The Parish Cafe is like the Norton Anthology of Boston's culinary cosmos. The list of culinary contributors reads like a Who's Who of Boston chefs: Todd English (Olives), Jody Adams (Rialto), Lydia Shire (Excelsior—formerly Biba) and other big stars descend from their constellations to endow the menu with incredible specialty sandwiches ($9-20) which do marvelous things with chicken, portabello, lobster, brioche, focaccia. The best bartenders in the scene also contribute towards a highly creative martini menu ($5.75-7.50). The Parish Cafe was voted the best purveyor of sandwiches 4 years in a row, and the Unofficial Guide heartily concurs. They also offer a beer card program in which you must taste all of their offered beers to earn a prized mug engraved with anything you like. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Radius's team of hipster restaurateurs score yet again with this tastefully mod and highly authentic Italian experiement, which offers diners a choice of top-drawer food and drinks in one of four settings. Try the white-walled main dining room, the outdoor terrace, the late-night bistro and pizzeria, or the bar—a perfect place to meet dates for after-hours drinks. The restaurant offers a host of generously-portioned Italian regional specialties, like the phenomenal Fresh Pappardelle with Long Island duck, dried cherries, and rosemary ($19), but those in a drinking-and-snacking kind of mood should hit the bar for specialty drinks, scene-making, and lightly crunchy risotto balls ($10). The mostly upscale 30-something crowd packs this place nightly, so call for reservations. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard. The basil gimlet--fresh basil with lime and vodka--is not to be missed.

Rattlesnake is one of the only roof-top bars in Backbay. Serving up drinks and food on three different levels (including a second level pool area), Rattlesnake has a little bit of "scene" for everyone. The first level is crowded- with after-work drinkers. In the summer, the floodgates are open and people pile in to get a spot on the covetted spot on the deck. The menu features grilled pizzetas, burgers, and sandwiches (all of the south of the border influence. Link to the Dinner Menu

Downtown Boston's Park Plaza Hotel is the home of Todd English's spectacular Bonfire restaurant. Fusing Argentinean, European and American steakhouse influences, Bonfire's menu features grilling traditions from across the globe. The restaurant also boasts a taqueria serving delicious assortments of tacos and tapas.

Visit their website for online reservations. This is a small restaurant on Newbury Street offering up cocktails and menu items that are contemporary American. Prices range from $6-$15 for appetizers and $15-$30 for entrees. In the summer, there is a patio that holds up to 30 people. For $29, there is a prix fixe menu (Sunday through Wednesday). The regular menu highlights include a prosciutto/fig/arugula pizza and porchini ravioli. There is a bar crowd that is mostly neighborhood regulars.

A Boston-based chain Legal Sea Foods offers a variety of high quality sea food. The clam chowder has been served at the last seven presidential inaugurations. Although Legal Seafoods now has an entire East Coast presence, it's base continues to be Boston. High quality seafood and extensive wine list. They also ship around the country. This is their flagship location featuring a state-of-the-art wine cellar holding 800 labels and 10,000 bottles.

This Park Plaza location is the flagship of the dessert king. Catering to the Park Plaza Hotel and the hungry Theatre District, this truly is a place to indulge yourself in something sweet. Consistently rated one of the top date locales in the city, and with various other locations in the Boston area, Finale knows that it is surely doing something right.

Conveniently located in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel adjacent to the Theater District, the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Bay Village and the South End, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant maintains a stellar reputation for uncompromising value and quality. This restaurant's classic menu features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and seafood, flown in daily. In addition to delicious seafood from local shores and both coasts, menu highlights include tempting pasta, poultry and beef specialties from Executive Chef Joseph Bartel.

FiRE + iCE allows guests to personally select ingredients and sauces and create their own meal.
You can suggest your favorite selections to the chefs behind the grill and supervise as your food is prepared! If your children want chicken, and only chicken, they can have much as they want without breaking the bank. Children under two eat free; those ages two to seven are fed for $6.95 and ages eight to 12 are $9.95. Adult prices are reasonable, too: Mon-Fri lunch $7.95 one trip, $9.95 unlimited; Sat lunch $9.95 unlimited; Sun Brunch $13.95 unlimited; and every night dinner $16.95 unlimited. High chairs and booster seats are on hand, and a changing table is available in the restroom. The restaurant is vegetarian-friendly.