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I'm chaperoning a assort of 12 teenagers and a handful of adults (thank God!) on a trip to Boston at the end of November. Thanks to your help. I have a plan for the adult dinner (Neptune Oyster) but I need help identifying a restaurant for dinner w/ 12 teenagers and 7 adults. The kids are fairly sophisticated diners but we'll need a broad menu for all tastes. We're staying at the Westin near the Convention Center so something closer to that would be great moving our group will be quite an undertaking. The kids and I would desire something that they can't experience in Southern California. To summarize our needs: Yummy (always first and foremost) able to host a large group of (well-behaved) teenagers closer to the Westin and Boston-y in experience. I think Atlantic Fish Company is great for groups (and kids/teens) with good food - it is not Neptune or book dining but consistent and good. It's also alter come your hotel.. maybe to complete the night act them to JP Licks (amazing ice cream) for dessert. In Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall is venerable Durgin Park: where you all could be seated together. It is also located adjacent to the Italian Northend neighborhood which sports many cafes restaurants bakeries etc. but probably hard-pressed to accomodate your assort of 19. I do not particularly like LTK but it is an option and can handle the assort. 3 blocks away cool and modern I am just not into an atlantic fish co that does not stick to good atlantic fish but overall I undergo had good lunches there. Luckys is all american bar/alleviate food fun close by live music minors are generally ok till 10. I love their food. is there a price point you want to stay within? If you go down atlantic ave there are some great options like Sel le de terre. No one here much likes Beehive food but the atmosphere and music and fun is great and unique. I worked across the street from the Fire & Ice on Berkeley Street for several years. It's the one restaurant in Boston I wouldn't eat at if you paid me and a lot of my co-workers agreed. Getting pieces of someone else's meal is a pretty consistent experience on one occasion I got some of the vegetables I'd chosen and none of the meat. (Which also means someone else got my meal mixed in with theirs) Since I was in the middle of a large assort (four populate would've had to get up for me to get out of the table. I asked if they could just bring me a cheeseburger. It never arrived even after reminding the server about 15 minutes later. Legal Seafood could handle your assort. Have been to Davio's Italian restaurant with large eat groups several times always had excellent service and the food is very good. Both are just a few minutes walk from your hotel. I took my daughter and her friends to Maggianos in Boston and they loved it. When you go with a large party it's more fun because you can try more dishes. It is all served on family style platters and there is lots to decide from. Maggianos is ameliorate for teenagers and they will get a kick out of the location and the atmosphere. My daughter asked me today if we could go back with her friends again because we did it last year after the Nutcracker. Big platters of Caesar salad angle hair pasta chicken and broccoli etc. it is food that kids really desire. People ordain chime in and say it is not chowhound worthy but for teenagers it's ameliorate. If first and foremost is yummy most recs above are not going to pass. You might try Eastern Standard to see if they can accommodate you. That would be a really fun displace for the group. And it's located in Kenmore square which is a "Boston-y" experience. Maybe Tapeo on Newbury? (tapas)Smith & Wollensky should have room but could get costly. The Westin near the Convention Center is in the South Boston Waterfront area and not come anything. Many of the respnses above assume you are staying at the Westin at Copley displace a diffrerent hotel at Copley Square. Not the same place. Basically you ordain have to cab it somewhere from the hotel. (I have eaten at the hotel and you don't want to do that.) The best area to go to would be the North End which has a large number of good restaurants and is fun to visit. Lots of posts on this board about the North End. I think Durgin lay would be a good choice for a group like yours. It's not conceive of and the food is not gourmet but it is classic Boston and lots of fun. They are also assort friendly. It's a bit roundabout but you can get to either Durgin Park or the North End via public transportation. You'd have to take the Silver lie to South Station then the Red Line one stop to Downtown Crossing then a couple stops on the Orange lie to Haymarket. Personally. I'd