Boston: The Short List

Boston skyline from Middlesex Fells Reservation

(Photo by Hunter Sawyer on 35mm color-infrared film)

• To do: A harbor cruise or ferry out to explore the islands in the Boston Harbor, duck boat tour, concert or show in the Theater District, escape rooms including Escape the Room Boston and Boxaroo

The North End

• To see: Old North Church, Paul Revere House

• To eat: Trattoria il Panino, Mike’s Pastry

Waterfront & ‘Downtown’

• To see: Christopher Columbus Park, Fanueil Hall, Government Center, Old State House, King’s Chapel, Granary Burying Ground, Union Oyster House, Bell in Hand Tavern, Old South Meeting House Rose Kennedy Greenway, State House, Boston Common, Boston Public Garden, Beacon Hill neighborhood, Acorn Street

• To do: visit the New England Aquarium, visit Quincy Market, shopping at Downtown Crossing

• To eat: Saus, Boston Public Market, Clover Food Lab, Boloco

Back Bay

• To see: Copley Square, Trinity Church, 200 Clarendon/John Hancock Tower, Boston Public Library, Boston Marathon starting line

• To do: walk or shop on Newbury Street, visit the Prudential Center mall, see a show at Symphony Hall

• To eat: Eataly, Copley Square Farmer’s Market (Tuesdays and Fridays)

Fenway

• To see: Fenway Park, the Fens

• To do: visit the Museum of Fine Arts, visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

South End

• To do: SoWa open market on Sundays in season

• To eat: Blackbird Doughnuts, FoMu, Five Horses

Seaport

• To see: 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, Seaport World Trade Center

• To do: Lawn on D

• To eat: Flour, Committee, Bon Me, Drink

Recommendations just outside of downtown

• South Boston

  • John F. Kennedy library

• Charlestown

  • Bunker Hill monument

  • USS Constitution

• East End

  • Downeast Cider house

  • KO Catering and Pies

• Towards Cambridge

  • Museum of Science

Nightlife and bars

• Financial District: Howl at the Moon, Central Wharf Co.

• TD Garden area: Causeway, The Harp, West End Johnnie’s, Greatest Bar

• Faneuil Hall area: The Black Rose, The Hong Kong, Ned Devine’s, Sissy K’s, Mija Cantina & Tequila Bar

• Back Bay: Lir, Lolita, Dillon’s, Back Bay Social Club, King’s

• Fenway: Bleacher Bar, Cask ‘n Flagon, Yard House, Hojoko, Lansdowne Pub

Portrait in Boston Public Garden

(Photo by Hunter Sawyer on 35mm film)