Tim’s guidebook

Tim
Tim’s guidebook

Restaurant Recommendations

Our listing of favorite spots to eat and drink. I'll just cover Charlestown including the Navy Yard with a few recommendations for the North End.
Our favorite local spot. Great for diner and drinks and excellent weekend brunch. Check out their weekly specials.
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Monument Restaurant & Tavern
251 Main St
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Our favorite local spot. Great for diner and drinks and excellent weekend brunch. Check out their weekly specials.
Just on the other side of the Tobin bridge from the Navy Yard, The Fork has a fantastic craft beer selection all on tap. Great to eat outside on a warm summer evening.
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Brewer's Fork
7 Moulton St
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Just on the other side of the Tobin bridge from the Navy Yard, The Fork has a fantastic craft beer selection all on tap. Great to eat outside on a warm summer evening.
A great spot to grab a dark and stormy and watch the sun go down over the harbor. They have a sister restaurant in East Boston, (The Reel House) which has even better views of the city. They provide a free ferry service between both restaurants and it's a fun way to bar hop.
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Pier 6
1 8th St
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A great spot to grab a dark and stormy and watch the sun go down over the harbor. They have a sister restaurant in East Boston, (The Reel House) which has even better views of the city. They provide a free ferry service between both restaurants and it's a fun way to bar hop.
No reservations allowed at this very hip and hard to get into spot in the North End. Worth the wait even to eat at the bar, not great for large groups though.
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Neptune Oyster
63 Salem St
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No reservations allowed at this very hip and hard to get into spot in the North End. Worth the wait even to eat at the bar, not great for large groups though.
Like Neptune, no reservations and the Catch is Cash only too. An easier table to grab than the hip Neptune and a personal favorite. You feel like you're dining in the kitchen.
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The Daily Catch
323 Hanover St
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Like Neptune, no reservations and the Catch is Cash only too. An easier table to grab than the hip Neptune and a personal favorite. You feel like you're dining in the kitchen.
Mike's Pastry may be the tourist favorite, but I'll take Modern. Personal favorites are the white chocolate Florentine cookies. Great selection of pastries and espresso drinks.
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Modern Pastry.
257 Hanover St
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Mike's Pastry may be the tourist favorite, but I'll take Modern. Personal favorites are the white chocolate Florentine cookies. Great selection of pastries and espresso drinks.
Newly opened BrewPub next to the TD Garden. Great local brewery.
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Night Shift Brewing - Lovejoy Wharf
1 Lovejoy Wharf
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Newly opened BrewPub next to the TD Garden. Great local brewery.
There are plenty of Italian spots in the North End, but this one stands out. A favorite of many Boston sports pros.
Arya Trattoria
253 Hanover St
There are plenty of Italian spots in the North End, but this one stands out. A favorite of many Boston sports pros.
A bit off the beaten path, hence the name. Great Irish Pub that hosts a traditional Irish session every Saturday from 5pm-8pm.
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Tavern at the End of the World
108 Cambridge St
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A bit off the beaten path, hence the name. Great Irish Pub that hosts a traditional Irish session every Saturday from 5pm-8pm.
Named after the Patriot Dr. Joseph Warren who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Washington visited as it was a Masonic Lodge from ~1790.
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The Warren Tavern
2 Pleasant St
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Named after the Patriot Dr. Joseph Warren who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Washington visited as it was a Masonic Lodge from ~1790.
cozy brunch and dinner spot walking distance from our house on Bunker Hill St. It can get a little loud in there at times and not as many tables as thier sister restaurants, Monument Tavern and Prima Boston. Go mid week for a relaxing brunch
Waverly Kitchen & Bar
cozy brunch and dinner spot walking distance from our house on Bunker Hill St. It can get a little loud in there at times and not as many tables as thier sister restaurants, Monument Tavern and Prima Boston. Go mid week for a relaxing brunch
The newest addition to the Charlestown restaurant scene with an absolutely stunning interior. Check out the Rose Room, the cozy back bar. A bit on the pricier side, but a spot for celebrating or splurging on a steak and pastas
Prima Italian Steakhouse
The newest addition to the Charlestown restaurant scene with an absolutely stunning interior. Check out the Rose Room, the cozy back bar. A bit on the pricier side, but a spot for celebrating or splurging on a steak and pastas
The sister restaurant to Brewers Fork in the Navy Yard. Great beer list, of course. We've only been once for dinner, but we love going for lunch. in the summertime, we'd probably go more often if we were in town as the patio dining is probably the best in town.
Dovetail Restaurant
The sister restaurant to Brewers Fork in the Navy Yard. Great beer list, of course. We've only been once for dinner, but we love going for lunch. in the summertime, we'd probably go more often if we were in town as the patio dining is probably the best in town.

