Boston’s Essential Cozy Locales on Resy

Boston’s Essential Cozy Locales

Your new favorite après-ski (sans the ski) locales — fireplace, snug corners, and heart-warming fare included.

Restaurant Listings

Parla

4.6 (3.6K reviews) · Italian · $$
North End
From excellently-crafted libations to a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired drinking quest (if the bartender asks if you want to roll the dice, say yes), Parla stands as a haven for drinkers in-the-know in the ever-crowded North End.

3:15 PM - Indoor Dining Room
3:30 PM - Indoor Dining Room
3:45 PM - Indoor Dining Room
4:00 PM - Indoor Dining Room

Tip Tap Room

4.7 (2.1K reviews) · American · $$
Beacon Hill

Bogie’s Place

4.6 (755 reviews) · Steakhouse · $$$
Downtown Crossing
You’ll definitely want to find your way to this semi-secret steakhouse, hidden speakeasy-style with entrances in the back of the adjacent JM Curley restaurant and Wig Shop cocktail lounge, from the same proprietors. Expect the likes of oysters Rockefeller, prime Angus steaks, and truffle fries.

5:00 PM - Bar Seat
5:00 PM - Dining Room
5:15 PM - Bar Seat
5:15 PM - Dining Room

The Wig Shop

4.6 (1.2K reviews) · Cocktail Bar · $
Downtown Crossing
What was long an actual Boston wig emporium has given way to this suave cocktail lounge (deep blue velvet banquettes, translucent floor-to-ceiling gold curtains), where the drinks are serious but presented with a sense of fun, and the bar fare might run to squid ink crêpes with caviar.

5:00 PM - Lounge
5:15 PM - Lounge
5:30 PM - Lounge
5:45 PM - Lounge

Willie's

4.8 (1.1K reviews) · Pizza · $
Beacon Hill
Thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas and housemade pastas influenced by Basque and Korean cuisine are the order of the day.

9:30 PM - Willie's

Contessa Boston

4.5 (21K reviews) · Italian · $$$$
Back Bay
An Italian restaurant worthy of its regal name, all-day Contessa sits atop the swanky Newbury Boston. Enjoying a year-round outdoor rooftop with glass enclosure.

6:30 AM - Breakfast
6:45 AM - Breakfast

Lanner Noodles - Seaport

4.4 (128 reviews) · Chinese · $
Seaport
Lanner Noodles serves a variety of piping-hot bowls, including hand-pulled noodles with aromatic broths.

11:30 AM - Dining Room

Myers + Chang

4.8 (10K reviews) · Asian · $$
South End
Joanne Chang’s riveting Asian-ish diner is a tribute to her childhood flavors rooted in pillowy dim sum.

4:00 PM - Communal

Franklin Cafe

4.8 (2.1K reviews) · New American · $
South End
Serving a full menu until 1:30 a.m., Franklin Cafe has become one of Boston’s favorite after-hours restaurant industry hangouts.