There are two neighborhoods at this address. South Boston has the character: the bars, the restaurants, the streets you know their names. The Seaport arrived in a decade, brought the harbor with it, and hasn't stopped. Aera sits where one ends and the other begins.
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South Boston has a rhythm: morning walks to the beach, evenings on West Broadway, weekends between the harbor and the ICA. A neighborhood lived in for decades and arrived at, newly, in the last ten years. Aera's address gets both of those stories.
Castle Island extends into the harbor at the southern tip of South Boston, with views back across the water and the skyline. The Sunday morning walk is one of the better things the neighborhood does. Sullivan's hot dogs, at the entrance, are the other.
Fox and the Knife has been on Boston's best-restaurant lists long enough that the neighborhood no longer thinks of it as a destination, it's just where you go. Chef Karen Akunowicz's kitchen is Italian-influenced, seasonal, and worth planning a Thursday around.
Capo sits on West Broadway with an Italian restaurant above and the Supper Club below, a live music venue with a speakeasy feel that runs most nights of the week. The kind of place you end up at more than you expected to.
The ICA sits on the Seaport waterfront in a building that extends over the harbor, which means the art inside has to compete with the view outside. It usually holds its own. Ten minutes from Aera.
The Harborwalk follows the Seaport's edge north toward downtown, and the stretch around Fan Pier is where Boston opens up in a way the city rarely allows. A good place to run, walk, or sit at the water long enough to remember why you chose this address.
Row 34 opened in the early years of the Seaport and has stayed on Boston's best seafood lists ever since. The oysters and the craft beer list are the main reasons to go. The fact that it's ten minutes from Aera is another.
Castle Island extends into the harbor at the southern tip of South Boston, with views back across the water and the skyline. The Sunday morning walk is one of the better things the neighborhood does. Sullivan's hot dogs, at the entrance, are the other.
Fox and the Knife has been on Boston's best-restaurant lists long enough that the neighborhood no longer thinks of it as a destination, it's just where you go. Chef Karen Akunowicz's kitchen is Italian-influenced, seasonal, and worth planning a Thursday around.
Capo sits on West Broadway with an Italian restaurant above and the Supper Club below, a live music venue with a speakeasy feel that runs most nights of the week. The kind of place you end up at more than you expected to.
The ICA sits on the Seaport waterfront in a building that extends over the harbor, which means the art inside has to compete with the view outside. It usually holds its own. Ten minutes from Aera.
The Harborwalk follows the Seaport's edge north toward downtown, and the stretch around Fan Pier is where Boston opens up in a way the city rarely allows. A good place to run, walk, or sit at the water long enough to remember why you chose this address.
Row 34 opened in the early years of the Seaport and has stayed on Boston's best seafood lists ever since. The oysters and the craft beer list are the main reasons to go. The fact that it's ten minutes from Aera is another.
