Ruth's Chris Steakhouses are strung across the US, however this location has something a little special: ambiance. Housed in the old site of Masion Robert and the old Boston City Hall, Ruth's Chris is the perfect choice for a celebratory dinner or a carnivore's feast. Broiled in a trademark 1,800° oven & served on a plate heated to 500 degrees, your steak is presented sizzling hot at your table. Do not forget that culinary treats of this caliber do come at a steep price tag. Private dining rooms available. Valet is $16 per vehicle. A public lot is also available on Washington Street, Pi Alley Parking Garage.

Since the mid 1800's this venerable restaurant has given Bostonians's breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and especially Boston Cream Pie. The Parker House continues to be ensconced in the Omni Parker Hotel and offers all three meals to guests and the general public, as well as a french themed menu being introduced to diners Fall of 2008.

The 4th oldest restaurant in Boston that offers history, sweeping views, and a peek into the bootlegging days of our past. From their website: The Marliave will open with two classic dining options: The Upstairs affords its famous view and serves classic continental cuisine such as butter-poached lobster, Beef Wellington, and halibut baked in a salt crust. The Downstairs, harkens back to Marliave’s bootlegging days serving classic prohibition-era cocktails and updated versions of the classic dishes you would have found at the Marliave a century ago, such as Yankee pot roast, Welsh rarebits, and freshly shucked oysters.

This basement bar is festooned with radios from the '50s. Try the mac and cheese. Comfort-food plates of high quality and value, reasonably quick if you sit at the bar. Great grilled fish, steak tips, sandwiches with very good fries. Their appetizers include a tasty bruschetta and a goat cheese crostini. Price Range = Apps. $4-$8 Entrees $10-$20. There is some street parking with meters. Closest MBTA Green Line Park St Red Line Park St & Downtown Crossing

Steakhouse with a loungey/huntinglodge/niteclub look. Above Nine Zero Hotel. KO has been remodeled completely. The atmopshere is very modern and romantic. It's dark but not too dark, with candles on the table and a cool ceiling which has 2 layers and circular cut-outs revealing pieces of famous paintings. Soothing music in the background - you can still have a decent conversation with whom you are spending time with. Sunday night, however, is funky night at KO prime. The retro vibe was in full swing with Barry White tunes, bartenders in wigs and some funky fresh antler chandeliers.

Fast counter-style service and friendly workers get your order to you well-prepared and in a hurry. Their summer burrito with tofu is a favorite among the herbivores I know and a few of their smoothies have vegan options if you subtract the honey. This used to be called The Wrap, with kinda small burritos but very yummy.

Oceanaire is a national brand, with restaurants in several US cities. The Boston location is a stately and upscale place with a large bar that includes a raw bar and a dining room with seating for about 100 patrons. They also have a private room available. Their fare is - as the name suggests - from the ocean. Highlight items include Time Bandit King Crab Legs (made famous by the Discovery show "The Deadliest Catch"), Black & Blue Mahi-Mahi, and Crab Stuffed Lobster.

Boston's young consulting crowd never looked better in this dimly-lit downtown watering hole. Swank and surprisingly stentorian Vinalia (Latin for Festival of Wines) is part upscale restaurant and part wine bar that serves Mercer fare at Baine prices. The Crab Fritters with Napa Cabbage Cole Slaw ($12) and Steak Tartare ($10) are traditional introductions to the sumptuous Lobster Risotto ($27) and Veal Chop ($34), and the desserts (chocolate molten cake $7) are pedestrian but delicious. Satisfy your enological pursuits with any one of the array of international wines by the bottle and glass—ask you server for recommendations.

As comically old-school as it may be, Locke-Ober invariably delivers on its biggest promise: a wildly decadent, scotch-and-cigar-laden immersion in all things traditionally New England—and Harvard, of course. This restaurant's ancient leather chairs, pheasant prints, sprawling chandeliers, and heavy panelled walls once watched only the wealthiest of men. Now, as our waiter lamented, the dining room is open to ladies, though “it is not designed for it.” The spookily stiff waiters invisibly deliver dishes from a menu leaning heavily toward expensive meats and seafood, from appetizers such as the divine Jonah crab cakes ($14) all the way through the entrees (tasty, fatty sirloin; $36) and sickeningly rich and delicious desserts. For the pyromaniacs among us, ample opportunities exist to have various dishes flambéed (read: lit on fire) tableside. For good reason, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals still bring their Man of the Year here annually. For a bit of Boston history in your belly, order a "Ward 8." This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

This incredibly popular chain sits in Boston's Faneuil Hall area and caters to a mix of tourists and locals alike who will wait a long time to get a table. Also very popular with the Brooks Brothers suit wearing crowd that starts piling in for drinks weeknights around 5 pm- esp. popular in the summer for it's large patio. If you think schnozzing with people in power suits is sexy, this is the place. The decor is bizarre - huge metal horse statue, striking lighting, a wall made of giant Jenga pieces, and a drawer which pulls out of the kitchen area filled with only tortilla chips (you can't make stuff like this up). The fries are incredibly thin, shoestring type, so definitely come here if you like this kind of fry. Fall-off-the-bone ribs and sizzling steaks are their specialty.