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Best of Boston 2024

Love or hate them, debate or celebrate them—here are 251 of our favorite Boston things, including the city’s best restaurants, shops, and more.


Personal Essay

Why I’m Quitting Dating Apps (for Now)

News

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians of 2024

News

Remembering the Real Victim in the Karen Read Case, My Friend John O’Keefe


Find It BostonWhat you need, when you need it.

Latest Stories

News

Meet the Four Investors Bringing Women’s Soccer to Boston (Again)

This powerhouse group of company-builders and equity champions are behind a new sports team coming to New England. In a regional first, they also happen to be women.

Q&A

The Interview: Legendary Boston Philanthropist and Ad Man Jack Connors

The mover and shaker shares lessons learned from a lifetime of leadership.

Longform

The North End Cannoli-Shop Shooting: “The Craziest Thing Is That He Missed”

Longtime restaurant owner Patrick Mendoza and neighbor Rocco Giovanello may not be big-name celebs, but around the rapidly changing North End, their decades-long blood feud—which culminated outside Modern Pastry—is the stuff of legend. A molto dolce legend.

Longform

Boston, We Have a Wealth-Gap Problem

Following the death of George Floyd, Lee Pelton’s essay “America Is on Fire” went viral. But for his latest mission—fixing the city’s shameful racial wealth gap—the recently installed president of the Boston Foundation knows it’ll take a lot more than words.

News

Our Top Lawyers List Is Here

Looking for a dependable lawyer in Greater Boston? Discover the region’s 979 top attorneys, as chosen by their peers, in our annual directory.

Humor

Why Are So Many Wild Turkeys on the Loose in Massachusetts?

Once nearly extinct, the birds today are everywhere, strutting around town like they run the place—and not just on Thanksgiving. It’s time to talk…well, you know.


In This Section

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2023

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston 2023

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

Our 2023 Boston Power List

Our 2023 Boston Power List

This year's ranking reflects the city's changing dynamics: nearly half of the power players are women.


Longform

In Defense of Public Libraries

In the age of book bans and digital technology, a case for why we should love libraries now more than ever.

News

Cat Masks, Dumb Money, and Chicken Tenders in Champagne

Dispatches from the premiere of Ben Mezrich’s GameStop-Reddit movie, the Camp Harbor View Beach Ball and more.

Q&A

The Tao of Wyc Grousbeck

Favorite player? Sudden comebacks? Elusive championship No. 18? The Celtics lead owner has an opinion—and he’s not holding back.

Profiles

Inside the Bunker with Michelle Wu

Almost halfway through her inaugural term, the city’s youngest modern mayor is winning fans, battling critics and marking the days. Can the Harvard-educated leader make a better, more equitable Boston before time runs out?

News

Kitt the Legendary Police Dog Is Now a Public Statue

Bill Cushing, the heroic animal’s K9 unit partner, helped unveil the bronze sculpture at an emotional ceremony in Braintree.

Marathon Bombings 10th Anniversary

Marathon Bombings 10th Anniversary

Our Top 20 Stories in 2022

Our Top 20 Stories in 2022

What you clicked on the most last year.


Personal Essay

Why I Left the Boston Ballet

After a career-threatening injury, professional dancer Isaac Akiba decided to break out of the performing arts’ insular bubble. Here’s what he learned by finally joining the real world.

Longform

Confessions of a Twitcher

Birds are loud, aggressive, and disruptive to sleep. They also may have saved Jonathan Soroff’s life.

Party Pics

Party Pics: The Great Hatsby Contest Meets the Best of Boston

Dispatches from the city’s swankiest events: ParkArts’ Rose Garden Party, our very own Best of Boston awards party and Room to Grow’s Power of Play: The Magic of Reading.

Longform

Garrett Harker Conquers Kenmore (Again)

After his iconic brasserie, Eastern Standard, shuttered during the pandemic, Boston’s consummate hospitality wiz is reopening the restaurant this month—and putting everything on the line that lightning will strike twice.

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