Owner Frank DePasquale describes Bricco as a "boutique" Italian restaurant offering modern interpretations of regional Italian dishes. The menu features items such as zucchini flowers stuffed with truffled ricotta cheese, Big Night Timpano (drum-shaped stuffed pasta w/ meatballs & a slow, braised meat ragu), stuffed lobster, as well as a five-course chef tasting & wine flight. Bricco's chefs use locally grown fruits and vegetables, domestic & organic meats & specially selected seafood. Bricco has garnered many awards such as TV Diner's "Platinum Plate", one of Esquire Magazine's "Top Ten Restaurants in America", and "Best Guaranteed Great Meal in the North End," from The Improper Bostonian Magazine.

3 floors of distinct dining rooms and the North End's ONLY seasonal patio and rooftop dining. You'd think that the rooftop might offer you a panoramic view of the North End, but that's not the case. While it is open air, there's a sort of garden wall that runs up high on all sides and pens in a friendly bunch of people who love to chat, drink and smoke. In the summertime the patio is a total meat market, which is perfect if you are loaded with enough cash and the desire to get your buns gooched (girls) and your egos bruised (guys). Don't go if you're the least bit prissy or fussy. This is more like an amusement park than a restaurant, and an experience that you should enjoy at least once in your life.

This is a great place to go if you want to hang out but not dance, featuring relaxed music mixes by Party Ben. The atmosphere is comfortable, you can take your friends or a date. The decor had textured white columns, dark wood furniture with black trim for the bar and tables, rich red seating in the lounge area. Wednesday nights they have a Frank Sinatra impersonator, which you think might be a bad thing, but this guy is excellent and is worth the trip alone. You really have to stop by sometime just to hear him, take my word for it. DJs keep the action moving on the dance floor on the weekends. Red Sky is below the Millenium Hotel in Faneuil Hall. (Why is it at a different address then?)

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Improv is at its craziest—and best—at this underground comedy haven. Tucked into the beginning of Hanover Street in the North End,mainstage shows combine improv and sketches into a slap-happy laugh orgy (W-Th 8pm, $15; F-Sa 8 and 10pm, $20). After the mainstage, late shows ($5-10) offer routines and sketches from guest artists as well as the cast. The all-improv Midnight Show (Sa, $10) is even zanier. Students can enjoy all NXT shows, featuring the “developmental” cast, for free ($5 for non-students). The onsite bar does a brisk business. Improv Asylum also offers classes ($250 for 8 3hr classes), corporate training, and private performances. Call a couple days ahead to ensure admission, a few weeks ahead for large parties. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

Comfortable and fun. This North End/Waterfront place is perfect for anything from sipping one of 30 martinis off of their Martini Menu in the lounge to enjoying an appetizer and sitting outside to watch the game. $1 oysters on Wednesdays from 4-7pm!



Appetizers are half-price on weekdays from 5pm-7pm.

Bacco, in Boston's North End, is a neighborhood restaurant as well as a dining hotspot for the rest of the city. Inside there are 2 floors of dining and bars, with windows opening onto the streets below. The menu is Northern Italian with Mediterranean influences and the wine list is extensive, and predominately Italian. There are usually great happy hour deals with half price appetizers.

This isn't the only cigar bar in the North End, but it's a very nice one. You can smoke cigarettes and cloves if they don't want a cigar, and you can sit and smoke and chat for a while. Most of Boston is a smoke-free zone, so finding this kind of venue is a great treat for those nicotine-challenged residents of our fair city. The setup has some warm and cozy, discrete clusters of luxurious seating. The beer selection is limited, but they have some nice wines.

It’s often said that, in order to move forward you have to look to the past. This can definitely be said about the inspiration for Durty Nelly's, based on a real-life woman, Nelly O’Sullivan, who was a stall holder in the Coal Quay Market in Cork City, Ireland. Overflowing with Irish charm and hospitality, this is just the place to take a break from a hectic day or spend the night with good friends passing away the hours in great conversation. On the second floor a surprise awaits in the form of a luxurious 18th Century dining room with some of the best views of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The dinner Menu will not just include specials but will, in fact, change every evening.

What used to be a former 1920's speakeasy and later an underground cigar bar is now one of the most popular hangouts for post-gustatory relaxation. After you've stuffed yourself on pasta and cannoli, puff on a good stogie. There are a couple dozen excellent varieties to choose from, which can be paired with fine cognac or scotch. Bonus: an exotic hookah for those who want to partake of their smoke the really old-fashioned way. One of the hidden gems of the North End.

Nicknamed 'The Front' by the locals. This is a nice little neighborhood pub, where you will be happy to warm up your feet on a cold night and camp out for a while to watch the game on the large screen TV (or any of the 10 others scattered around the place). It's all about the burgers and bar food that you wash down with a good beer. Be on the lookout for the owner, he's a dead ringer for The Gas Man from Dumb & Dumber, it's uncanny. I hear that the new bouncer is a real jerk, avoid him and your stay will be an extremely pleasant one. Bonus: Stella on draft served in official Stella glasses.