Hello,

I'll be in Boston for the very first time next weekend (Sept. 29-30). We'll be 4 guys in our 30s, coming in a bus with a group (radio station trip) for the Red Sox/Twins game on Sunday.

We'll be staying at the Boston Radisson and we'll have the whole Saturday on our own. I'd like to get some suggestions on things to see and visit. Remember that it must be near the Radisson, cause we won't have a car to move. Also, I'd like to get some tips on "cheap" restaurants (seafood, steakhouse..) cause we'll be on a budget.

Thanks.

You can get around on the T, so you don't need to be limited to near the Radisson. A few ideas - take the tour of Sam Adams Brewery. It's free, short with good beer samples. To get there, just take orange line to Stoneybrook Station and it's a 2 minute walk. Check out Sam Adams website for information. You can also take tours at the Harpoon Brewery in South Boston.

Also, Boston Beer Works is a fun place - there's one on Canal Street near the Fleet Center and one near Fenway. Food is bad, but brews are good. May also want to head to the North End for food and pastry.

Check out boston.menupages.com for restaurant info. It posts menus and there are user comments. You can also filter by location and type of food.

Boston is easy to get around as it is a small walkable city with a good transit system. Dont' know what interests you have other than baseball so here are a few random suggestions

You could walk the Freedom Trail if you are interested in history (Paul Revere's house, Old North Church, Boston Massacre site etc).

You could go to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum or the Institute of Contemporary Art if you are interested in art.

You could check out Harvard Square if you are interested in coeds.

Before the game you could try to get into the Cask and Flagon or Boston Beer Works - both adjacent to Fenway.

You could take a harbor cruise or see if they are offering tours at the Harpoon Brewery.

There won't be a Patriots game as we have the Monday night game this week but most of the bars on Boyleston St or at Quincy Market will have some football games on.

The JFKennedy Library is pretty interesting for history buffs too.

Thanks to all for the infos!! Keep them coming!

This Brewery tour looks interesting for sure.

Do a tour of Fenway Park-gives you a chance to view the ballpark from every vantage point, including the Green Monster. Lots of fun.

We just got back last week - our favorite things were the Duck Tour, going to Fenway, the guided tour of the Freedom Trail, and going whale watching. The T is really easy to use, so you can go anywhere. Check out the North End for Italian food and go to Regina's Pizza - it's cheap and good!

Look on the Freedom Trail web page and see what you would pass walking the route - it's good b/c yuo get an overview of different areas and can stop or not dpending on your interests.
www.thefreedomtrail.org

When you arrive at the Radisson, the first thing I would do is walk straight down the street towards Boston Public Garden (which will be on your left) and Boston Common (which will be on your right)
in the far right lower corner of the Common is a huge tourist kiosk - inside are more pamphlets (and freedom trail maps) than you can imagine and assistants at the desk who can give directions and answer questions -

Get your bearings a bit, walk thru to Public Gardens - and maybe down Charles Street and the overpass to the Charles River and then back and do the Freedom Trail or any of the other great suggestions you received above.

For eats/etc you might like the web pages
www.bostonirishpubs.com
and also check out
www.10best.com - go to Boston and take a look at ten best lists for pubs, restaurants, etc.

For a good burger, in an Irish "sports" bar type atmosphere we enjoy Clery's on 113 Dartmouth St (you can walk from your hotel no problem) -
the fish n chips are also good, as well as other menu items (the burger is my favorite) -
great bar, big screen tv's, enormous comfortable booths or big chairs in the back room -

For breakfast, you might want to walk to one of the diners like Charlies (on Columbus Ave) or the South Street Diner (which is open 24/7) and is on Kneeland Street a short walk from your hotel
southstreetdiner.com

Also, Charlies at night has a great affordable steak - but it is a diner - nothing fancy in the atmosphere, but good food

Near Charlies is Giacomo's italian restaurant on Columbus - some of the above are on the edge of the Newbury St/Boylston St or more typically thought of areas to eat for tourists (Faneuil Hall, etc) but the food is good and usually has more locals in them b/c the prices are also more reasonable than some of the more 'fancier' establishments. But you can find most of these menus online and check to see if the prices match your budgets.

For seafood yuo might like Legal Seafoods, or Jasper White's Summer Shack which is at Kings Bowling Alley if you also feel like some exercise
www.summershackrestaurant.com

Jillians is also popular:
www.jillians.com

Also, if you google things like "cheap eats, boston" you will find tons of links to pages with lists that might help - and they should also be helpful at the Radisson - some friends recently stayed there when they were visitng this summer and they liked the hotel - I'm sure you know, but it has a pool in case you want to swim -

Again, thanks for all the replies!

Mmm, Charlie's. Ate there last Friday: blueberry pancakes! It was a great start to a long day.

Yummm.....and Charlies's coffee with a teaspoon of honey in it

Eloi have fun and post back and let us know where you went and how you liked Boston/ the Sox/ etc.

You are about a 5 minute walk from Chinatown, I like Peachfarm on Tyler Street. There will be many cheap choices to choose from.

It appears the weather will allow for lots of outdoor dining, try a stroll down Newbury Street, I like Cafe L'Aroma for coffee. You are also about a 5 minute walk from Newbury Street. Also check out the Parish Cafe on Boylston and Arlington on the way to Newbury.

Climb the Bunker Hill Monument!

free jazzfestival

www.beantownjazz.org noon-6