Friday, October 10, 2008

Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market





Famous For: its festivity of street performers, seafood & ethnic

cheap eats,souvenir carts, and chain stores.

To Do: see street performances * tour Faneuil Hall's museum on the

third floor * have a clam chowder soup in a bread bowl, raw oysters or scallops and

bacon in skewer at the Quincy Market building * see New England Holocaust Memorial

nearby at Congress Street Boston, MA 02116 (617)457-8755 www.nehm.org * see US

oldest restaurant, Union Oyster, est. 1826 Sun-Thurs 11-9:30 pm Fri-Sat 11-10 pm

41 Union Street (617) 227-2750 www.unionoysterhouse.com

Optional Reading: It's amazing that after two hundred sixty some years later Faneuil Hall and its area is still hubbing with merchants and vendors. Now totally five buildings it's a fun place to eat and shop. When I first moved to Boston I often have clam chowder in the bread bowl at Boston Chowda and then later my mom came across the $12 scallop and bacon in skewer from Boston Kitchen that I got hooked on. Rachel Ray, however, picked Carol Ann's Bake Shop for her $40 A Day Show (I, personally, prefer my pastry to be less sweeter). Another personal fav is the non-dairy real fruit smoothie at The Monkey Bar that cost me $6 everytime for a small cup. And as for shopping I liked the Best of Boston and Funusual when I was still a tourist. Now living in Boston I frequent the Urban Outfitters and stores like American Eagle and Gap that aren't listed by the Faneuil Hall web because they are located in the nearby commercial building I guess. Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, Clarks, Crocs and Brookstone are also not listed.

340 Faneuil Hall Market Pl

Boston, MA 02109-1634

(617)523-1300

www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com

Faneuil Hall Mon - Sat 10 - 9pm Sun 12 - 6pm

Quincy Market hours vary by stores

Admission free

Subway Stop: Orange line's Haymarket or Green line's Government Center

Validate ticket stub at any Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market merchants for

$3 off parking weekdays at 75 State Street Garage located on

Broad Street Open 24 hrs (617)443-2817

$10 parking after 5pm on weekdays, Sat, Sun & holidays validation needed as well.

www.75statestreetgarage.com

Restrooms inside Quincy Market by souvenir carts

1 comment:

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