the cavatelli with chicken sausage. Leggi tutto.
Few chefs do both upscale and low-key fare as well as Craigie’s Tony Maws. Nor do many offer them side by side, as he does at his Cambridge restaurant. Leggi tutto.
Peter McCarthy was doing farm-to-table before practically anyone else, and his “Home Grown” menu, annotated with a list of the producers, is still an example of local sourcing done right. Leggi tutto.
A rooftop garden. Colorful paintings by the chef. A globe-spanning menu. No, it’s not the latest city restaurant — it’s 51 Lincoln, the tiny Newton eatery. Leggi tutto.
The folks behind the gastropub understand that people go out for fun, but when it comes time for more-serious eats, they don’t mess around. Try their wedge salad and Fluffernutter dessert. Leggi tutto.
If newer spots are like overdyed designer denim, Hamersley’s is the classic pair of jeans you cannot do without. Great for date nights. Leggi tutto.
Shrimp and grits. Boiled peanuts. The menu might sound like it’ll more warm your soul than blow your mind. But blow your mind, it will. Leggi tutto.
Like any good Italian grandson, chef Dante de Magistris gives all the credit to his nonna. But only de Magistris could make them somehow elegant and unfussy, rich and restrained. Good for groups. Leggi tutto.
Duxbury’s Island Creek Oysters are so ubiquitous locally, we’ve come to consider them the gold standard. (Sorry, Wellfleets.) Read on for ordering tips. Leggi tutto.
Thank heavens it was only two months after a fire that La Morra was cranking out tagliatelle anew. Start with a handful of cicchetti, such as fried olives, before tucking in to the bigger plates. Leggi tutto.
Getting out of the city can do wonders for clearing the mind — and, in the case of L’Andana, filling the belly. The wood-grilled steaks are pure, elemental pleasure. Leggi tutto.
Our testers are constantly on the lookout for signs they’ve been noticed—too many “gifts” from the chef; a suspiciously good table. At L’Espalier, though, we can never tell. Read on for why. Leggi tutto.
Finding a restaurant not hawking locavore fare these days is tough, but at Lumière it’s no gimmick. Leggi tutto.
Yes, it’s Market by Jean-Georges, as in superstar chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. But it’s not just celeb-chef good, it’s good good. Don't miss the five-course “Market” menu. Leggi tutto.
What hasn’t already been said about the highest of high-end Boston restaurants? Just go. Go for the experience of being waited on hand, foot, and glass. Leggi tutto.
Warm rolls in a cast-iron pan. Steaks with bone-marrow butter. These details make Mooo not just an excellent steakhouse, but also a lovely place to dine. Especially check out the wine list, too. Leggi tutto.
Chef Joanne Chang’s people-pleasing tendencies extend to Asian fare at this funky diner, where the vibrant décor and über-cheerful staff combine to make even Tuesday nights feel festive. Leggi tutto.
You’ve waited patiently for those hot fried clams, that butter-drizzled lobster roll, that flaky grilled whole branzino. You deserve that scallop ceviche. Leggi tutto.
Every now and then, grownups need to be romanced. They need to feel giddy, and special, and starry-eyed. And there’s no surer path to that feeling than a date at No. 9. Read on for what to order. Leggi tutto.
The hard part is finding your way into this barely marked sushi destination. The rest is easy. We head straight for the specialty rolls. Leggi tutto.
If it were up to us, we’d craft our entire meal here out of the first courses; they’re just that satisfying. Leggi tutto.
They say man cannot live by bread alone, but for Posto’s bruschetta, we’d be willing to try. Leggi tutto.
Chef Anthony Caturano is a guy’s guy. He’s a big-game hunter, a fisherman, a carnivore to the core. So it’s no surprise that some of Prezza’s best stuff comes from the wood grill. Leggi tutto.
Long before the skinny-jeans crowd claimed Central Square, chef Steve Johnson made it a cool spot to dine. Leggi tutto.
Poor Charles Hotel. How many people pass through its lobby nightly, ignoring its staffers’ smiles and glazing over its décor? Blame Rialto: The second-floor restaurant has such pull. Leggi tutto.
It’s hard not to be annoyed when great local chefs decamp to other locales. So we’re ecstatic that when Carolyn Johnson left Rialto, she stayed within our sphere. Leggi tutto.
Salts has an atmosphere of such genuine warmth that it’s the destination for special-occasion dinners. Ultracool platings make for dishes that delight you even before they hit your lips. Leggi tutto.
There’s no theme to Lydia Shire’s Liberty Hotel restaurant, other than “tasty.” Leggi tutto.
When a restaurant’s culinary substance matches its style, as Jamie Mammano’s eatery manages, that’s a beautiful thing. Leggi tutto.
It isn’t for everyone. You sit next to strangers, it's bright and noisy, but those are the reasons we luuuuurrve Sportello. It’s quirky. Leggi tutto.
The chef’s impeccable technique turns simple dishes like a soft-scrambled egg with trumpet mushrooms into something you’ll dream about for days. Leggi tutto.
With food that capitalizes on the season’s bounty, chef David Punch reels in a cross section of Cambridge. Arrive a few minutes early to share a snack or two. Leggi tutto.
There’s a reason owner Krista Kranyak was able to open two more Ten Tables locations after this one: It’s the kind of smashingly successful indie restaurant that everyone wants in the neighborhood. Leggi tutto.
Show up about 40 minutes before you want to eat, because unless it’s 5:30 on a Monday, you’re going to wait. Luckily, that’s just enough time to order and drink one of Toro’s excellent cocktails. Leggi tutto.
There are restaurants for food lovers who like wine, and there are places for those who have a deep love for small-batch burgundies, and want something lovely to eat with them. Troquet is the latter. Leggi tutto.
Chef Michael Schlow isn’t exactly a quiet-suburbs kind of restaurateur; the guy’s got an eatery at Foxwoods, for Pete’s sake. But Alta Strada is amore on a plate. Read on for what to order. Leggi tutto.
Harvest has a problem. We can never decide when to go: enjoy the dinner? Sunday brunch? If only every conundrum were this tasty… Leggi tutto.
There are few restaurants in Boston our staffers recommend to friends more frequently than Provence-inspired Bistro du Midi. In its favor: location, vibe, versatility, and of course, the food. Leggi tutto.
Jason Bond doesn’t proclaim anything, so when you go to his petite, year-old restaurant, the experience will catch you off-guard. Leggi tutto.
Despite being part of the popular Ken Oringer restaurant club, this tiny sashimi bar in the Eliot Hotel still feels like a secret. Leggi tutto.
It’s been 13 years since this French-Asian spot opened, but a meal here still delights. Get the garlic–black pepper lobster with lemongrass fried rice. Leggi tutto.
Ken Oringer is a tinkerer—one of just a handful of local chefs to toy with techniques like spherification—which makes for some intriguing plates. Great for date nights and business meetings. Leggi tutto.
The name says it all: This tiny Inman Square spot cooks up Chinese-style dishes with New England ingredients, to delicious effect. Leggi tutto.
When you finish dinner, you won’t want to return to that neon-lit madness outside. But leave you must. Otherwise, how can you come back? Leggi tutto.
The raw bar here is one of the city’s best, the drink list superb. Perfect spot for cocktails and group gatherings. Leggi tutto.
Like most steakhouses, Grill 23 is full of mahogany, martinis, and expensive suits. Unlike at most steakhouses, the food is actually worth the ridiculous prices. Leggi tutto.
One of the city's best secondhand stores, it carries clothing, housewares and furniture, some of it dating back to the 1920s. Leggi tutto.