Quincy Market
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Good Place to Drink,
Good Place to Eat,
Good Place to Shop,
People Watching,
Popular with Locals,
Market
The main hub of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, bustling Quincy Market has attracted locals and visitors alike for nearly 200 years. This historic food hall, set inside a stately three-level Greek revival-style building, is packed with more than 50 shops, 14 restaurants, and 40 food court stops. There’s even a bar that’s an exact replica of the bar from the popular TV show Cheers.
Inside Quincy Market, the central corridor is lined with full-service restaurants, pushcarts, and New England souvenirs. Choose from chowder, bagels, Indian, Greek, baked good, and ice cream. Then, take a seat at one of the tables in the central rotunda. On warm evenings, tables spill outdoors from restaurants and bars fill up with people, creating a festive mood.
The rest of the marketplace is made up of the North Market building, the South Market building, and Faneuil Hall. Along with restaurants, you’ll find an intoxicating mix of chain stores and unique shops.
Latest Reviews
Review by john m, May 2013
Doing what: The Total Boston Experience
Our group of 5 middle-aged adults enjoyed Ben’s tour very much and found it quite enjoyable and informative.
Ben is a pleasant, energetic, enthusiastic teacher of Boston’s history. He is a fountain of information, which gushes, forth for the entire tour. His tour is like a school without walls set right in the heart of old Boston. He personalized the tour for us. It was the highlight of our trip to Boston.
The fact that Ben is a distant relative of Paul Revere by marriage and has a long ancestral past with Boston. This adds a little something to the tour. He has studied his subject and knows it well. He has written a children’s book on Boston, which is quite nice.
The tour itself is outstanding. Ben’s selection of minor points of interest to compliment the major historical sites presents a nice balance and tempo. For example, the ladies really enjoyed sitting at the table and having their pictures takes at the table in the Parker House Hotel where John Kennedy proposed to Jackie.
It was nice to have a guide who really knows his subject and just doesn't make things up. Ben answered all questions and would say so if he didn’t know the answer to a question.
Ben’s ability to make an understandable oral presentation on various subjects and tie them all together is superb. His use of visual aids added much to the tour. Ben had visual aids in the form of pictures, maps and newspaper articles that were viewed and discussed during stops at various points of interest. Additionally, Ben gave us various materials after the tour to take home including videos and access to web sites, which discuss things seen on the tour.
Going the extra mile, Ben provided us with a written list of recommended restaurants, which was very helpful. The list was written from the point of view of a native Bostonian and thus was very insightful.
Review by john m, May 2013
Doing what: The Total Boston Experience
Our group of 5 middle-aged adults enjoyed Ben’s tour very much and found it quite enjoyable and informative.
Ben is a pleasant, energetic, enthusiastic teacher of Boston’s history. He is a fountain of information, which gushes, forth for the entire tour. His tour is like a school without walls set right in the heart of old Boston. He personalized the tour for us. It was the highlight of our trip to Boston.
The fact that Ben is a distant relative of Paul Revere by marriage and has a long ancestral past with Boston. This adds a little something to the tour. He has studied his subject and knows it well. He has written a children’s book on Boston, which is quite nice.
The tour itself is outstanding. Ben’s selection of minor points of interest to compliment the major historical sites presents a nice balance and tempo. For example, the ladies really enjoyed sitting at the table and having their pictures takes at the table in the Parker House Hotel where John Kennedy proposed to Jackie.
It was nice to have a guide who really knows his subject and just doesn't make things up. Ben answered all questions and would say so if he didn’t know the answer to a question.
Ben’s ability to make an understandable oral presentation on various subjects and tie them all together is superb. His use of visual aids added much to the tour. Ben had visual aids in the form of pictures, maps and newspaper articles that were viewed and discussed during stops at various points of interest. Additionally, Ben gave us various materials after the tour to take home including videos and access to web sites, which discuss things seen on the tour.
Going the extra mile, Ben provided us with a written list of recommended restaurants, which was very helpful. The list was written from the point of view of a native Bostonian and thus was very insightful.
Review by Martina H, April 2013
Doing what: The Total Boston Experience
brilliant, got to know even the sites of the beginning of the revolutionary war Lexington and Concord, very much information, good timing for stops and breaks, great overview over Boston sights, driver was guide at the same time
Practical Info
In the heart of downtown Boston, Quincy Market adjacent to historic Faneuil Hall and is bordered by the financial district, the waterfront, and the North End. The market is easily accessible via the MBTA subway, or the T.
Quincy Market is also a well-traveled part of Boston's "Freedom Trail." The market is a five-minute walk to the New England Aquarium, The Children's Museum, The Old State House, and Paul Revere's House. Other nearby attractions include The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Garden, Old North Church, and Fenway Park.
