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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: BRATTLE BOOK SHOP; COCKTAIL AT YVONNE’S; OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE; PRIMARK
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Start your day strong at the Japanese cafe Ogawa Coffee. For a healthy pickme-up, Thirst Juice Co.’s vegan and delicious green juices or smoothies are the way to go, or warm up with a soup. The natural wines at the cozy Haley.Henry, coupled with charcuterie or discerningly sourced tinned fish, make for a great way to wind down.
A must-visit, Brattle Book Shop (est. 1825) is three floors—plus, in good weather, a parking lot—full of used, rare and antiquarian titles. European discount retailer Primark’s 77,000-square-foot space offers plenty of excuses to shop. If slow fashion and quality menswear is more your style, head to Clothing From Italy.
For a hearty, flavorful lunch, try Chilean spot Chacarero’s namesake sandwich. Mast’ is known for authentic Italian dishes and superb Neapolitan wood-fired pizzas. Serving outstanding drinks and wide-ranging fare, hip supper club Yvonne’s has added exclusivity to the mix with The Gallery—the entrance to the seven-table space is behind a bookshelf.
Several sites on The Freedom Trail are near Downtown Crossing, including Old South Meeting House, King’s Chapel, Park Street Church and Granary Burying Ground, go at it on your own or take a guided tour. Live performances in a historic setting are at Orpheum Theatre, featuring Steely Dan, Il Divo and “Sleeping Beauty Dreams.”
Ogawa Coffee,
Brattle Book Shop,
Chacarero,
10 Milk St., 617.780.7139
101 Arch St., 617.542.0392
Freedom Trail,
Mast’,
44 School St., 857. 233.4535
9 West St., 617.542.0210 Primark, 10 Summer St., 617.350.5232
45 Province St., 617.936.3800
www.thefreedomtrail.org/ trail-sites
Haley.Henry,
Clothing From Italy,
Yvonne’s,
Orpheum Theatre
45 Province St., 617.208.6000
49 Bromfield St., 617.426.7801
2 Winter Place, 617.267.0047
1 Hamilton Place, 617.482.0106
Thirsty Juice Co.,
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