On busy Mass Ave, a few miles north of Harvard Square, this lovely Greek Revival house was constructed in 1882. It offers 16 rooms, furnished in a somewhat fussy - but lovely...

The North End is notoriously ridden with sloppy, corner-cutting imitations of authentic trattorias. But Antico Forno is the genuine article, quietly eschewing red-checked...

'Bivalves', reads a hand-shaped sign on the gate, pointing you towards Barbara Lynch's diminutive, understated oyster bar. Decor so coolly clean it's practically scrubbed sets...

When wine bottles serve as lamp bases and wine labels as wallpaper, you know you're in for a good glass of grape juice. The 25-page list at this quietly stylish rendezvous is...

Following an indie flick at arthouse Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge's culture vultures convene to refuel at this eclectic, welcoming hideaway. Best known for its frisky,...

New arrival Bouchée is a fairly decent replica of the model Parisian brasserie. The zinc, the tin, the marble, the leather, the tilework, the pièce de resistance of a sunken...

For years the city's only representative of genuine French cuisine, Brasserie Jo may still be its most authentic. If it's les plats classiques you crave - piquant yet succulent...

It's polished, it's chic, it's packed with designer-clad South Enders swirling wine goblets and nibbling on pâté, it's… a butcher's shop? Yes, indeed - as well as a cosy...

There's nothing remotely parlour-like about this Harvard Square pizza parlour, as austere as you might expect a former fire station overlooking a graveyard to be. But there's...

If you fancy staying in Boston's hippest residential neighbourhood, book a room at this gay-friendly South End guesthouse. Guest rooms have ensuite bathrooms and are equipped...

Converted from a private residence, the slender Charlesmark is a beacon of minimalist boutique elegance on busy Boylston Street. The chic lounge and patio, opened in 2005,...

If ever there were a place to do as the locals do (besides Rome, of course), this French-Latin haunt is it. And what is it they do? Pass up on the sometimes hit-and-miss...

Housed in a beautifully renovated 1860s merchant's townhouse, this luxury bed and breakfast is a far cry from Boston's staid, conservative image - take the rooftop hot tub, for...

Back Bay's first hotel, Copley Square opened for business in 1891; decades later, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington lit up its now defunct jazz bar,...