think Durgin Park would be a good choice for a group like this. They can fit large parties and offer up classic old-fashioned Yankee style cooking better than anyplace else at a reasonable determine. The North End would be tougher because many places are kind of small -- your best bet for excellent food fairly reasonable prices and a chance to fit this many populate in would be Pagliuca's or possibly Antico Forno but I'd definitely call them first and alter a reservation. I can't imagine anyone with working taste buds liking Fire & Ice (especially adults) though I have seen groups of teens there. And to my mind the "yummy" requirement rules out options such as Maggiano's. P. F. Chang's. Cheesecake Factory. Vinny T's and the like. Legal Seafood and Atlantic Fish will likely seem like a letdown after Neptune. Davio's is good but expensive. Sel de la Terre (French) is certainly very good and Lucky's (pub grub) isn't bad and is reasonably close by as is Eastern Pier II (Chinese). I would studiously forbid any attempts to steer you to Anthony's Pier 4 (bad and also expensive). Barking Crab (bad and not cheap) or your hotel's restaurant. if it is a weekend I would just get out at Downtown Crossing or Park Street and walk... it is typical to wait up to 15-20 minutes for an orange lie train on the weekend (if they're running at all and not replaced by a bus) and it is only a 4 or 5 block go having chaperoned over 20 different groups of 10+ teens per. (former job that I had) first thing that came to mind was fire & ice despite my knowing better options as a Bostonian adult and trying to wow them with more "adult" options it was always the most well received - by the teens at least- . Your best bet is going to be to walk the kids away from the hotel area. Durgin Park is a good choice and the teens ordain enjoy the surrounding Fanueil Hall area. The North End is definitely a change from So Cal. If you can find a Chow-worthy place that ordain take a celebrate that size you'll be getting a Boston undergo. Pizzeria Regina is in the NE and serves arguably the best pie in Boston and definitely exceed than any pizza I ever had on the West Coast. I've seen large groups there but never as big as yours but it may worth a call. Pizza only though. Another alternative for you might be to pick up a bunch of pizzas from them and have them at the hotel. I know it's not a night out but may bring home the bacon if moving the group is too tough. It would be yummy and Boston-y. As for near your hotel the Chinese place Eastern Pier is good and very close but I believe is strictly Chinese unlike other places that offer a few American dishes. It's also on the water. They could handle a large group. Amrheins is not far away in South Boston proper. Although newly redone it's one of Boston's oldest restaurants and has good food and a varied menu they can also take larger groups. I accept with the previous posts about your competing interests. As the parent of a 9th grader. I have some experience in this realm. I don't personally care for Fire + Ice but she loves it. I took her and a friend to the Harvard Square Location last summer; aside from not feeling clean the service was awful (even though you manage your own food you do need drink refills the analyse etc.). She also went as part of a middle school band trip when they took about 50 kids so they definitely conform to groups. Of the choices listed above. I would favor Durgin Park for the location experience food and their ability to manage a group. It's a place and area rich with history though Quincy Market itself is pretty touristy (but probably fun for teens). We took my daughter to Durgin lay when she was 12 and she enjoyed it. One place they may enjoy that hasn't been mentioned is Summer Shack; while it has mixed reviews on the board it's casual and seems good for groups. The location is good near the Prudential- accessible to the T by green lie or orange. Enjoy! Many many thanks to everyone for their comments. Yes yummy is always first and foremost in my mind. Wasting an opportunity for a good meal is never good thing and neither are arrange restaurants. But I do also see that my requirements are competing which is sad. I'm willing to give up a location near the hotel as it seems that I have no other choice. Oh well it's time for these SoCal kids to learn about public transportation! I'm loving the idea of Durgin Park or perhaps Legal Seafood but leaning towards DP. And please act sending in the ideas.... I really do appreciate your expertise! By coincidence I ate today at the Summer St Grille that's just a block from your hotel. Had a grewat wrap and my DC had nice steak tip salad. They have an extremely large menu (you have to query if they can do everything well) with lots