Your ultimate guide to Boston

With the third largest Chinatown in the country, it stands to reason Downtown Boston yields plenty of authentic Chinese food and cult hole-in-the-wall dumpling spots. But there are also exceptional eateries serving top-notch noodles, dim sum and diverse regional fare all over Boston, Cambridge and suburban areas. Chinese restaurants are a great late-night dining option in a city that shuts down early—and some of them even double as nightclubs!

Mexican restaurants? Boston? The two things don’t always seem to go together—this is pizza, oyster and chowder territory, right?—but that’s only if you’re not looking hard enough. If you know where to find the good stuff, Mexican will soon be near the top of your things to do in Boston. There are great restaurants in Cambridge serving house-made tacos that would make Californians proud, while the North End is home to a torte whose reputation is known the state over. And let’s not get started on Momma King’s burritos! Here we celebrate the bounty with our guide to the best Mexican restaurants in Boston. Get eating. RECOMMENDED: See the best restaurants in Boston

The 21st-century burger boom shows no sign of abating and in most U.S. cities, opinions run high on who makes the best burgers (closely followed by the perennial best pizza debate). Many of the best Boston restaurants, including the excellent Craigie on Main in Central Square have a signature version on the menu, but cheap-eats aficionados love Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage, a Cambridge fast food legend since the 1960s.RECOMMENDED: See the best Boston restaurants by cuisine

It’s a subject as hot as a wood-fired oven: Who bakes the best pizza? Boston has countless no-frills places serving deliciously greasy slices, and many of the best Boston restaurants offer twists on the perennial favorite (and not just Italian restaurants). RECOMMENDED: See the best Boston restaurants by cuisine