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Boston This Weekend: Looking for the best Pizza and Steak
HI Ladies,
Thanks for your earlier help (I posted a few days ago) and thanks to you we have a growing itinerary. We were planning to go to NYC, but our plans changed at the last minute so we are excited to be heading to boston Thurs-Sunday, however, my planning time has been limited so I am trying tonight/tomorrow to firm up some plans and reservations
Heres the plan:
Thursday: arrive 4ish -looking for somewhere for a nice Italian dinner?? Maybe do some shopping
Friday Morning- Duck Tour, Shopping on Newbury Street-would love a Pizza Recommendation or possibly Franklin Cafe for lunch?
Afternoon-Maybe head to Harvard Square and check out the campus? Would love more shopping Recs
Evening Drinks/bar food at Drink
Saturday - no plans but would love some suggestions. Want to go to Mikes bakery and shopping maybe at Felini's basement. Are there any cool markets, outdoor squares etc? We would like to hit a fancy/urban modern steakhouse for dinner--possibly "KO Prime, or the butcher shop" Evening- celtics game- looking for somewhere to go for drinks after
Sunday- sleep in, catch flight home
Thanks for any input...
Re: Boston This Weekend: Looking for the best Pizza and Steak
You can't go wrong with any restaurant in the North End for Italian or pizza. We love getting pizza at Pizzeria Regina when we go in for events at the Garden. Our favorite restaurant in the North End is LoConte's on Salem St.
On Friday if you are on Newbury St you can get pizza at the Upper Crust, its very good and popular.
There are a lot of bars near the Garden, its always a lot of fun at the Harp, and there is also Boston Beer Works, Hurricane O'Reillys, and lots of little bars. The atmosphere will be great around there.
For other recommendations I would suggest Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market for shopping, drinks and food.
I am emphatically anti-Upper Crust after the expose about their labor practices, so I just have to put that out there. (Because I am a bleeding heart liberal, heh.) In the North End, Regina is always a solid bet (though there may be a wait), but I like Il Panino Express (my one exception to the "don't eat on Hanover Street" rule). For lunch over by Newbury street, I recommend Parrish Cafe.
As for a bar over by the Garden, we used to go to the Grand Canal. But there's no shortage of bars on that strip, most of them are really similar. You can also walk over to the Quincy Market/Fanueil Hall area for bars - I like the Green Dragon, which is tucked away a bit and has been around since 1600 something. (Though as a disclaimer, I haven't been over there in a while.)
If you go to Harvard Square, be sure to stop by the Museum of Natural History and see the glass flowers. They're amazing. There are plenty of shops in Harvard Square- if you like books, be sure to stop by Harvard Book Store (the independent bookstore), and for interesting-but-not-at-all-overpriced jewelery, Zinnia is your place.
Also, I'm guessing you meant Filene's Basement, yes? The flagship store has been closed for a while now, sadly, but there's a store on Boylston Street. (Back-end on Newbury Street.) Downtown Crossing (where Filene's Basement was) isn't worth it, unless you really, really want to see a Macys. There are a couple of decent restaurants over there - Stoddards Alehouse and Max and Dylan's come to mind.
Have fun!
Thursday: Go to the North End for dinner on Thursday and you can hit Mike's Pastries or Modern for dessert afterwards. Before dinner, you could walk around Faneuil Hall for a bit (it's walking distance to the North End) for some shopping.
Friday: Other suggestions for lunch on Newbury Street are Trident or Stephanie's is supposed to be good (I haven't been). You might also want to shop in the nearby Copley Square/Mall area, lots of high-end stores there. One block over from Newbury is Boylston St. which also has a lot of stores.
Harvard Square is great, lots of cute stores to check out in the area (Black Ink is a fun novelty-type place). Oh, and there's great pizza at Pinocchio's in Harvard Square (or 'Noch's as the locals call it)--the Sicilian slices are the best. Burdick's is also a great little chocolate place and I love Tealuxe. Take a tour of the campus itself if you're interested, but whatever you do don't rub the foot of the John Harvard statue for good luck; legend has it some students pee on it for the "benefit" of tourists
Saturday: I already linked you to my list of things to do in the area in your thread on the Travel board. You should have lots of ideas there. I've also already suggested Mooo for steak, but there are lots of great options.
It's true, they do pee on it. NEVER touch the toe. Don't even breathe in the air surrounding the toe. Stand a respectable 3-5 feet from the statue and nod in appreciation.
Rock is right about Pinnochios. Oggi in Holyoke Center is also really good, and I hear good things about Otto, on Mass Ave, though I haven't tried it. Oh, and Cambridge 1 has good flatbread pizza.
Edited - also be sure to take a walk up Charles Street in Boston, just off the Common/Public Garden. Lots of cute shops (antiques) and some decent restaurants over there. Todd English has a pizza place, Figs, that is pretty good (though tiny, if I remember correctly). And we used to eat at Artu every couple of weeks when my husband lived over there.
I would avoid Mikes and head to Maria's. It looks like a hole in the wall, but it's fantastic! They will fill the cannoli while you wait. YUMMMM
Moo had a great flatbread pizza. Butcher shop is ok, but I like it more for wine and nibbles. (I live right around corner from BS.) Sportello is yummy.
Pizza, I like Picco in the South End. It's a shame about Upper Crust, because I did like their pizza.
Sunday, depending on when you need to leave, check out SOWA market in the South End.
I also highly recommend checking out Flour Bakery (any of the three locations will do.) Chocolee Chocolates on Dartmouth Street. JP licks ice cream. Saus for belgium waffles OMG yummmmmm. Sel De La Terre fabulous burger and great food!
I would avoid Max Brenner's, very touristy and the food was meh at best...
Have a great time!