July 2025 Issue
Feature
Best of Boston 2025: Readers’ Poll Winners
You have spoken, and you have feelings about coffee shops, politicians, and bagels.
Best of Boston 2025 Is Here
With more than 250 winners in nine categories, here’s your annual guide to everything worth your time and money right now.
Boston’s Best Residential Beekeepers: 60 Minutes with a Bee Doctor
Diagnosing a Cambridge hive with Best Bees’ Ronald “Ronnie” Thompson III.
Boston’s Best Locavore Restaurant: 60 Minutes with Urban Hearth’s Erin Miller
Foraging in the Cambridge woods with the James Beard-nominated chef.
Boston’s Best Style Icon: 60 Minutes with Yolanda Cellucci
Hanging fabulously with the 90-year-old glamazon at the Burlington Mall.
Department
Remember When Sporting Goods Stores Were Actually Fun?
One dad braves the escalators, endless aisles, and ceiling-mounted merchandise at Dick’s Sporting Goods—and survives to tell the tale.
Did We Ruin Summer Camp by Making It Safe?
Parent complaints and post-pandemic anxiety have transformed summer camp from a lawless paradise into a supervised safe space. The kids are all right—but are they missing out?
Fashion + Style
I Tried It: Spa Sleep Wellness Treatments
Our lifestyle editor tests two high-end Boston-area services designed to help you rest. Are they any better than meditation apps?
A New England Traveler’s Guide to the Finger Lakes
The summertime vibes are turned up to 11 in New York’s freshwater haven.
Home Design
So, You Want to Live in Osterville?
Cape Cod is calling—and if you’re looking for luxe living in a coastal enclave with a small-town vibe, this harbor haven just might be the answer.