I just moved to Boston! Anyone have recommendations for things to do, neighborhoods to explore, restaurants/cafes to check out?

The museums!!

Would really recommend you explore some of the museums like the MFA, isabella stewart gardner, ICA, and the harvard ones. They typically have nights where they are free too if you can snag a ticket!!

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch, but these are the ones that came to mind first. Welcome to Boston!

RESTAURANTS: most of these are on this app too - Lone Star (East Cambridge) - Faccia a Faccia (Back Bay) - Cicada (Central Square) - Daily Catch (North End) - Woods Hill (Seaport) - Juliet (Union Square) - Saigon Fusion (Mass Ave) - Waverly (Charlestown) - Barcelona (South End, Brookline, Cambridge) - Bartaco (several locations) BARS: - Rebel Rebel Wine Bar (search natural wine bars on this app for other recs if you’re into wine) - The Tall Ship - Oak Long Bar - View Boston (to see Boston from the top of the city) - Anchovies (South End)

I moved here in 2016 and here are my musts

EVENTS & EXPERIENCES: I’ve found all of them on this app! If you haven’t turned on your notifications, you should, that’s how i get alerted about the best happenings. - Free outdoor movies (my fav is the Greenway) - Free outdoor concerts (my fav is ICA Harborwalk Sounds) - Free outdoor fitness (my favs are the Greenway and Seaport Sweat) - Fluff Fest (September) - CX Summer Nights (one more in August) - Beer & wine gardens (my fav is Cisco Seaport) - North End feasts (August) - Open Newbury (every Sunday) - Sowa Open Market (every Sunday) - sunflower season (this app notified me last year) - Free Shakespeare on the Common (run until August) - MFA First Friday - Free ICA Thursdays & Vinyl Nights at ICA - Free first Thursdays at the Gardner (admittedly I haven’t been but everyone raves about it and tickets sell out almost immediately every month) - Boston Public Library in general - Museum of Science is fun on a too-hot or too-cold day (To be continued…)

i have a running list of places i’ve enjoyed!

FOOD - Bánh Mì Chị Tôi (Dorchester) - Blue Nile (JP) - SRV (South End) - anoush’ella (South End) - Picco (South End) - Tasty Burger (Fenway/Back Bay/Cambridge) - Ganko Ittetsu Ramen (Brookline) - Mahaniyom (Brookline) - Oleana (Camberville) COFFEE - Gracenote (Dowtown/Chinatown) - Nine Bar Espresso (Somerville) - Brothers & Sisters (Brookline) - Ogawa (Downtown) - Phinista Café (Fenway) - Cicada (Camberville)

This is a great way to get acquainted with Boston Harbor and explore some waterside restaurants (Reel House & Pier 6). The water taxi costs $4 🌊⛵️