Opened in September 2021, the 22-floor property boasts four full-service restaurants, a lobby bar, boulangerie and spa (doubles from $413).Īfter a $200 million renovation, the Langham Boston reopened its 312-room hotel in June 2021, with classically American-styled guest rooms, marble-floored bathrooms and a 268-piece art collection. In the Seaport, where the speed of development is dizzying, the Omni Hotel offers a nearly unheard-of amenity in the city: a year-round, heated rooftop pool. With new properties and redesigns of classic hotels, there’s no shortage of places to check in. A renovated stalwart and stylish newcomers And for those who want a variety of brews from around New England, Broken Records Beer Hall in Brighton features more than 20 makers. Across the river, Lamplighter Brewing opened a second location at the residential and retail development Cambridge Crossing. Massachusetts brewer Lord Hobo joined the neighborhood in March with its own taproom and restaurant. Nantucket’s Cisco Brewers was an early arrival in the rapidly developing Seaport neighborhood, with an open-air taproom flanked by food trucks. To drink, there’s champagne at Bubble Bath and pints at Alewives Taproom.īostonians do love their craft beer, and local breweries are responding with new locations. And North East of the Border is the first brick-and-mortar location for a popular Mexican food truck (tacos from $5).
Dive Bar, from the James Beard-nominated Tiffani Faison, cooks up New England seafood with a touch of New Orleans spice (mains from $15). Kutzu marries the flavors of Korea and Southeast Asia with rice bowls ($14), banh mi sandwiches ($14) and “pho-men” - a cross between pho and ramen ($14). At the opening in March, Mayor Michelle Wu - the first woman and person of color to be elected as the city’s top official - celebrated that many of the food hall’s vendors are women and people of color, and applauded the effort to bring Boston’s diverse cultures to the downtown area. To mix-and-match dishes from 20 of Boston’s best chefs, High Street Place on the edge of the Financial District is a good bet. But the pier alongside the ship is where the action is, with lawn games galore, frozen adult beverages and shipping-containers-turned-food-stalls, offering tacos ($17), sandwiches ($14) and menu items for kids. Onboard the 245-foot vessel, a raw bar serves lobster tails ($40) and sushi rolls (from $14). With sweeping views of the skyline and harbor, it feels both quintessentially Boston, and unlike anything the city has seen before. Moored on the East Boston waterfront, the Tall Ship is part floating oyster bar, part adult playground. This first Boston venture from the New York chef Mario Carbone is equal parts sophistication and comfort, with starters like squash carpaccio ($22), and mains including scallops aglio olio pepperoncino ($46). New dining options abound and perhaps the most sought after is Contessa, which sits atop the recently reopened Newbury Hotel, offering Northern Italian cuisine and panoramic views. The music hall makes its debut with a two-night stand from James Taylor, followed by Chris Stapleton, Bruno Mars and Lil Nas X. A venture of Fenway Sports Group in partnership with Live Nation, its developers say the venue fills a void in the Boston market. The 5,000-person venue more than doubles the capacity of the nearby House of Blues, but maintains its intimacy, with the farthest seat just 110 feet from the stage. When the MGM Music Hall at Fenway opens this month, subtle design choices, like section numbers stenciled on concrete poles, will remind visitors they are next door to America’s oldest ballpark. And with nonstop flights from 127 domestic and international destinations, travelers are being met with innovative art, new music venues, upscale dining options and reimagined hotels. Hotel occupancy in June was 81.8 percent - shy of June 2019, when rates were 89.8 percent, but a vast improvement over a pandemic low of 5 percent. It’s a welcome for visitors who are returning to New England’s largest city at near prepandemic levels. “If I’m going to welcome people to the city, the best thing I can do is give them a home-cooked meal,” he said. His art pays homage to under-heard people in Boston, and is a reflection of his neighborhood and home. This newest mural, “Breathe Life Together,” will be up through May 2023.
Gibbs grew up in Roxbury and has been painting walls in the city for years. Gibbs - who paints under the name ProBlak - is the first Black Boston-native artist to be commissioned for the rotating Dewey Square mural. She’s the artist Rob Gibbs’s daughter, who stares unflinchingly from a soaring 70-foot mural across from South Station, the city’s biggest train terminal. It belongs to a 3-year-old in Velcro sneakers, crouching by a boombox and haloed in gold. There’s a new face welcoming visitors to Boston.
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