Climbing

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Prezza

4.8 (7.8K reviews) · Italian · $$$
North End
Walk into Prezza and you’ll find solo-dining regulars and first-time lovers alike. And that’s because chef Anthony Caturano’s elevated twist on his nonna’s rustic peasant food seduces entirely, with impeccable service and a great wine list to boot.

4:00 PM

Dining Room

4:30 PM

Dining Room

5:00 PM

Dining Room

8:30 PM

Dining Room

Little Sage

4.8 (650 reviews) · Italian · $
North End
The triumphant return of ‘90s North End favorite Sage in a smaller setting, Little Sage brings back the magic under original chef Tony Susi. Housemade pastas and rustic, oven-roasted dishes remain the order of the day — think spicy squid chitarra and baked fazzoletti with short ribs and fontina.

4:00 PM

Dining Room

4:00 PM

High Top

4:15 PM

Dining Room

4:15 PM

High Top

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

Marcelino's Seaport

4.6 (3.1K reviews) · Mediterranean · $$
Seaport Waterfront
Marcelino’s gets creative with its cocktail menu featuring unexpected ingredients (mushroom butter, baklava spices, feta foam), and doubles down by matching them with imaginative Middle Eastern fare — think skewered squid with saffron and steak with pistachio butter.

12:00 PM

Main Bar Room

12:00 PM

Patio- High Top

12:00 PM

Patio- Low Top

12:00 PM

Speakeasy Room

Zurito

4.7 (2.4K reviews) · Spanish · $$
Beacon Hill
Those who love food know that the Basque country in northern Spain is a culinary paradise. And such is the focus of Zurito, where traditional pintxos (Basque tapas) and other dishes inspired by the region’s cuisine are looked after with extra care from co-owner and chef Jamie Bissonnette.

5:00 PM

Dining Room

7:45 PM

Dining Room

8:00 PM

Bar Seat

8:00 PM

Dining Room

Willie's

4.8 (1.1K reviews) · Pizza · $
Beacon Hill
Zurito has absorbed its next-door neighbor and transformed it into this more casual sibling establishment named for chef Jamie Bissonnette’s beloved French bulldog. Thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas and housemade pastas influenced by Basque and Korean cuisine are the order of the day, manifesting in dishes like rigatoni amatriciana with gochujang and pepperoni alla vodka pies.

9:30 PM

Willie's

LoLa 42

4.6 (5.2K reviews) · Asian-American-Mediterranean · $$
Seaport

11:30 AM

Bar High-Top

11:30 AM

Dining Room

11:30 AM

Patio

11:30 AM

Sushi Bar

ReelHouse Oyster Bar Seaport

4.5 (768 reviews) · Seafood · $$
Seaport District
This sibling to the ReelHouse locations in East Boston and Marina Bay is making its mark at the Seaport with oysters (of course), caviar, sushi tacos, poke bowls, and an array of Neapolitan-style pizzas, all served with a panoramic view of Fan Pier Marina.

11:00 AM

Chef's Counter

11:00 AM

Table

11:00 AM

Window Rail

11:30 AM

Chef's Counter

Pier 6 Boston Waterfront

4.6 (3.7K reviews) · Seafood · $$
Charlestown

11:00 AM

Table

11:30 AM

Table

12:00 PM

Table

12:30 PM

Table

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 and it comes from the industry veterans responsible for Carbone in NYC. And thanks to its glass enclosure, it’s a rooftop restaurant you can count on enjoying year-round.

