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Shopping in Boston
From big-city malls to quaint shops, Boston has something to offer almost
every shopper in search of the best buy or the perfect find. The Shopping
districts are all over the map, so get your walking shoes ready for some
great deals!
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These shopping malls and marketplaces are not quite the same as the
standard suburban mall. With most of the following retail establishments
being located inside the city center, the merchandise choices are in a
wider range from upscale designer stores to tourist based t-shirt and
souvenir shops.
10 Boston Landing / Terminal
C / Logan International Airport / 617-567-6494
Located at Logan Airport, this center has more than three dozen shops
and restaurants, an excellent place to pass the time when waiting for
a flight. Stores include: A Touch of New England Atlantic
Traders Boston Tops Brookstone The Children's Museum
Discover New England The Grove Hudson News
Just For Kids Kidport The Museum Company Relay
Staples Sunglass Hut Truffles Waldenbooks
Yankee Candle
Restaurants & Eateries include: Au Bon Pain Cheers Bar
& Grill Legal Sea Foods Sam Adams Boston Brewhouse
9 Cambridgeside Galleria / 100 Cambridgeside
Place / Cambridge / 617-621-8666
With over 100 shops and a waterfront food court overlooking the Charles,
Cambridgeside Galleria has something for everyone. Stores include:
Abercrombie & Fitch American Eagle Outfitters Ann Taylor
Banana Republic Bath & Body Works Filene's
Gap J. Crew Old Navy Pacific Sunwear Perfumania
Sears Timberland Victoria's Secret Wilsons
Leather Restaurants & Eateries include: Au Bon Pain
Cajun Big Easy California Pizza Kitchen The Cheesecake Factory
D'Angelo Sandwich Shops Le Petite Bistro Papa Razzi
Thai Accent
5 Copley Place / 100 Huntington Avenue
/ Boston / 617-369-5000
Over 100 stores, restaurants and a 11-screen multiplex surround a 60 foot
atrium with waterfall, Copley Place is truly a great mall
experience. Stores include: A|X Armani Exchange Allen-Edmonds
The Artful Hand Gallery Aveda Bailey Banks and Biddle
Banana Republic Benetton BOSS Hugo Boss Boston
Scrimshanders Inc. Coach Store Eileen Fisher Enrico
Celli Enzo Angiolini Express French Connection
Gap Gucci Helly Hansen J.Crew Joan and David
Kenneth Cole The Limited Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Louis Vuitton Neiman Marcus Nine West Ralph Lauren
Polo Sport St. Croix Stuart Weitzman Tiffany &
Co. Victoria's Secret, Copley Williams Sonoma Restaurants
& Eateries include: Bar 10 Chilis Grill &
Bar Copleys Grand Cafe Double Rainbow Cafe
Gourmelis Kowloon Cafe Legal Sea Foods Mrs.
Fields Cookies Nancys Coffee Cafe The Oak Room
Turner Fisheries
8 Faneuil Hall Marketplace - Quincy,
North & South Market Buildings / Financial District /
Boston / 617-523-1300
Over 70 shops and restaurants are located in this outdoor festival marketplace,
the existing Faneuil Hall which stands as an icon towards the front of
the Marketplace was built as a public market and town meeting place in
1742. Restored after a fire in 1761, Faneuil Hall was enlarged to its
current appearance by Charles Bullfinch in 1805. Additional structures
including the Quincy Market were added in the 19th century and the buildings
were restored as a marketplace in the 1970s and 1990s. Stores include:
Abercrombie and Fitch Ann Taylor April Cornell
Boston City Store Coach Celtic Weavers Crabtree &
Evelyn Crate & Barrel Discovery Channel Store
The Disney Store Geoclassics Henri's Glassworks Picture
You Photo, Inc. Victoria's Secret Waterstones Bookseller
Wilsons Leather Whippoorwill Crafts Yankee Candle
Company Restaurants & Eateries include: Ames Plow Tavern
Anadolu Cafe Aris Eat Barbeque The Bay Tower Bell
in Hand Bertuccis Black Rose Cheers Cafe (Restaurant
& Bar) Durgin Park Goemon JJ Donovans
KingFish Hall Kinsale Irish Pub Naked Fish Phoenicia
Plaza III Rustic Kitchen Salty Dog Seafood Grill
& Bar Sams Seasons Shenandoah Trattoria
II Panino The Walrus and the Carpenter Union Oyster House
(Ye Old Union Oyster House)
3 Shops at the Prudential Center /
800 Boylston Street / Back Bay / 800-746-7778
Specialty shops join with two department stores and a large food court
to make shopping a truly pleasurable experience. Stores include:
Alpha Omega Ann Taylor Ann Taylor Loft Arden B.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Barami The Body Shop
Chico's Claiborne Men Danskin Elisabeth F
Carriere Florsheim Shoes J. Jill - The Store Levis
Store Lord and Taylor The Museum Company Olympia
Sports Saks Fifth Avenue Sephora Sharper Image
Speedo Authentic Fitness Structure Swarovski Crystal
Talbots Kids World Of Science Yankee Candle Restaurants
& Eateries include: Au Bon Pain Barnes & Noble Café
Berkshire Grill Big Easy Cajun California Pizza Kitchen
Caveau Wine Bistro The Cheesecake Factory Dick's
Last Resort Legal Sea Foods Marche Movenpick Boston
Marchélino Top of the Hub
1 Worcester Common Outlets / 100 Front Street / Worcester
MA / 508-789-2581
Located an hour west of Boston in Worcester, these manufacturer outlets
offer savings of 25 to 65%. Stores include: Ann Taylor Bass
Outlet Bed Bath & Beyond Bon Worth Carters
