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Erin and her friends in Living Single spend
a LOT of time in Boston bars and restaurants! If you're in
the neighborhood, check out some of their (and my) favorite
places --
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Anago
65 Huntington Avenue
Boston
617.266.6222 |
Lush and exciting but comfortable and cozy at
the same time. Creative Medeterranean cuisine with an excellent
wine list. My favorites: pizza margherita and tuna tartare with
flying fish roe.
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Barking Crab
88 Sleeper Street
Boston
617.426.CRAB |
Boston's only seafood shack with a view of downtown
and the harbor. Great place for clams and lobster after work,
and the site of a key scene in Living Single!
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Flash's
310 Stuart Street
Boston
617.574.8888 |
 This
place was made for singles in the city! A chic yet cheery neighborhood
cocktail lounge, Flash's features cocktails both classic and
cutting edge, as well as an exciting variety of savory, soul-stirring
tapas. Perfect lighting, Internet hook-ups for your laptop,
and friendly staff make this my heaven on Earth.
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Brasserie Jo
120 Huntington Avenue Boston
617.425.3240 |
An authentic French-Alsatian bistro. The long
zinc bar is one of my favorite places in Boston. A creative
martini list, great appetizers, and friendly bar staff make
it perfect for relaxing with friends or meeting someone new.
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Caffé Vittoria
296 Hanover Street
Boston
617.227.7606 |
The nerve center of the Italian North End. Busy,
traditional coffee bar, just like in Milan. Have a gelato, canolli
or cappucino after you've been to the Daily Catch (across the
street) -- and you can catch up on neighborhood gossip. Open
late!
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Capitol Grille
359 Newbury Street
Boston
617.262.0102 |
When you want steak, this is the place! A traditional
steak house done up in dark wood, brass rails, mirrors and lots
of flowers. This is a good place to find guys in suits - and
it's on one of the coolest blocks in the city!
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Crystal Brook Farm
Copley Square
Farmer's Market
Tuesday and Friday (summer only). |
My favorite source for the freshest cheese. They
even have pictures of their goats at the stand! And since this
market is right in front of the Hancock Tower (where one of
the Living Single characters works) you never know who you'll
see there, stocking up on fresh cut flowers or field-cut basil.
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Daily Catch
323 Hanover Street,
Boston
617.523.8567 |
One of my all-time favorites! A tiny room across
the street from Caffé Vittoria in the North End, this place
specializes in Sicilian seafood, especially calamari. Don't
miss: monkfish marsala and black squid ink pasta aglia olio.
Go casual and be prepared to wait outside for a table - but
it's definitely worth it!
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Davio's
75 Arlington St.
Back Bay, Boston
617.262.4810 |
A great spot for Northern Italian pasta, pizza,
seafood and sandwiches -- especially in their more informal
café upstairs. And it's right in the middle of the best shopping
in Boston!
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The Dish
253 Shawmut Avenue
Boston South End
617.426.7866
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Every neighborhood needs a restaurant like this!
Casual feel and casual prices, with really good food. I love
sitting at one of the outside tables watching the world go by,
with a friend, a chardonnay and their terrific grilled figs
stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped in parma ham. Great wood-grilled
pizza, too.
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Intrigue
Boston Harbor Hotel
70 Rowes Wharf
617.439.7000 |
THE best place to have lunch on a nice day! I
love to sit under the umbrellas and watch the sailboats with
a chardonnay and a friend.
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Elephant & Castle
161 Devonshire St
Boston
617.350.9977
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Recreated English pub in the Financial District.
Noisy after-work scene, pints all around. A fun place!
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Federalist
15 Beacon Street
Boston
617.670.2515 |
Luxury food in a luxury setting. When your man
takes you here you know he's serious, or at least has something
to prove! Try their pan-roasted scallops with creamy risotto
for a life-changing experience!
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Franklin Cafe
278 Shawmut Avenue
Boston South End
617.350.0010 |
Erin Weston's favorite neighborhood joint! This
is a raucous little bistro with reasonable prices and a great
crowd every night. New American cuisine and a hip clientele
that favors shabby chic over Prada.
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Ginza
16 Hudson Street
Boston
617.338.2261 |
The best sushi in Boston's Chinatown, with a long
sushi counter or intimate traditional Japanese tables in private
rooms. They're open late (2 am most nights, and 4 am on Saturday
night)!
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Hammersley's Bistro
533 Tremont St
Boston
617.423.2700 |
Everything is just about perfect at this place:
the flowers, the food, the chefs in baseball caps. The leader
of a Boston restaurant revolution twenty years ago, Hammersley's
is still at the leading edge. I love meeting friends for drinks
in their garden on a summer evening.
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Jacob Wirth's
33 Stuart Street
Boston
617.338.8586 |
With dozens of interesting beers on tap behind
the ancient bar, great onion rings, and a piano man most evenings,
this place is an authentic taste of earlier times in Boston.
