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    3.9 (332 reviews)
    Open • 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
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    Lemuel L.

    Massive ice parfaits here that are perfect for sharing. The Misugaru Red Bean Ice Parfait was really refreshing and thankfully not too sweet. Injeolmi (rice cake) added a nice chewy texture to the parfait as well.

    Mango Gelato Honey Toast
    Nan K.

    I love getting a sweet treat here! There aren't many Korean inspired cafes in the area that are so affordable and with great seating.

    Misugaru Red Bean Ice Parfait
    Katie D.

    I come here specifically for the Misugaru Ice Parfait--it's the best bingsoo I've had in Boston so far. The flavors strike a perfect balance between sweet and nutty without being overwhelming. The dessert is beautifully layered, with ice cream on top, two layers of red bean, almonds, mochi, and misugaru powder, all finished with condensed milk. It's especially great if you prefer desserts that aren't overly sweet. The portion is generous and can easily be shared among three people, making it a great option to enjoy with friends.

    Mango shaved ice
    Lizzie Y.

    I've been going to Caffébene for the longest time, ever since I was old enough to hop on the train to go into the city! Love, LOVE their mango bingsu! It's an item that they offer that I will continue to go out of my way for and definitely something that I always have to order whenever I visit Caffébene. It's amazing! Great flavor and all the ingredients are well balanced. Super refreshing & I highly recommend! I've tried other items as well that they offer, like smoothies and baked goods which are all very tasty, but I always find myself coming back for their mango bingsu, my favorite! Also, this is a great place to go if you're looking for a spot to get some studying done. Parking: can be tricky but there are meter parking spots around. Right by the Symphony Green Line station & Mass Ave Orange Line.

    Strawberry Ice Parfait
    Anh L.

    this place is adorable and the service was amazing. the portion was huge, though the flavor was just okay, lots of strawberries, though

    Chris C.

    This is my go-to after Symphony plane to treat myself to an Earl gray milk tea and 3 macarons.... (yes, I'm a bit OCD about having the same thing almost every time) Honestly the primary reason I come here is because it's about the only thing open after the symphony or theatre at then Huntington (why there's not more of a cafe culture around anything hall wit all the concert goers and students I just don't understand ) The other reason is it's a chill, friendly and affordable place with a good range of dessert items, sandwiches and coffee and tea. (also a good place for a quick before symphony meal!) Definitely a highlight of the symphony neighborhood

    Misugaru Red Bean
    Isabella C.

    WOW! Just wow!! I tried the misugaru ice parfait, which had layers of shaved ice, red bean, misugaru (soy bean powder), vanilla ice cream, and mochi. This was HUGE and definitely worth it. It wasn't too sweet, the ice cream had a strong vanilla flavor that paired nicely with the red bean. I'm so happy to have found a spot for korean shaved ice! The workers are friendly and my order came out quick. This is a casual spot with a lot of seating too!

    Spinach Grilled Cheese
    Grace V.

    A book club I am a part of met here tonight and it was my first time going to this cafe. The inside was vibrant and cute. Lots of cool architecture! The spinach grilled cheese I had was absolutely to die for. Pretty reasonably priced too. I would definitely come back!

    peach green tea Homemade Hazelnut Latte earl grey macaroon
    Melissa T.

    Such a nice cafe! Staff was super friendly and it's a great place to get some work done/study. The jazz music makes it feel cozy inside. Wifi is available and lots of tables and outlets. They also have a printer that you can use! Bathroom code is on the receipt. Right now they have a back to school promo deal happening! If you are a student and spend $15, you can get a free mug or tote bag. Earl Grey macaroon (7/10) - The flavor is strong so if you like Early Grey you might enjoy it. It was just a bit too sweet for my liking. I also wasn't that big a fan of the dried tea leaves that came on top of it. Peach Green Tea (9/10) The peach green tea 50% sweet was refreshing! I would get this again. Hazlnut Latte (6/10) Comes with bits of nuts in the drink. Not too strong of a flavor. It was more milky.

    Lavender Latte
    Vivian Y.

    I loved this cafe in Korea so I was really happy to see it in Boston. I loved their shaved ice (bingsu) and honey bread desserts in Korea but I came here after a very large and filling dinner so opted to just get a warm drink. 5/5 for their misugaru latte. If you haven't had misugaru, it's a Korean roasted multigrain powder drink that has a sweet, nutty, cereal like flavor and texture. This drink feels like a warm hug and it was so yummy here. My friend had a lavender latte and found that it had good coffee flavor but was too sweet. No stars deducted for this since I didn't try it. The interior of the cafe is spacious, clean, quiet, and very welcoming. I saw many students studying and drinking/eating here. I'd recommend for drinks, dessert, snack, and a good place to hang out or get alone time.

