Places to eat breakfast and best bars

Hi

I need help, my wife and i are staying at the Copley sq hotel in February and i would like to know where the best place is to eat breakfast. Also what are the best bars in that area to go in the evening?

We are not party animals, so please no clubs, just good honest bars, waht are the Irish bars/pubs like?

Thanks in anticipation

Places to eat breakfast and best bars

Easy walking distance from your hotel is Charlie%26#39;s Sandwich Shop at 429 Columbus Ave. They have one of the best breakfasts in Boston. Ask for walking directions from your Concierge.

Here is the menu and a review:

boston.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp…

There are a few good irish bars along Boylston St. Whiskey%26#39;s and the Pour House are fun places. Also, if you go to the Quincy Market area, there are some more cluster of Irish places such as the Black Rose. Another area you%26#39;d probably like is around North Station. There%26#39;s McGanns, the Harp, Hurricane O%26#39;Reilly%26#39;s.

Places to eat breakfast and best bars

Hi WMichael,

There used to be a great Irish pub on Columbus Ave. in Boston%26#39;s South End area for breakfast; we used to go there all the time, but I can%26#39;t find it online and forget the name of it, may be some one out there will know or remember it! It might not even be there anymore.

There%26#39;s a really funny article that the Boston Phoenix reporters wrote about looking for a good Irish Breakfast in Boston and they picked 3 good ones down at North Station area as being the best ones they found. Here%26#39;s the article...

bostonphoenix.com/archive/…GRAND_CANAL.html

You%26#39;ll find a LOT of Irish pubs in Boston on this site:

www.BostonIrishPubs.com just click on pubs and it%26#39;ll list all of them; there%26#39;s SO SO many now to choose from!

Have a great time in Boston!

(NoMo, I think the bar you were thinking of was The Claddagh, on the corner of Dartmouth and Columbus... used to have a terrific breakfast/brunch buffet. It%26#39;s called Cleary%26#39;s now, and while popular, can%26#39;t hold a candle to the Brunch or regular dinner menu from The Claddagh%26#39;s days.)

I agree about Charlie%26#39;s, and would add Mike%26#39;s on Washington St. to the list of breakfast sites.

I could also mention Anchovie%26#39;s for a local bar. It%26#39;s also on Columbus Ave, and serves inexpensive Italian dishes (Pizza, pasta %26amp; parm). Their mussels are the best!

Another great bar/restaurant in the South End (my personal all-time favorite!) is the Franklin Cafe on Shawmut Ave... part ';comfort food';, part bistro/fusion.

At any of these places, you%26#39;re more likely to find local residents than fellow travellers.

Hi ISBoston,

That was it ';The CLADDAIGH';

Thank%26#39;s IsBoston!

I couldn%26#39;t think of the name of that place for the life of me, I was trying to pull it up online to no avail! It used to be SO great there, you%26#39;re right, the newer place probably didn%26#39;t follow through with that great breakfast at all, what a shame! We drove by where it used to be last year some time when we were in town and we were looking all over for there sign they used to have. Oh well....that%26#39;s progess, if you want to call it that!

I was trying to think of good breakfast places in through Copley Sq. area but nothing really jumped out at me that I could think of, I%26#39;m sure like you said IsBoston that the South End has loads of great places for breakfast.

Over in Southie, The ';Phantom Gourmet'; gave the ';Phantom approval'; to a wonderful place for breakfast called ';Terrie%26#39;s Place';

www.terriesplace.com

I went there a few times when it first opened and almost forgot about this hidden gem! The food is REALLY really good there! It%26#39;s a definite keeper. It%26#39;s got a very nice atmosphere as soon as you walk in to the place you are comfortable right away. It has the cute booths and tables all around it. It gets pretty crowded on weekends and early in the morning--(because it%26#39;s that good!) It%26#39;s located at 676 E. Broadway, So. Boston, MA. 617 268-3119

WMichael if you%26#39;re in the neighborhood, it%26#39;s only a few miles from downtown Boston, you could head over to this great spot for breakfast. You can also go to the Phantom Gourmet%26#39;s website as well for his review of the place, it%26#39;s quite good....

www.phantomgourmet.com

Enjoy your visit!

NoMo, maybe you remember the Brunch buffet at Appetito on Tremont St., at the corner of Appleton? Now, THAT was waht I called a buffet!

Anyway, another really great place for breakfast is also what you might call an Irish bar. It isn%26#39;t near Copley, but it IS right on the Orange Line in Jamaica Plain, so is easily accessible from Copley Square (Back Bay Station) It%26#39;s called Doyle%26#39;s, and is near Green St. on the Orange Line. Be sure not to get on the Green Line looking for Orange St. :)

The atmosphere is casula, wood floors, panelled walls, old wooden booths, tin ceiling, etc.

It%26#39;s also a favorite place for pols, with the walls lined with pictures of everyone from the mayors of Boston to Tip O%26#39;Neill.

Thanks for all your help guys, i cannot wait to try out some of the places mentioned!!