Garrett Harker's Eastern Standard reopened in the Bower complex on Beacon Street in 2023, recovering the Kenmore Square brasserie template Boston lost in 2020. Cocktail programme, all-day menu.
Signature: Burger and frites, Oysters Rockefeller
Order: The ESK burger with house frites and an Aviation cocktail.
Tip: Pre-Sox-game dinner books out by 17:30. Late-night service runs to midnight on weekends.
Nathalie Lete's Nathalie on Brookline Avenue has poured natural wine inside the Pierce Boston building in Boston's Fenway since 2018. Female-focused small-production list, seasonal small plates.
Signature pour: Slovenian orange wine by the glass
Wine focus: Female-focused, small-production, natural wines
Food: Seasonal small plates
Tip: Pre-Sox-game booking essential. Sunday brunch is the easy walk-in seat.
Bleacher Bar on Lansdowne Street sits beneath the centre-field bleachers at Fenway Park in Boston's Kenmore Square since 2008. Live view of the field through a one-way window, sports-bar food.
Signature drink: Pint of Sam Adams Boston Lager
Food: Pub food and burgers
Tip: Reservations on the website during Sox games; arrive 2 hours before first pitch. The garage-door window opens onto the field on rainouts.
Time Out Market on Park Drive has run a 25,000 sqft Fenway food hall in Boston since 2019. 15 eateries handpicked by Time Out Boston editors; two full-service bars, communal seating.
Tip: Validated parking $12 for the first two hours. The Joanne Chang pop-up at Flour and the Tony Maws BISq stall are the two anchors.
Eastern Standard reopened in the Bower complex on Beacon Street in 2023 with a weekend brunch in Boston's Kenmore Square. Cocktail programme, all-day menu, brasserie classics.
Order: ESK breakfast burger with house frites.
Tip: Pre-Sox-game brunch books out by 11:00. The bar pours the same menu without the lead time.