    Strawberry ice parfait
    Brooke C.

    I went here specifically for the Strawberry ice parfait, and it did not disappoint! First of all, it was beautiful. The ice cream on top was so rich and delicious. The dessert was light and refreshing as a whole. It was huge so I'd recommend splitting it between at least 3 people (I was only with 1 other person and we couldn't finish it). I didn't love the red beans in there so next time I'd probably order it without them.

    Pre-theater stop, but a more popular hang for students and their computers. Ordered a $12 turkey "panini" (see photo and menu) that was really awful deli meat on toast. Counter person openly admitted that sandwiches weren't really paninis and that if they did have a press, it probably didn't work. Look elsewhere.

    Mango shaved ice cream
    Emily Y.

    Their mango shaved ice is huge. Easily shareable and perfect for the summer. Mango chunks were fresh and the ice was milky flavored

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    The cup wasn't full, and the mango chunks wasn't fresh. They also make the consumer wait for quite long even there wasn't much people

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    All'Antico Vinaio

    All'Antico Vinaio

    3.9(67 reviews)
    0.7 mi•Back Bay

    The process here are simply fucking shocking ... $20 for a sandwich with a tiny amount of meat. I…read morecould almost fly to Italy and have a sandwich there if these get any more expensive. Oddly, some of the best sandwiches we had in Italy came from a gas station travel plaza on the way from Rome to Florence. We haven't found a similar sandwich in the US ... until here. The meats are sliced fresh and all the sandwiches are made by hand. You have a lot of choices ... and the menu is odd. It stretches from one end of the ordering counter to the other ... it's so long that it's difficult to read the choices at the beginning of the sign. We got the Paradiso, which is made with Mortadella (imagine a thin-sliced bologna) with pistachio cream. Thoughts on the sandwich: Size: - This is one of those places which gives you too much sandwich. I'd come back more often if the sandwiches were $10 - $12 for a single portion. Honestly, the sandwiches here could probably feed two people ... which is fine because it allowed us to split it. However, if I am getting lunch for myself, I don't want to pay double and take a half home. Ingredients: - The best part of the sandwich was the foccacia bread. It was crisp but light ... had a little bit of oil on it and it was dense enough to fill you up. Slightly salty. - The mortadella was high quality ... but at the end of the day, $20 for a bologna sandwich is tough. Also, I was a little surprised at how thin of a layer they put on for the price. - Pistachio/Cream ... Very sweet, I felt like I would have liked a little more savory to balance it out. The sandwich was very pistachio forward and that was the predominant taste. I'd have liked the mortadella to stand out more. Overall, you won't find a sandwich as similar to what you'd get in Italy anywhere else. This place is a bit over hyped in my opinion but the sandwiches are pretty authentic to what you'd find in Italy. Unique combinations and high quality ingredients but the prices are just so fucking sky high here. - The bread is the best part

    Incredible - just about identical to what I had at the Florence location. It might be sad, but my…read moreday trip from Providence RI to Boston was centered around getting a sandwich here. I got the La Paradiso which has Mortadella, stracciatella, pistachio cream and pistachio ($19). The focaccia bread is out of this world, and I absolutely love the combination of creamy stracciatella with pistachio cream and mortadella. Their sandwiches are massive, and while I am able to finish one no problem, the average appetite would have two meals out of one sandwich. La Paradiso was the same sandwich I got in Italy so I gotta mix it up next time. The service is quick and friendly.