for Kids Donna Karan Company Store Erata Sports Geoffrey
Beene Kasper A.S.L. Levis Outlet by Designs
London Fog Nautica Off 5th-Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet
Radio Shack Reebok Outlet The Sports Authority Van
Heusen Restaurants & Eateries include: Applebees
Au Bon Pain Panda Express Preferred Cafe
6 Wrentham Village Premium Outlets
/ 1 Premium Outlets Boulevard / Wrentham MA / 508-384-0600
An hour south of Boston in Wrentham, the center offers prime outlet savings
from leading manufacturers. Transportation is available from Boston. Stores
include: Adidas American Outpost American Tourister
April Cornell Banana Republic Factory Store Barneys
New York Outlet Bass Benetton Big Dog Birkenstock
Bombay Outlet Bostonian Clarks Brooks Brothers
Burberry Calvin Klein Carters Casual Corner
Cole Haan Chicos Croscill Home Cutter
& Buck Dana Buchman Dansk Dockers Donna
Karan Dress Barn Ecco Eddie Bauer Elisabeth
Etienne Aigner Gap Outlet Geoffrey Beene Harry
& David Hugo Boss Izod J. Crew Joan &
David Jones New York Kasper A.S.L. Kenneth Cole
Le Creuset Levis Outlet by Designs Liz Claiborne
London Fog Mikasa Nautica Nike Factory Store
Off 5th-Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet Oneida Home OskKosh BGosh
Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store Puma Reebok Outlet
Reed & Barton Rue 21 Seiko The Company Store
Timberland Van Heusen Versace Villeroy &
Boch Waterford Wedgwood Restaurants & Eateries include:
Friendlys Main Street Eatery Ruby Tuesday
From casual to quaint, Boston has some favorite nooks and crannies
where shopping has become an adventure. Its time to delve into a
hunt for that special trinket or gift youve been looking for!
7 Downtown Crossing / Intersection
of Washington Street where it meets with Winter and Summer Streets, including
Temple Place, West Street and Ave de Lafayette.
Bostons downtown area borders on the north end of the
Theater District and Chinatown, major department stores are surrounded
by smaller shops, cafes and restaurants. Major stores include:
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Brattle Book Shop DeScenza
Jewelers Filenes Department Store Filene's Basement
Loehmann's Macy's (East) Rand McNally Talbots
2 Harvard Square / Cambridge / bounded
north and east by Massachusetts Avenue / south and west by the Charles
River and Memorial Drive /
The bookshops alone are worth a visit. Shops and stores include:
Globe Corner Bookstore Grolier Poetry Book Shop Gray Booksellers
Harvard Bookstore Harvard Cooperative Society (The Coop)
Schoenhofs Foreign Books Starr Book Shop Wordsworth
Books Restaurants and cafes include: Au Bon Pan Bangkok
House Thai Bartleys Burger Cottage Bertuccis
Bombay Club Cafe of India Cafe Pamplona Cafe
Paradiso Cybersmith Darwins LTD. Dolphin Seafood
Iruna Pizzeria Uno Pho Pasteur Santa Barbara
Cafe Starbucks Tanjore Tealuxe The Wrap
Toscaninis
4 Newbury Street League / Back Bay
/ bounded by north and south by Commonwealth Avenue and Boylston Street
/ east and west by Massachusetts Avenue and Arlington Street /
Over 300 merchants including upscale retail and antique shops are the
mainstay of the Newbury Street, which has garnered the reputation of being
the Rodeo Drive of the northeast. Great restaurants are also located in
this exclusive Back Bay environ. Shops include: Alan Bilzerian
Alianza Autrefois Antiques Avenue Victor Hugo
Banana Republic Betsey Jenney Bijoux Brooks Brothers
Burberrys Limited Chanel Cole Haan C.P. Shades
Decor International DKNY Emporio Armani Erwin
Pearl Foil Francesca Laurenzi Gargoyles Grotesques
& Chimeras Gap Gianni Versace Giorgio Armani
Grovana of Switzerland Jessica McClintock Judi Rotenburg
Gallery LOccitane Laura Ashley London Lace
Max Mara Mayan Weavers Inc Nike Town Oilily
Patagonia Society of Arts and Crafts Small Pleasures
Stonestreets Talbots Kids Time and Time Again
Urban Outfitters Restaurants include: Armani Cafe
The Capital Grille Charleys Saloon Chanterelle
Davios DuBarry The Jewel of Newbury Kashmir
La Famiglia Giorgio The Other Side Cosmic Cafe Marcello's
Restaurant Miyako Newbury Pho Pasteur Saffron
Scoozi Sonsie Stephanies On Newbury
Steves Tapeo Thai Dish
The most well known Boston shopping icon may be Filenes, but
as one would expect from a large city, there are several quality department
stores in the Boston area. Here are a few of the best known shopping extravaganzas.
7 Filenes - 426 Washington Street
/ Theater District / 617-357-3000
Another Boston icon with a bit younger history, Filenes was founded
in 1881 and features six floors of well known designer apparel and high
quality items for the entire family.
Filenes Basement - 426 Washington Street / Theater District
/ 617-542-2011
Filenes Bargain Basement has taken on a life of its own, where
the values are pretty amazing if one wishes to literally wade through
the merchandise. (The basement is now under separate management.)
3 Lord and Taylor - Prudential Center
/ Back Bay / 617-262-6000
7 Macys - 450 Washington Street
/ Theater District / 617-357-3000
5 Neiman Marcus - 5 Copley Place /
100 Huntington Avenue / 617-536-3660
3 Saks Fifth Avenue - Prudential Center
/ Back Bay / 617-262-8500
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