But yea, you can google/yelp these for exact addresses but i'll run down some stuff Clothing- I don't know what you're into so i'll list a few things - Tannery at harvard sq main store and basement. The main store has a good selection of stuff you find in sw&d and the basement store there is 1 rack hidden in the back with deep sale items from like a year ago of good brands though the rest of the store is shitty as hell - Alan Bilzerian on newbury- Probably the best mens clothing store in the city. Lots of artisinal designers like ccp, yohji, morishita, augusta, yohji, rick owens, paul harnden, etc... Really nice tailored wear too. Definitely work checking out once - Stel's on newbury- Basic sw&d clothing like w&h, apc, robert geller, ndg, our legacy, etc.... - Drinkwater's in cambridge- Lots of good MC clothing and some stuff like engineered garments and the owner is a styleforum member - fast fashion on newbury: h&m, zara, all saints, urban outfitters, rugby, jcrew (in copley mall), club monaco (prudential mall) - Barneys in copley mall food places - Mike and Pattys in bay village. My favorite sandwiches in the city. Lots of great fresh local products, creative sandwiches and overally just superbly done. Really small but i recommend everyone in the area go once and get a sandwich. Love the place - Alive and Kicking lobsters on putnam- Good fresh seafood to take home and cook and make a mean lobster sandwich (lobster roll). Really quality stuff - Galleria Umberto in north end- been around for a long time and only open till 2. Long lines but the pizza is awesome - Santarpio's Pizza in east boston- Really old school place and i recommend just sitting at the bar, grabbing a beer and a pizza and relaxing. They cook the homemade sausages over a charcoal pit next to the bar. The pizza and sausage are out of this world good. - Atwood's Tavern- Near you at inman/mit area. Good beer selection and the food is actually very solid for a bar. Highly recommended. - Oleana near inman- Good turkish/middle eastern type food and it's pretty fresh since her husband owns a local farm. The chef was recently on Top Chef Masters and her side bakery place Sofra (forget the street so look it up) has awesome food and coffee and teas as well. - Orinoco in south end or brookline- Great modern/hip venezuelan food. I really like the food and atmosphere is nice - Toro in south end- Lots of good spain related tapas and a great drink selection with a good nightlife/scene - Wan Convenience Store in jamaica plain area. Good jewish deli style sandwiches. Small place but nice charm and good food - Hungry Mother- upscale "southern country" type food. Cool place to check out near inman i think. - Giacomo's in north end. Good italian food but the line is always really long. Worth the wait to go there once, though i doubt you'll want to do it a bunch when there are plenty of solid italian places in north end like Pomodoro (which i personally enjoyed the time i went) but go to Giacomo's once - East Coast Grill in inman- Good bbq and seafood. Also do a "hell night" that is famous throughout the country (been on food network shows) where they have unreal hot dishes with ghost chilies galore. They do it for like a week twice a year. I haven't been yet but want to. The regular food is definitely worth going to though. - Neptune Oysters in north end area. Great seafood, oysters and lobster rolls. Usually mad crowded because it's famous but the food is still good. - Elephant Walk in cambridge and boston/brookline. Really tasty french and cambodian food. Interesting menu items and nice atmosphere. Fair prices too for unique food - Coffee: - Cafe luna near central - Cafe l'aroma on newbury - Crema Cafe in harvard sq - Polcari's in north end- Lots of good coffee beans and tea leaves and a cool little shop. I don't know if you can drink coffee there but they sell a bunch of coffee and tea and related products. Really cool and definitely check out once when you're in the area - Boston Common Coffe Co in financial district/downtown - Diesel Cafe in somerville - Simon's coffee shop in porter sq - True Grounds in somerville - Cafe Paradiso in north end and other north end espresso/pastry places make some nice coffee/espresso other: - Formaggio Kitchen in huron village. Awesome awesome place. You have to go if you like food at all. They have a wonderful cheese selection with all kinds of top notch local and european cheeses and a great meat selection with imported salamies, prosciutto, iberico jamon and iberico bellota. Plus some nice wine/beer, great bakery, wonderful coffee/tea selection, and lots of fresh local produce and breads. Also during the summer months they do an amazing street bbq with unreal good food from 11-2 - Sunset Tap and Grill in allston- over 500 beers and like 100 on tap. Crazy beer selection. The food is kinda mediocre and sit down service sucks but if you just go to the bar area and chill and look through the massive beer list it's fun. - Las Ventas in south end. It's a spanish (spain) groc store with sandwiches during the day. All kinds of great products imported from spain like cheeses, seranno ham, iberico ham, iberico bellota ham, and the sandwiches are really good. - If you are interested in artisinal cheeses and the like PM me though - Anything in particular you're looking for just post.