6:30 AM

Breakfast

6:45 AM

Breakfast

7:00 AM

Breakfast

7:15 AM

Breakfast

ReelHouse East Boston Waterfront

4.5 (3.6K reviews) · Seafood · $$
East Boston

11:00 AM

Dining Room

11:30 AM

Dining Room

12:00 PM

Dining Room

12:30 PM

Dining Room

Woods Hill Pier 4 - Seaport

4.6 (10K reviews) · American · $$
Seaport

5:00 PM

Bar Table

5:00 PM

Dining Room

5:15 PM

Bar Table

5:15 PM

Dining Room

Cactus Club Cafe Back Bay

4.7 (294 reviews) · Contemporary American · $$
Back Bay
There aren’t many places where you can sit down for dinner and expect a wide range of dishes from hamachi sashimi and rigatoni Bolognese to a 14oz ribeye in peppercorn brandy sauce to hit your table. But the Back Bay location of this Canada-born restaurant is one of them. Add all of the above to a sprawling, high-ceiling dining room with a wrap-around bar, and we’ll admit that the Canadians are onto something.

11:30 AM

Lunch

11:45 AM

Lunch

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:15 PM

Lunch

La Padrona

4.6 (5.2K reviews) · Italian · $$
Back Bay
James Beard Best Chef winner Jody Adams is known for her Greek and Italian restaurants (Saloniki, Porto), but she’s never had a place like this before: a two-level culinary mecca in the luxury Raffles hotel, with décor inspired by an Italian villa and a menu that roams Italy’s countryside, from Sicily to Piedmont.

5:00 PM

Bar Seat

5:00 PM

Dining Room

5:00 PM

High Top

5:15 PM

Bar Seat

Myers + Chang

4.8 (10K reviews) · Asian · $$
South End
Joanne Chang’s riveting Asian-ish diner is executed to the nines, commanding an always-streaming crowd of locals. And that’s because Chang’s tribute to the flavors of her childhood are an electric kind of soul food, rooted in pillowy dim sum.

4:00 PM

Communal

4:00 PM

Communal Table

4:00 PM

Counter

4:00 PM

Counter Seats

The Courtyard Tea Room

4.6 (5.6K reviews) · Tea Room · $$
Back Bay East
Dress in style for an elegant afternoon sojourn in this luminous tea room overlooking the Italianate courtyard at the Boston Public Library, and enjoy tea sandwiches, scones, and petits fours with a wide choice of teas. Like your tea with an added punch? Imaginative tea-based cocktails are also served.

11:00 AM

Courtyard

Bey

4.9 (349 reviews) · Lebanese · $
South End
It’s named for Beirut, not Beyoncé, but Bey does share some qualities with its pop-star co-name — including being favorites of ours. Know that the crispy cauliflower, stuffed grape leaves, and harissa-rubbed lamb chops are not to be missed.

5:00 PM

Dining Room

5:15 PM

Dining Room

9:00 PM

Dining Room

9:15 PM

Dining Room

KAVA neo-taverna

4.8 (7.2K reviews) · Greek · $$
South End
This tiny taverna’s salt-washed interior and simple, satisfying takes on traditional Greek fare are enough to transport us to Mykonos, even in the shadows of the brownstones on Shawmut Avenue. The move here is to go family style: A starting order of keftedes (lamb meatballs), gigandes (lima beans in savory tomato sauce), and saganaki garides (baked shrimp with peppers, onions, spicy tomatoes and feta) won’t disappoint.

4:00 PM

Dining Room

4:00 PM

PATIO

4:15 PM

Dining Room

4:15 PM

PATIO

Gigi

4.7 (2.7K reviews) · Italian · $
South End
When this crowd-pleasing Columbus Avenue standby closed after 27 years, Italian food-lovers mourned. But now, the team behind Ilona and Kava Neo Taverna has brought it back, and it’s just as excellent as you might remember, serving all your Italian cravings, from calamari to carbonara.

5:00 PM

Dining Room

5:00 PM

Dining room

5:00 PM

Patio

5:15 PM

Dining Room

Barking Crab

4.3 (459 reviews) · Seafood · $$
Seaport District
With its red-and-yellow-striped tent on the shoulder of the Fort Point Channel, the Barking Crab is a Boston landmark unto itself. But that’s not what packs its wooden deck year-round: Crowds come to feast on New England seafood classics like steamed lobsters, clambakes, and yes, crab, served with corn on the cob and plenty of warm butter. Lobster rolls, meanwhile, make for a less labor-intensive meal.