Union Oyster House is a seafood restaurant in North End, Boston.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Sample Boston's most iconic seafood dishes on a guided walking tour. Enjoy fresh, local favorites and learn about local history during your adventure.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Explore Boston’s seafood scene with insider access to fish piers, family-run shacks, and harbor views. Taste lobster rolls, chowder, and more while uncovering the city...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Discover Boston through its most iconic foods, from New England clam chowder and lobster rolls to Boston baked beans, brown bread, and the original Boston Cream Pie.
Address: 41 Union St, Boston, MA 02108
Mamma Maria on North Square is the North End's fine-dining anchor in Boston, in a five-room brick townhouse since 1973. Kitchen leans italian.
OrderThe pappardelle bolognese; the kitchen makes the pasta in-house.
TipBook the upstairs Library room for a quiet conversation. The Sunday family menu at 17:00 is the easy walk-in seat.
Giacomo's on Hanover Street has run a no-reservations Italian-American room in Boston's North End since 1985. Priced at $$. At 355 Hanover St.
OrderLobster ravioli with vodka sauce, the house signature.
TipArrive by 17:30 to skip the longest wait. Cash only, BYOB welcomed from the wine shops on Salem Street.
Damien DiPaola named Carmelina's after his mother and runs it on Hanover Street as a regional Italian kitchen in Boston since 2012. Located in North End.
OrderThe carbonara pasta with smoked pancetta and pecorino.
TipReservations open four weeks ahead on OpenTable. The bar is the easier walk-in seat at 17:30 weekdays.
Regina Pizzeria on Thacher Street has fired thin-crust pies in Boston's North End since 1926. The original location is the one that matters, brick oven.
OrderThe Margherita pie, blistered crust, just-melted mozzarella.
TipWalk-ins only at the North End original. Lunch at 11:00 is the easy seat; dinner waits run 60 minutes weekends.
Mamma Maria on North Square is the North End's fine-dining anchor in Boston, in a five-room brick townhouse since 1973. Kitchen leans italian.
OrderThe pappardelle bolognese; the kitchen makes the pasta in-house.
TipBook the upstairs Library room for a quiet conversation. The Sunday family menu at 17:00 is the easy walk-in seat.
Giacomo's on Hanover Street has run a no-reservations Italian-American room in Boston's North End since 1985. Priced at $$. At 355 Hanover St.
OrderLobster ravioli with vodka sauce, the house signature.
TipArrive by 17:30 to skip the longest wait. Cash only, BYOB welcomed from the wine shops on Salem Street.
Damien DiPaola named Carmelina's after his mother and runs it on Hanover Street as a regional Italian kitchen in Boston since 2012. Located in North End.
OrderThe carbonara pasta with smoked pancetta and pecorino.
TipReservations open four weeks ahead on OpenTable. The bar is the easier walk-in seat at 17:30 weekdays.
Regina Pizzeria on Thacher Street has fired thin-crust pies in Boston's North End since 1926. The original location is the one that matters, brick oven.
OrderThe Margherita pie, blistered crust, just-melted mozzarella.
TipWalk-ins only at the North End original. Lunch at 11:00 is the easy seat; dinner waits run 60 minutes weekends.
Kathy Sidell's Back Bay seafood room on Dartmouth Street has run the tinned-fish-and-crudo agenda in Boston since 2016. At 279 Dartmouth St.
OrderTinned fish board with anchovies, mussels, sardines and butter on toast.
TipThe window counter is the easier walk-in seat at 17:30. Brunch books two weeks out on weekends.
Demetri Tsolakis's Krasi on Gloucester Street has poured the country's largest all-Greek wine list in Boston's Back Bay since 2020. Priced at $$$.
OrderThe taramosalata with house pita and a glass of Assyrtiko.
TipReservations open four weeks out on OpenTable. The bar serves the full menu for solo diners.