located on the spot of the founding of Charlestown in 1628, City Square Park occupies land where John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, built his home. Kept as an open square for much of the early part of the nation’s history, several arterial roads converged on this space by the 1950s. In order to restore the open character of the space, beginning in the 1970s, the Central Artery North Area project moved all of the main roads into tunnels under the site. This project was the predecessor to the Big Dig. As a result of removing the main roads, the space was completely redesigned in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Halvorson Design Partnership was contracted to renew the space and later won a Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award for their work. The design incorporates a broad range of plant varieties, while keeping a brick and granite hardscape palette, which enables a smooth transition between modern park and the surrounding historic neighborhood. The four gateways into the park honor historical Charlestown figures, with the original location of Winthrop’s house outlined in the lawn with stone, while a memorial in honor of World War II soldiers stands to one side. The central plaza space of the park is marked by a fountain surrounded by curved seat walls and bronze sculptural elements. During the summer months, movies are shown on the lawn.
City Square
City Square
located on the spot of the founding of Charlestown in 1628, City Square Park occupies land where John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, built his home. Kept as an open square for much of the early part of the nation’s history, several arterial roads converged on this space by the 1950s. In order to restore the open character of the space, beginning in the 1970s, the Central Artery North Area project moved all of the main roads into tunnels under the site. This project was the predecessor to the Big Dig. As a result of removing the main roads, the space was completely redesigned in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Halvorson Design Partnership was contracted to renew the space and later won a Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award for their work. The design incorporates a broad range of plant varieties, while keeping a brick and granite hardscape palette, which enables a smooth transition between modern park and the surrounding historic neighborhood. The four gateways into the park honor historical Charlestown figures, with the original location of Winthrop’s house outlined in the lawn with stone, while a memorial in honor of World War II soldiers stands to one side. The central plaza space of the park is marked by a fountain surrounded by curved seat walls and bronze sculptural elements. During the summer months, movies are shown on the lawn.
On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill," bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles River from Boston. Though the British forces claimed the field, the casualties inflicted by the Provincial solders from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were staggering. Of the some 2,400 British Soldiers and Marines engaged, some 1,000 were wounded or killed. Fifty years after the battle, the Marquis De Lafayette set the cornerstone of what would become a lasting monument and tribute to the memory of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The project was ambitious: construct a 221-foot tall obelisk built entirely from quarried granite. It took over seventeen years to complete, but it still stands to this day atop a prominence of the battlefield now known as Breed's Hill. Marking the site where Provincial forces constructed an earthen fort, or "Redoubt," prior to the battle, this site remains the focal point of the battle's memory.
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Bunker Hill Monument
Monument Square
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On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill," bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles River from Boston. Though the British forces claimed the field, the casualties inflicted by the Provincial solders from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were staggering. Of the some 2,400 British Soldiers and Marines engaged, some 1,000 were wounded or killed. Fifty years after the battle, the Marquis De Lafayette set the cornerstone of what would become a lasting monument and tribute to the memory of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The project was ambitious: construct a 221-foot tall obelisk built entirely from quarried granite. It took over seventeen years to complete, but it still stands to this day atop a prominence of the battlefield now known as Breed's Hill. Marking the site where Provincial forces constructed an earthen fort, or "Redoubt," prior to the battle, this site remains the focal point of the battle's memory.
As the memory and educational voice of USS Constitution, the USS Constitution Museum preserves, displays, and interprets artifacts and archival material related to the Ship and her crew through interactive exhibitions, compelling programs, and engaging outreach initiatives. The Museum was incorporated in 1972 as a private, non-profit and non-government funded interpretive complement to USS Constitution, an active-duty US Navy vessel and the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. This allowed the Navy to clear Constitution’s decks of display cases so that visitors could see the Ship as a sailing vessel, rather than as a floating museum, and for artifacts to be cared for in proper environmental conditions.
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USS Constitution Museum
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As the memory and educational voice of USS Constitution, the USS Constitution Museum preserves, displays, and interprets artifacts and archival material related to the Ship and her crew through interactive exhibitions, compelling programs, and engaging outreach initiatives. The Museum was incorporated in 1972 as a private, non-profit and non-government funded interpretive complement to USS Constitution, an active-duty US Navy vessel and the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. This allowed the Navy to clear Constitution’s decks of display cases so that visitors could see the Ship as a sailing vessel, rather than as a floating museum, and for artifacts to be cared for in proper environmental conditions.
Head up the hill from the House and climb the "Forty Flights" to the top of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill as it's known today used to be called the Battle of Bunker and Breed's Hill and probably should have been called the Battle of Charlestown as the fighting took place all over the peninsula. That being said, Bunker Hill is the high ground and when the British forces were successful in taking it, they set up a fort on the top of Bunker Hill where the St. Francis de Sales Church now sits. Learn more at the Bunker Hill Monument and Museum.
Mead Street
Mead Street
Head up the hill from the House and climb the "Forty Flights" to the top of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill as it's known today used to be called the Battle of Bunker and Breed's Hill and probably should have been called the Battle of Charlestown as the fighting took place all over the peninsula. That being said, Bunker Hill is the high ground and when the British forces were successful in taking it, they set up a fort on the top of Bunker Hill where the St. Francis de Sales Church now sits. Learn more at the Bunker Hill Monument and Museum.
Gateway to the TD Garden over the Charles River Locks or to East Cambridge over the North Point Bridge. Popular for letting dogs run off leash. This park sits roughly near the spot Paul Revere took off for his famous ride to warm the towns of the British march to Concord.
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Paul Revere Landing Park
North Washington Street
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Gateway to the TD Garden over the Charles River Locks or to East Cambridge over the North Point Bridge. Popular for letting dogs run off leash. This park sits roughly near the spot Paul Revere took off for his famous ride to warm the towns of the British march to Concord.