Bostonians: Places to eat?

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<p>I really like Island Hopper – a pan-south-Asian restaurant on Mass Ave just across the Harvard Bridge from Cambridge.</p>

<p>I second the suggestion of walking around the North End for an Italian restaurant. There are a few that we really like, but it’s more fun to wander around and eat somewhere new each time.</p>

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<p>Hey, you left out the punch line. The cab driver replies “Sure buddy. I get that request a lot but that’s the first time in past perfect tense.”</p>

<p>Only in Boston would you get a joke that combines sex and grammar. :)</p>

<p>My forays into Boston restaurants were mostly expense account experiences – Hammersley’s is my favorite. Not ethnic, but Boston through and through. </p>

<p>Now that my son has moved there we’ll be looking for the other end of the financial spectrum.</p>

<p>I personally like Legal – especially during off hours like 4:00 p.m. when it’s not too insanely busy. My husband is in the “it’s not worth the aggravation” school. Fresh seafood is so much a part of every good Boston menu that he feels you shouldn’t have to suffer to enjoy it. I would have given the [old] Ritz Carlton the nod for my favorite chowder, but now that it’s the TAJ, I don’t know. Somehow the culture clash confuses the senses.</p>

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<p>thanks, all. I’m salivating already. :D</p>

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<p>We’re looking forward to more visits to Boston once son starts college nearby.</p>

<p>We stumbled onto a little restaurant in the old Italian section that had the best Caesar salad we’ve ever tasted. The rest of the food was delicious too, but unfortunately we can’t recall the name! It was on a corner, and seemed almost like you were going into someone’s home…</p>

<p>We like the Legal Seafoods here in NY, but only for special occasions due to price. Their crab cakes with mustard sauce are very good.</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot about Addis Red Sea! Terrific place.</p>

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<p>Fabulous thread. I’ll be in Boston late August helping D settle into her housing, so this info is priceless. Alas, too many suggestions for too few days. </p>

<p>One question – anyone have a favorite bakery?</p>

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<p>Bakery:
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<p>Bakery - Mike’s Pastry Shop in the North End. We used to take the 5th graders into town to do the Freedom Trail, but we’d always stop by Mike’s. The moms would send the kids in with a list of stuff to buy and a wad of cash. You should have seen us on the bus home - every kid had a bakery box full of yummies.</p>

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<p>We just got back from a trip to Boston and had a wonderful dinner on Thursday in Cambridge at a place called the Black Sheep in a small hotel. Wonderful food, wonderful weather, ate outside.</p>

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<p>I love Rosie’s Bakery (<a href=“http://www.rosiesbakery.com/[/url]”>http://www.rosiesbakery.com/&lt;/a&gt;) – I look forward to going to South Station just so I can get one of their absurdly chocolate brownies.</p>

<p>There’s also a place on Hanover Street (the main street in the North End) that serves cupcakes which make me weak in the knees, but I think it’s a chain, which takes some of the fun out of it.</p>

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<p>Shocked that no one mentioned Durgin Park at Fanueil Hall. The best clam chowder, forget Legal Seafoods. I am in CA but grew up back there and DS is in school in Boston.
For a great but pricey steak/seafood dinner we love Flemings.</p>