"Basement wonder bakery" Bricco, where the $6 prosciutto parmigiana loaf will be handed to you piping hot. This hefty meat and cheese-stuffed ciabatta will change the way you think about bread.
Start at Boston Public Market with iced coffee and Union Square Donuts. The vegan ones are so good. I’m not vegan, but the coconut oil adds this chewiness and texture that is really appealing.
Then walk down the greenway and admire the art installations. Maybe even take a ride on the carousel, if you’re feeling child-like.
You can pick up picnic ingredients in the North End to eat on the greenway with the sun shining on your face. Get salamis, cheeses, and olives from the Salumeria on Richmond St. and bread from the basement wonder bakery, Bricco.
On the other hand, if you’re feeling too lazy to assemble any foods, grab an Italian sandwich with everything--everything--from Monica’s on Salem, and if you have a companion, also get the steak bomb from Dino’s across the way. The steak bomb tastes like a much nicer version of a McDonald’s cheeseburger, in the best way possible.
Then walk toward the aquarium, and continue down the harborwalk. You can walk all the way to the ICA. And on the way back, you can stop for a lobster roll. There’s this one place called like, “Amazing Fresh Lobster,” or something just really straightforward like “This is Fresh Lobster.”
Then go to the Lawn on D, and have some stuff from the food trucks. Sheherazad is the best food truck in Boston. There is cinnamon in the hummus!
Then walk off your snack along the Charles River. Walking along the Charles isn't the most convenient thing, but you know, at this point you've eaten like four meals, so I think you can deal with it.
Then I’d go to Picco for ice cream, because I just love Picco. Mint chocolate chip ice cream, and dark chocolate sorbet. I insist on the sorbet. I insist.
I think people like visiting Boston because
1. It's pretty
2. It's quaint
3. It's historic. Honestly, I feel conflicted about this one because one can only call Boston historic by American standards.
4. Universities
There are giant brains quietly humming together to pull the leading edge of humanity hurtling into the future. If you spend enough time in Cambridge, you start to see and hear that everywhere.
Not in the disrupting industries with technology way of SF. Not in theWe Are Living In Blade Runner way of large Asian cities. In the, this stuff will save our lives without us realizing it for the next century way that is only happening in enclaves of scientific progress.
Also, the summers are pretty nice.