We're expanding the Friday Night Dine Around options for this year's meeting in Boston. In addition to providing you with a list of recommended restaurants, we have reserved a dozen tables at some of Boston’s finest restaurants where you will join ADTA host couples for a special evening of fun, fine food and great company. We will have sign up sheets and sample menus posted in the Hospitality Suite but if you want to ensure your place at one of these tables, e-mail our elite Dine-Around Diva, Ceci Birk at
cfbirk@comcast.net.
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
793 Boylston Stree
(617) 536-6300
http://www.abeandlouies.com/
Dress: Casual Elegance
Cost: $61
Distance from hotel: 8 minute walk.
Classic upscale steakhouse offering guests prime meat, fresh seafood and produce. The lump crab bake and swordfish chop are signature dishes. All beef steaks are aged six weeks on the bone. The menu also includes lobster and chicken.
Blue Room (Eclectic)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
One Kendall Square
(617) 494-9034
http://www.theblueroom.net/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $42
Distance from hotel: 15 minute taxi ride.
Upscale and funky, this MIT-neighborhood restaurant specializes in Mediterranean food with local ingredients. The menu features salads, pasta, fish, meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes. Sitings of Nobel laureates are possible but unconfirmed.
Durgin-Park (New England)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
340 Faneuil Hall Market Place
(617) 227-2038
http://www.durgin-park.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $33
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride
Located in Quincy Market this restaurant prides itself on its sassy waitresses and décor featuring long tables with red-checkered cloths. The menu is an extensive one with chowders, salads, seafood, lobster, a New England clambake, chicken, beef, pork, pasta and desserts. The restaurant is great for children.
Hamersley’s Bistro (French)
Table for 8 at 8 p.m.
553 Tremont Street
(617) 423-2700
http://www.hamersleysbistro.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $61
Distance from restaurant: 5 minute taxi ride/12 minute walk
Gordon Hamersley began the culinary renaissance of Boston’s South End two decades ago and still presides over this refined but straightforward four-star bistro with an open kitchen. The restaurant is famous for its signature roast chicken and other items include seafood, steak, and pork. Celebrities such as Bill and Adelle Tooms have been sited.
Hungry I (Intimate French Hideaway)
Table for 6 at 7:30
71 1/2 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 227-3524
Train: Red Line T to Charles/MGH
http://www.hungryiboston.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $60
Distance from restaurant: 12 minute taxi ride.
Descend a few steps from Charles Street into this oasis of Old World charm and quiet. This long-time Beacon Hill favorite is small and intimate but serves excellent French food. Three working fireplaces and simple decor give the feeling of sanctuary from the city outside. The short menu is partnered with a daily list of specials. House specialties include venison au poivre, filet mignon with pancetta and rabbit cooked in a crock.
Jasper's White Seafood Shack
Table for 8 at 7:15 p.m.
50 Dalton Street
Boston, MA
(617) 867-9955
Train: Green Line T to Hynes Convention
http://www.summershackrestaurant.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $30
Distance from restaurant: 8 minute walk
The best lobster rolls you can get this side of Cape Cod! This restaurant is great for seafood lovers and non-seafood eaters alike. A bright-colored and "funky faux" indoor shack -- plus balloons and fish tanks -- is ideal for families. The menu includes lobster, swordfish, corn dogs and fried chicken. There are also brown paper tablecloths perfect for drawing.
King Fish Hall (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
188 Faneuil Hall Marketplace
(617) 523-8862
http://www.toddenglish.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $46
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride
This critically acclaimed Todd English seafood restaurant’s menu features traditional New England classics in a setting that is anything but traditional. In addition to handpicked daily selections of the freshest local seafood, there is a raw bar, chowders as well as chicken and steak.
Legal Sea Foods (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:15 p.m.
100 Huntington Avenue (Prudential Center)
(617) 266-7775
http://www.legalseafoods.com/
Train: Green Line T to Hynes Convention
Dress: Casual
Cost: $41
Distance from hotel: 5 minute walk
“If it’s not fresh, it’s not legal” Founded in 1968, this local chain of seafood restaurants has been voted Most Popular restaurant in Boston, serving fresh, seasonal and “top of the catch” seafood along with local favorites like clam chowder, fried claims and Wellfleet oysters. The menu also includes filet mignon and roasted chicken. This restaurant is child friendly. This restaurant is a short walk across the Skyway in the Prudential Center complex.
Mamma Maria’s (Italian)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
3 North Square
(617) 523-0077
http://www.mammamarias.com/
Dress: Business Casual
Cost: $54
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride.
Not so much a great Italian restaurant as a fabulous North End institution, this gorgeous restaurants serve great food in a fun old house that dates back to the 1820s.Italian food in a quiet corner of the North End. In a beautiful row house that dates back to 1820 the restaurant, overlooking North Square, offers authentic Italian dishes in a series of small rooms. The menu focuses on New England dishes in a typical Italian countryside fashion. The menu offers pasta, seafood, beef, chicken, pork and lamb.
Ristorante Toscano (Italian)
Table for 6 at 7:30 p.m.
41 Charles Street
(617) 723-4090
http://www.toscanoboston.com/
Train: Green Line T to Park
Dress: Business Casual
Cost: $53
Distance from restaurant: 10 minute taxi ride
A Beacon Hill institution, this cozy Northern Italian restaurant aims to please with an features an extensive and traditional Tuscan menu and a fine wine list to match. The restaurant features a hardwood grill for meat, game and seafood dishes.
Union Oyster House (Seafood)
Table for 8 at 7:30 p.m.
41 Union Street
(617) 227-2750
http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/
Dress: Casual
Cost: $39
Distance from restaurant: 15 minute taxi ride
In continuous operation since 1826, this Boston landmark claims to be the oldest restaurant in the United States, including luminaries such as Daniel Webster, James Michael Curley and Ted Williams among its regulars. Known for its seafood, oysters and chowders, clams and lobster the menu also includes steak, chicken and pork as well as a children’s menu.