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    Monica's Mercato

    Monica's Mercato

    4.3(768 reviews)
    2.2 mi•North End
    •$$

    I came for the much heralded Italian sandwich and it did not disappoint…read more Small, 2-room shop on Salem Street, right next to Bova's Bakery, good for Italian provisions and artful Italian sandwiches. As the name "Mercato" implies, it's not a restaurant, so no place to eat, no place to "do your business" after, and if you've made it to the north end, you already know there's no place to park. -- Italian Sandwich: Long, soft bread, kinda like the kind you had in your school cafeteria, only a million times softer, a million times more crackly, and a million times better. Setting the base are oil, balsamic vinegar, lettuce, tomato, pickles, hots, and provolone. Italian sandwiches usually come flat-stacked or in a C-shape. Here, it's a fluffy stack, with the VERY-thin-sliced-to-order meats-- prosciutto, mortadella, salami-- piled generously but delicately, like tissue paper. More oil and balsamic on the other side seals the deal. It's a glorious sandwich that'll fill you up with the first half, but you'll want to keep eating the second half, because it's so good. The deep flavors of the meats comes through, and that's soft, crunchy bread is a delight. Pro tip #1: Get it with a small side of pesto. Have some bites with, some bites without. Pro tip #2 (in more ways than one): Plan your restroom visit at the nearby Boston Public Market. Pro tip #3: Plan your eating near the Paul Revere statue on Hanover Street, at the basketball court down Stillman Street, or on the Greenway down Hanover Street.

    Sneaked our way into this place right before close since we didn't make dinner reservations nor…read morewanted to wait longer than an hour. However per my cousin, it was absolutely a gamble getting into Monica's due to its popularity. It's your typical Italian deli and stocked with many of yummy bites. I couldn't pass up the burrata special, holy cow, was this fresh. Every bite I wanted more. The balsamic had a lovely twang to it. Super fresh produce and fresh bread!! Can't beat it!

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    Sam LaGrassa's

    Sam LaGrassa's

    4.4(1.3k reviews)
    1.6 mi•Downtown
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    I'd heard of Sam LaGrassa's for years but had never managed to make it there. My first introduction…read moreended up being at a corporate event in Boston's Seaport district, where lunch arrived courtesy of one of the city's best-known sandwich shops. The catering was impressive. Before anyone even took a bite. Every half sandwich was individually wrapped and clearly labeled, with salads and sides neatly organized, making it easy for a large group to grab lunch without the usual catering chaos. The choices were wide and varied. We took our lunches upstairs to a rooftop seating area overlooking the Seaport, which made for a pretty great setting on a beautiful afternoon. I chose the Gobbler, and it lived up to the hype I've since read in other reviews. At first glance it sounds like a Thanksgiving leftover sandwich, but it's much more than that. The turkey was fresh and flavorful, and it was complemented by stuffing, cranberry sauce, spinach, pepper jack cheese, and just enough chipotle mayo to add an unexpected kick, without overwhelming everything else. It's one of those combinations that sounds busy on paper but comes together remarkably well. I spoke with several others over lunch, and they were equally impressed with their choices. That's always a good sign when you're feeding a crowd. It's one thing to make a great sandwich to order; it's another to deliver dozens of them catered while maintaining that level of quality. Since this was catered, I can't really comment on the restaurant itself. The service on the catering side, however, was evident in how thoughtfully everything was prepared and packaged, and the rooftop setting where we enjoyed lunch certainly didn't hurt. Needless to say, this won't be my last Sam LaGrassa's sandwich. I fully intend to visit the restaurant one of these days, and in the meantime I'll spend some time trying to recreate that Gobbler at home (maybe with sliced roasted chicken, but also with turkey when I have it). It was that good.

    You want the best sandwiches in Boston, look no further…read more You want the most expensive sandwiches in Boston, look no further. You want the worst restaurant seating in Boston, look no further. This place is fairly under the radar ... but those who know and don't mind the crazy prices and rude counter staff enjoy it. The restaurant itself is small ... and the seating is communal which absolutely is a pain in the ass. There is a back area with single seats and a ledge you can put your sandwich on but there are a lot of idiots who put their stuff on one seat and take up the other so nobody can sit next to them. There are several connected tables with 6 seats each. Unfortunately, you'll be sitting next to 4 or 5 strangers. The seating is the worst part ... if you can, it's best to grab your sandwich to go and bring it to a bench or somewhere you can eat it in a more peaceful setting. When it gets busy, this place is the definition of chaos. There is about 5 feet from the door to the ordering counter and the menu is impossible to read. Lots of backup and confusion about who is ordering, who is reading the menu and who is just standing around waiting. The sandwiches are worth the hype. Not sure if they are worth the price though at $20 - $30 per sandwich. (Pastrami is in the $30 range and something more simple, like buffalo chicken is in the $30 range.) You probably could get 2 servings out of a sandwich if you are a light eater ... sandwiches are big. This is one of those places that charges you a fortune and gives you too much. I'd be happy with a sandwich 25% smaller and 25% less expensive. The other gripe I have is that the sandwiches are the messiest I've ever had. Most have drippy Cole slaw or sauce on them and eating them is very messy. They have no napkin holders on the table and they give you only two napkins with each order. It's almost like a running joke. The counter staff is really rude and matter of fact. Given how many choices and combinations there, naturally there will be some confusion. And the place is loud when crowded, so they keep acting annoyed and saying, 'huh?'. If you have deep pockets and a big appetite this is a spot you should try. A lot of the corporate offices for big four accounting firms and high value companies use this place for catering. That's how I first found out about it. They also ship their sandwiches, which is interesting.

