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The Best Places to Eat and Do in East Boston

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The best places to eat and do in East Boston, according to the experts: James Beard Awards, Eater, and Boston Magazine have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. MIDA comes out on top.

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Taquería Jalisco and Lolly's Bakery hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Boston Magazine next.

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  • Yakitori
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  • Taquerias
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  1. Rank 1. MIDA

    Italian

    The awards

    Address
    65 Lewis St, East Boston, MA · East Boston
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Monday 4 PM–9 PM

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  2. Rank 2. Taquería Jalisco

    The awards

    Address
    291 Bennington St, East Boston, MA · East Boston
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  3. Rank 3. Lolly's Bakery

    The awards

    Address
    158 Bennington St, Boston, MA · East Boston
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  4. Rank 3. Santarpio's Pizza

    The awards

    Address
    111 Chelsea St, East Boston, MA · East Boston
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Monday 11:30 AM–10 PM

    Online
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  5. Rank 5. Davio's

    The awards

    Address
    1 Harborside Dr, Boston, MA · East Boston
    Hours

    Open now, until 1:30 AM

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  6. Rank 6. Cunard Tavern

    The awards

    Address
    24 Orleans St, Boston, MA · East Boston
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Monday 4 PM–11 PM

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Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Stay Score

      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.