Don't miss creamy New England clam chowder... Atlantic Fish co restaurants are ubiquitous and serve very fine chowder.
Very touristy, but still very atmospheric. Go to Durgin Park for some Boston Baked Beans.
This area is full of very trendy restaurants and bars etc.
Charming brownstones and a great shopping area.
Fantastic acoustics in this glass globe room.
Outdoor concert venue on the Charles River Esplanade.
Great Jewish soul food in Brookline.
335 Harvard Street, Brookline
Tel: 617 975 0075
www.zaftigs.com/aboutus.html
Great independent cinema in Brookline, hosts animation fests etc.
This is wonderful ... they have plays at the top of the museum in which your child can join in. You couldn't keep my son off the stage!
Beautiful, genteel place for a walk. On the E branch of the Green T line, so a good place to unwind after a few hours in the MFA or the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum.
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