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    Mike & Patty's - Bay Village - Make it your way! Ask our friendly staff about our available ingredient options. Customize your creation and enjoy a truly unique sandwich.

    Mike & Patty's - Bay Village

    4.4(2.3k reviews)
    1.0 mi
    •$$

    My husband and I had some time to kill before an appt at Tufts. We were heading somewhere else for…read morea sandwich when we walked by this spot. The smell of bacon was too good to keep moving past it and we decided to head inside. Best happy accident!! Any place that has staff wearing shirts that say "Stoked for yolks" and has an array of pig decor- jackpot! The small menu was deliciously stacked with breakfast and lunch options; the griddle was sizzling, there's a drink fridge, and a spot to stand and consume. My husband got a turkey and I did a ruby melt; SO GOOD! I perused the menu, and the breakfast options all looked incredible! If you find yourself on this end of Tremont and you smell amazing bacon, follow your nose to Mike and Patty's - you will not be disappointed! Also, staff was super friendly! This place is a total package!

    This restaurant is tiny (175 square feet) and only has 2 seats - which were both occupied when I…read morestopped by around 11:30am. There's a small park with shaded benches about 2 blocks away (Elliot Norton Park) which is a great place to sit down and devour the food. I ordered the Mission Breakfast Burrito and it was delicious. As of August 2026, the website lists the burrito as $14, but the price on the in-person menu was $16. I would give the burrito 4 out of 5 stars because of the way it was wrapped - about a third of the burrito was just egg and cheese and the toppings (avocado, red onion, hash browns, salsa verde, crema) were crammed on the other side of the burrito. If there was a way for the burrito to be wrapped so all the ingredients were more evenly distributed - this would easily be a 5/5 breakfast burrito. One random detail that stuck out to me was that their drinks in their refrigerator were very cold - no lukewarm sodas here! I would come back here to try their signature "Fancy" sandwich. Overall, this is a very solid breakfast spot in Boston!

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    Mike & Patty's - Bay Village - Milk-y way to quench your thirst! Try our flavored milk in banana, strawberry, or chocolate.

    Milk-y way to quench your thirst! Try our flavored milk in banana, strawberry, or chocolate.

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    Parish Cafe & Bar - Now open for in person dining and takeout.

    Parish Cafe & Bar

    4.0(1.7k reviews)
    0.9 mi•Back Bay
    •$$

    This place never disappoints, except I guess if you go at 11:30 on a sunday they say no to custom…read moresandwich orders. No subs (ha)! I asked to have the vegetarian and delicious eggplant subbed in for the meat on one of the sandwiches and was promptly told no after our server checked with the kitchen. Sad. Bowl O rings is as good as ever. And wow was that aioli wonderful!

    My pal and I decided to visit Parish Cafe for dinner. The premise of the restaurant is that…read moremultiple renowned chefs submit a dish, usually a sandwich, and the menu becomes an amalgamation of masterpieces from many respected chefs. When we walked up around 7:30 pm, the outdoor seating on this beautiful day was already full. Good sign to start! Since it was a bit windy, we asked for an indoor table and were brought in immediately, no wait. To quench my thirst, I opted for a Storrow Jam libation- a blueberry, vodka, sparkling water, lemon flavored drink. Absolutely refreshing and well presented! My pal ordered their spin on a Cuban and swapped out the chips for the dill pasta side. He loved it so much that it was gone on minutes. Being a fan of ground meats, I opted for the Hajj, a ground lamb, tzatziki, Mediterranean style sandwich. It was well flavored and large, and came with a side salad. I shared the sandwich with my friend, but agreed that his crispy Cuban was a bit tastier. We ended the evening with a bread pudding topped with vanilla ice cream to share. Massive portions! We both enjoyed to our hearts' delight, and the one dessert could have easily been shared with a third person. Our wait staff was so pleasant- friendly and warm from the start. They really made this experience shine! This is quite a pricy spot in the heart of Boston, so be prepared to pay a pretty penny for sandwiches. However, the elegance of the food is up there and it's a unique experience to pick a meal from a handful of the top chefs.

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