# 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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/parla?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/tip-tap-room?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.7 (2.1K reviews) · American · $$  
Beacon Hill

### [Bogie’s Place](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/bogies-place?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/the-wig-shop?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/willies-ma?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/contessa?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/lanner-noodles-and-bar?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/myers-and-chang?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/franklin-cafe?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
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.

- 5:00 PM - Dining Room

### [Parm - Copley Place](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/parm-copley-place?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
3.5 (448 reviews) · Italian · $  
Copley Place

- 11:00 AM - Dining Room

### [KAVA neo-taverna](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/kava-neo-taverna?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.8 (7.2K reviews) · Greek · $$  
South End  
This tiny taverna offers traditional Greek fare.

- 4:00 PM - Dining Room

### [Shy Bird - South Boston](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/shy-bird-south-boston?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.7 (179 reviews) · American · $  
South Boston  
Chicken, roasted or fried, is king at this all-day café.

- 9:00 AM - Dining Room

### [State Park](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/state-park?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.8 (931 reviews) · American · $$  
Kendall

- 4:00 PM - Dinner

### [Field & Vine](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/field-and-vine?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.8 (4.9K reviews) · American · $$  
Union Square  
Anyone who can make us crave grilled cabbage deserves some sort of medal.

- 5:00 PM - Dining Room

### [Bronwyn Restaurant](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/bronwyn?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.8 (77 reviews) · German · $$  
Union Square

- 5:00 PM - Dining Room

### [The Independent](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/the-independent?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.6 (804 reviews) · American · $$  
Union Square

- 5:00 PM - Dining Room

### [The Citizen](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/the-citizen-boston?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.6 (1.9K reviews) · American · $$  
Fenway

- 4:30 PM - Dining Room

### [The Smoke Shop BBQ- Harvard Square](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/the-smoke-shop-bbq-harvard-square?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.5 (585 reviews) · BBQ · $  
Harvard Square  
The Smoke Shop BBQ brings Texas-style brisket and more to Harvard Square.

- 11:30 AM - Dining Room

### [Avenue Kitchen and Bar](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/avenue-kitchen-and-bar?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.9 (1.7K reviews) · American · $$  
Ball Square

- 4:00 PM - Dining Room

### [Qiao Lin Hotpot Boston](/content/cities/boston-ma/venues/qiao-lin-hotpot-boston?date=2026-07-28&seats=2/index.html)
4.5 (64 reviews) · Chinese · $$  
Boston  
If you have not had Chongqing-style hotpot, let this Chicago import educate you.

- 11:30 AM - Dining Room