Fortunately, we both found Boston to be a gastronomical delight! If a trip to Beantown is in your plans, I highly recommend these places to satisfy your hunger.
Legal Sea Food
Legal Sea Food's motto is "If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal," and boy, do they excel at preparing delicious seafood! Their plump lobster was so juicy, a bib was necessary to eat it.
The North End of Boston is renowned for its Italian delicatessens, bakeries, caffes, delicatessens, pizzerias, and gelato.
Regina Pizzeria
Located on the corner of Thatcher & Margin streets, Regina Pizzeria owned by the Polcari family has been serving pizzas steaming hot from its brick oven since 1926.
Celebrity photos and testimonials cover Regina Pizzeria's walls.
The Giambotta Pizza
We ordered the Giambotta with its spicy, house-made sausage, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, peppers, onions and loads of Mozzarella cheese. I swear that this is the best pizza I've ever tasted in my entire life!
Mike's Pastry
If you like cannoli, then there is only one place to go for the best...
Mike's Pastry.
In the first 24 hours we spent in Boston, we saw Mike's white & blue string-tied pastry boxes clutched in the arms of subway riders, office workers, concert-goers and tourists on the street. Obviously, we had to try what every one claimed was the best cannoli in Boston.
Notice how rapidly our waitress ties up our box.
She's learned from experience how quickly hungry customers will snatch up those delectable shells filled with real cream, butter, eggs, sugar and incredible flavorings.
We gobbled up our cannoli so greedily, there wasn't time to take a photo.
Hatch Shell on the Esplanade
We grabbed sandwiches from the Charles Street Market before joining other picnickers on the Esplanade in front of Hatch Shell. The Esplanade is a green parkway that stretches between the Back Bay neighborhood and the Charles River.
As the sun set and the music began, Tim found his favorite listening spot.
Stretching during the intermission gave us a view of sailboats returning at dusk to the Community Boating dock just beyond Hatch Shell.
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra's performance of works by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was superb.
Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage located across the street from Harvard is a college hangout. The owners, Joe and Joan Bartley, have created hamburger perfection. Their menu makes a political statement, listing their 7-ounce gourmet burgers in a roll call of current newsmakers, politicians and select pop culture icons.
I couldn't pass up the Tom Brady burger.
Last, but certainly not least, are the Fenway Park concessions. Everything from the classic hot dog to brick oven pizza, lobster rolls, fried clam rolls, fish & chips to Italian ices. Yum!
John Updike was right when he called Fenway Park "a lyric little bandbox of a ball park." Tightly nestled into a corner of the Back Bay, Fenway Park is legendary with its "Green Monster" wall backing up left field and causing many misjudged fly balls. I only wish we could return for a game next year to celebrate the park's 100th anniversary.
Oh, and by the way, the Red Sox clobbered the Seattle Mariners, 7 to 4 tonight. Now, if that doesn't satisfy a hunger, what will?
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