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 Last Hurrah, Omni Parker House?s fabled bar, has been the gathering place for Boston's colorful political pantheon for close to 150 years. Rogues, visionaries and villains sipped late-afternoon drinks at the Last Hurrah and hatched their plans to save the world, bilk it or escape it. James Michael Curley, a larger-than-life politician who embodied all three characteristics, was a regular patron. In fact, the bar takes its name from Edwin O'Connor's 1956 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel "The Last Hurrah," based on Curley's picturesque career. The Last Hurrah serves cocktails only.

Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X worked here in their youth. This hotel is also famous for being the birthplace of Boston cream pie. The Omni Parker House puts visitors right where they ought to be - where the action is. Located on the Freedom Trail in Boston's downtown Financial District, this hotel has accommodated comfort-seeking travellers since 1856. The hotel recently underwent a $70 million restoration, but has managed to keep its historic charm. Families will be pleased at the attention paid to making a stay with children a pleasant one. The hotel has a Kids' Program that serves up lots of goodies. Upon arrival little guests receive a bag filled with treats, coloring book and crayons, a slap band, foam boomerang, and a list of places to visit in town. Kids are also greeted with an enticing plate of cookies and milk when they enter their room. Other little person perks include cable television and Nintendo 64 in each room. It may be difficult to convince the kids to leave the hotel! A non-refundable $50 fee is charged for an animal stay. You'll pay less for your children - children under 17 are free. Most Haunted Hotel in New England? The recently refurbished Omni Parker House, apparently the most haunted hotel in New England since opening its doors in October of 1855, has seemed to tiptoe around its supernatural history. However, the marketing crew has recently been pushing its "exclusive haunted travel" package online here. The deep-link section here explores the various sightings of the misty apparition of the hotel's founder, Harvey Parker, who has reportedly been seen roaming the 10th floor annex. While they mention the close encounter of the Parker kind, they do stress that he hasn't been around lately. The last sighting was apparently two decades ago. However, there's a slew of other stories:

• Elevators are always called to the third floor (the floor Charles Dickens occupied) without a button being pushed or a guest waiting for the elevator.

• In a room on the 10th floor, guests have reported the sound of a rocking chair that kept them up all night. There are no rocking chairs in the hotel.

• Bellmen have reported bright “orbs” of light floating down the corridor on the 10th floor then disappearing.

Click here for the Omni Parker House's spirited backstory.

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