I always meet the most interesting people at the bar.
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Jae's Cafe & Grill
120 Columbus Avenue
Boston
617.421.9405 |
A creative repertoire of Korean barbecue and interesting
fusion dishes has made Jae's a mini empire, with six restaurants
in the Boston area. This one is the original, and right around
the corner from Erin's South End apartment.
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Joe's American Bar
and Grill
279 Dartmouth Street
Boston
617.536.4200 |
A classic American-style pub and popular meeting
place at the center of the Back Bay scene. Hangout with friends
or meet someone new in the casual downstairs bar, or have dinner
upstairs in a more relaxed atmosphere. Their nachos are my current
favorite.
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Legal Sea Foods Restaurant
100 Huntington Avenue
Boston
617.266.7775
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The best place for fresh seafood, served straight
up. I love sharing a platter of oysters with friends at the
bar. Don't miss their bluefish paté.
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Les Zygomates
129 South Street
Boston
617.542.5108 |
Chic wine bar and bistro in the Leather District,
Boston's hip little loft zone between Chinatown and South Station.
Live jazz most nights and casual French food.
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Lotus Designs
547 Columbus Avenue
Boston
617.262.7031 |
No food here, but I love to stop in to lift my
mood. Jimmy's floral creations are the most spectacular you'll
ever see, and at the same time the most serene. A true original.
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Mistral
223 Columbus Avenue
Boston
617.867.9300 |
Spectacular decor, with high ceilings and flowers
everywhere, an award-winning cellar and a lot of really nice
cars at the valet station. A favorite hangout for superstars,
either from the playing field or the trading floors.
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Monica's Salumeria
130 Salem Street
Boston
617.742.4101 |
Around the corner from Caffé Vittoria and the
Daily Catch in the Italian North End. Monica grew up in Italy,
and her cheese shop feels like it was transplanted from a back
street in a Tuscan hill town. She seduces you with a little
taste of this and a little taste of that!
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No. 9 Park
9 Park Street
Boston
617.742.9991
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Calm and beautiful and overlooking the Boston
Common. A nice little bar and a lovely place for a romantic
dinner. |
The Oak Bar
138 St. James Avenue
Boston
617.267.5300 |
Dark carved wood paneling, soaring ceilings, mirrors,
flowers, and live jazz. When you're in the mood for traditional
romance, meet him here. A great martini list.
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Radius
High Street
Boston
617.426.1234 |
Another beautiful room where the movers and shakers
meet. On Gourmet national Top Fifty list for their creative
French cuisine, Radius also has a roomy bar that fills up every
night after work with a good-looking crowd.
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Savenor's Market
160 Charles Street
Boston
617.723.6328. |
A tiny market on the edge of Beacon Hill, they
have the best of everything, especially meats and exotic produce.
You can order a complete Thanksgiving dinner from them if you
want!
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Sel de la Terre
255 State Street
Boston
617.720.1300
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Tucked in by the Aquarium about a block from the
harbor, this place is a casual/elegant bistro-style restaurant
with comfy booths and yummy homemade bread. Another really nice
bar for meeting after work, with a particularly friendly crew
of bartenders.
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Silvertone
69 Bromfield Street
Downtown Boston
617.338.7887 |
Mac and cheese, meatloaf with mashies. Retro comfort
food in a slyly chic atmosphere, with art deco posters on the
wall and a great collection of toasters and old radios on display.
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Sonsie
327 Newbury Street
Boston
617.351.2500 |
The food is good here but the main reason to come
is to people-watch from the Paris-style marble cafe tables overlooking
Newbury Street -- especially in nice weather, when the whole
front of the restaurant opens up and the tables spill onto the
street.
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Tremont 647
647 Tremont Street
Boston
617.266.4600. |
The aroma of the wood grill is especially inviting
on cold winter nights, but the bar is hopping all year round.
Creative food, friendly staff, and a very pleasant pajama brunch
on Sunday.
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Union Oyster House
41 Union Street
Boston
617.227.2750 |
Okay, it's always full of tourists, but it's also
an authentic piece of Boston history. And when you're sitting
around the raw bar with a group of friends and a platter of
oysters things don't seem that bad.
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Vox Populi
755 Boylston Street
Boston
617.424.8300 |
The first floor bar has a fireplace and a ringside
seat on the passing Boylston Street scene, or you can sit and
look down on the world from the second floor bar. Creative American
food and a hip crowd.
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Warren Tavern
2 Pleasant Street
Charlestown
617.241.8142 |
George Washington and Paul Revere lifted glasses
here, not long after it was built in 1775. When you're in the
mood for history, this is an authentic watering hole not far
from Bunker Hill. You can almost hear the hoofbeats.
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