Visit Boston for the day! Drive into the city or take the commuter rail in from Salem station (about a 30 minute drive or train ride). Here's a list of our favorite things to do, eat, and drink around the city:
Things to do:
- Museum of Science: there are always fun rotating exhibits.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: an art museum with an amazing courtyard.
- Freedom Trail Tour: join a walking tour that guides you along the historic freedom trail, or follow the brick trail on your own.
- Walk along the Charles River - the Esplanade is on the Boston side or you can walk across the Longfellow/Mass Ave bridges to walk along the Cambridge side to see the Boston skyline. You can also rent a BlueBike to ride along either of these paths.
- Have a picnic in the Boston Public Garden.
- Visit The Lawn on D for drinks and lawn games.
- Go on a Harpoon Brewery tour - make sure to grab some of their homemade pretzels!
Things to eat and drink:
- Quick, "healthy" meals:
- Dig Inn - veggies, protein, mac & cheese
- Sweetgreen - salads
- Clover Food Labs - vegetarian
- Cafes and coffee bars:
- Flour Bakery and Cafe - sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and tea
- Tatte Bakery and Cafe - sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and tea
- Thinking Cup - sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and tea
- Ogawa Coffee - coffee, tea, and pastries
- George Howell - coffee, tea, and pastries
- Wine and dine
- Marliave - French
- Grotto - prix fixe Italian
- Toro - Spanish tapas
- Santouka - ramen
- Giacomo's - Italian
- Yvonne's - American tapas
- Buttermilk and Bourbon - Southern tapas
- Boston Burger Company - burgers and milkshakes
- Drinks
- The Landing at Long Wharf
- The Trillium Garden on the Greenway
- Night Shift Owl's Nest Esplanade
- Backbar (Somerville)