Toro is a fun South End tapas restaurant.

Island Creek Oyster Raw Bar is like a beer garden, but with oysters. And that’s a beautiful thing.

Coppa is an excellent Italian restaurant in the South End.

Mariel is a Cuban restaurant downtown. Don’t let all the selfies distract you from the fact that it’s actually really good.

KO Pies is a chill spot for meat pies and outdoor Jenga on the industrial waterfront of East Boston.

Select Oyster Bar is a relaxed Back Bay seafood restaurant and bar with a small but very good menu.

Ducali isn’t as famous as some other well-known North End pizza places, but one day it might be.

Cornish Pasty is a tiny Back Bay pub that serves savory English pies.

Little Donkey is a small plates restaurant in Central Square that’s great for drinks and few bites.

Frenchie is a wine bar in the South End.

Legal Harborside is a giant seafood restaurant in the Seaport, with multiple dining concepts and a big roof deck with harbor views.

Bukowski in Inman Square has a large beer list and decent bar food.

Duozo is a decent high-end sushi place in Back Bay.

Atlantic Fish is a standard seafood restaurant in Back Bay where you can get some perfectly OK New England seafood.

ReelHouse is a seafood place in East Boston with one of the best outdoor spaces in the city.

Samuel Adams is a brewery in Jamaica Plain, but you knew that already.