Is it worth taking one of 6 evenings in Boston to go out to Revere Beach? We saw a show that featured Kelly's sandwiches. Is there something to do after you eat your RB sandwich in the early evening. Can't go in the day due to a working trip.
Also, what is a great place close to Boston in VT or NH to visit for a weekend? I have been to Maine and RI, while both were lovely, I would like to see another state.

Having grown up in Winthrop which is the next town over from Revere, and Kelly's is near and dear to my heart as are the Roast Beef Sandwiches (also great clams and onion rings and lobster rolls), it might be a fun day to visit the beach and have a sandwich. That whole area has been rennovated in the last few years and the beach is quite nice. There is also a place to change. Kelly's is right on the beach, and it is an outdoor stand so you get your food and take it across the street to sit on the wall and look out at the ocean. If you are looking for a bit nicer than that, continue up Rt 1 to Swampscott and have dinner at Anthony's which is a nice restaurant right on the water, you can't miss it just follow the signs for Swampscott and it is just over the line from Lynn. The views of the ocean are very pretty and Anthony's actually sits just above the water.

Have a fun time and have an extra sandwich for me.

Personally, I would totally skip Revere Beach. As for VT or NH, the Franconia Notch/Mt. Washington area of NH is only about 2 1/2 - 3hrs away depending on traffic, easily doable for a weekend. If you prefer VT, you could take Rt. 2W out through western MA which turns into the Mohawk Trail and then go N into VT around the Bennington/Mt. Snow area. Also,not too much driving for a weekend.

Brattleboro is an easy drive from Boston. It is in Vermont, right at the corner where NH and Massachusetts all meet up. It's a fun, interesting, pretty town.

Wantsomesun, the show we watched on Revere Beach was on PBS, called The Best Sandwiches! They looked yummy!!!!!
The show went all over the US to eat sandiches.

I do not consider Revere Beach a destination. While Kelly's is an institution (despite now having opened several other sites), there is really nothing else to do in Revere after you have a sandwich.

Revere is a blue collar city, congested, with a lot of traffic. Revere Beach can be fairly polluted depending on tides, season, etc - although great efforts have been made to clean it up. However, there is a long walkway and wall right along the raod and you could sit, eat, walk the beach - all within minutes of Boston.

If you just want the sandwich without the authenticity of original Kelly's, on the way to NH or VT head up Route 1 and eat at the Kelly's in Saugus on the way.

i think that if you have six nights in boston, it's worth it to take one night and head out of the city to see some of the cute towns. Revere is not necessarily "cute" in a tourist destination way, but it is a real place and sitting by the wall eating a kellys sandwich on a warm summer night is pretty darn enjoyable.


that said, i live in a very blue collar, average income town that happens to be smack dab on the Long Island Sound, so i have a soft spot for any place where "regular" people can own and live in waterfront property!

Wow, I think this is the first time I've heard of Revere Beach as a tourist destination in decades -- since the amusement park(s?) closed. No harm in dropping in for a sandwich, it's not far out of the way if you're heading north anyway.

If you spent a weekend in the Meredith NH area you could easily do a day trip thru the White Mountains and enjoy Lake Winnipesaukee. There's a lot of traffic in downtown Meredith and south of there is Weirs Beach where the Mt Washington cruise boat docks. There's a lot of crowds and fun stuff, loud motorcycles, classic cars and crowd watching. Wolfeboro on the north of the lake would be quieter and also more convenient to North Conway. It depends on whether you want to stay in a quiet area or with more going on. I haven't actually stayed at the Inn at Mill Place Falls (live too close) but it's close to restaurants and shopping.
You should look at a schedule of events for the state and see if anything interests you. There is so much going on every weekend thru the summer. Sunapee would be a quieter lake but still busier. If you like summer theater, there are several in NH convenient to these lakes.

Forget Revere Beach. There are dozens (hundreds?) of weekend destinations from Boston that are far, far superior:
*Cape Ann (including Gloucester, Rockport, Ipswich, etc.)
*The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts
*Almost anywhere in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine is certainly preferable!
And, as for restaurants, forget Anthony's in Swampscott. Its food is mediocre at best!