Lunch
Lunch
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Shy Bird
Shy Bird is a counter-service chicken place in Kendall Square that’s also, weirdly, not a counter-service place, thanks to a full bar.
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Cha Cha Cha Taqueria
Cha Cha Cha is a taco and burrito cart in Back Bay Station that makes Back Bay Station slightly more bearable.
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Boston Shawarma
Boston Shawarma is a counter-serve shawarma spot in the Fenway near Northeastern.
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The Downtown Lunch Guide
9 Downtown lunch options for when you can’t have another sad desk salad.
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The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks
Merchant is a Downtown brasserie that gets the job done if what you happen to be looking for is a Downtown brasserie.
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Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Cafe
Gene’s is a counter-service spot Downtown with outstanding hand-pulled noodles.
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Boston Chops
Boston Chops is Downtown steakhouse that looks and feels very much the way you expect a downtown steakhouse to.
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Chacarero
Chacarero is a lunch spot downtown that pretty much only serves one really big, really good Chilean sandwich.
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Laughing Monk Cafe
The Laughing Monk Cafe is a Thai-Japanese restaurant in Mission Hill that has some sneakily great sushi.
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Time Out Market
Time Out Market is a giant food hall in Fenway with stalls run by some great Boston restaurants. It’s cool, but be prepared to pay the tourist tax.
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Totto Ramen
Totto is a tiny ramen spot in Allston, and it should be on your ramen radar (which is totally a thing you should be able to get at Best Buy).
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Dave's Fresh Pasta
Dave's Fresh Pasta is an Italian market with very good sandwiches in Davis Square.
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Committee
Committee is a perfectly OK Greek spot on Fan Pier that has a fun outdoor bar in the summer.
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Trillium Brewing
Trillium is a brewery in the Seaport. The line out the door will be full of people coming for the beer, but the food is actually really good, too.