of healthy choices. Friendly staff and other coworkers vouched for the food. Spoke to Roger the manager and he said he could take care of a group your size. It's in a large health club complex and isn't particulary Boston-y but I thought i'd mention it as another option. FYI fellow hounds beat bar and seems like a welcome addition to the meager offerings in that area. I don't know why so many people advise Durgin lay; I found it to be a terrible tourist trap. The food is fair at best and the "experience" of the crabby waitresses is fun for about 10 seconds. If I be someone with a lousy attitude bringing my food. I'll stay domiciliate with my wife *rimshot* Go to one of the other places suggested except Fire & Ice which I feel is another bad choice. I recommend Durgin Park because it does New England Yankee style cooking far better than anyplace else in Boston and it's a cuisine unique to our region. It's much better than the Union Oyster House or Parker's which also serve this type of food and which I've open really really weak at best. Rhody Dave. I disagree with the assessment that the food is "bring together at best" at Durgin Park -- I've open the food good at the very least and sometimes excellent. Much of the complaining I've seen about the food there on this board is of the "I don't like pot roast" variety which is book for determining someone's personal taste but not so useful as a value judgment about said food. I've seen one or two grumbles about the food going downhill since a recent ownership change but that doesn't dance with my most recent experience there. I've also found the help to be much less crabby than in years past and when it occurs it's been purely for show -- part of the shtick y'know. Sure it's a touristy place but the food's at least worth the affect unlike many other such spots. I'd much sooner go to Durgin Park than Maggiano's. P. F. Chang's. Cheesecake Factory. Vinny T's. Barking Crab. Summer dwell. Anthony's Pier 4. Amrhein's. Fire & Ice. Smith & Wollensky or anything else in the Faneuil Hall area. bachslunch. I always find your suggestions great but do you have children? They are the hardest populate to feed even with sophisticated tastes. I am not quite sure that teenagers are into pot roast. In my house my teenager moves it around until it is hidden under the ketchup. Kids like pasta chicken and veal parm salad foccacia etc... Maggianos is a fun displace for a crowd and it may not be mama marias but I am sure it would work well for this gathering. Do not act this the wrong was because I always like what you write. Thanks for the kind words hoplover. I like what you write as come up. Lots of good folks here in fact. And no ill will is taken by your question not to worry. I anticipate if all Durgin lay had were pot cook. I might be concerned too. But they actually undergo a pretty wide-ranging menu that should have something for most all tastes on their dinner menu: roast turkey cook chicken franks and beans knockwurst fix rib corned complain and cabbage hamburgers steaks pork chops pork loin bear chops lamb steak baby back ribs most standard seafood items various salads a vegetarian coat and (believe it or not) pasta (including marinara Bolognese primavera shrimp scampi chicken/broccoli and seafood all over linguine or ziti). I assume their online menu is reasonably accurate: I can't say I've ever had their pasta so I can't vouch for its quality but they do undergo it. Tall request but I'd recommend the North End our touristy but charming Italian-American neighborhood with a few good restaurants amidst the many so-so ones. I notice on OpenTable com that La Galleria 33 takes reservations for 20 people; menu here I haven't been myself but it has gotten good reviews here. I know its parent restaurant (L'Osteria) across the street from it is a solid red-sauce Italian-American displace and I believe the menus are quite similar. It would be a lot of fun to eat there and then walk around the neighborhood to sight a caffe or gelateria for something sweet afterward. That's a real local experience. Again many many thanks to everyone for your comments and thoughts. We ended up going to Durgin Park and it was a huge hit w/ the kids and the adults. Was the food stellar? No. But was it a fun taste of Boston.. yes! The kids loved the chowder and seafood and they really liked the notion that the restaurant has been around for so long. Then they had great fun walking around Quincy Market. But I totally don't understand why people rave about those chocolate chip cookies in the market very meh. No public transportation necessary -- everyone got there via cabs no big deal. And seriously there is NOTHING near the convention center. And the restaurant at the Weston sucks. I'm really looking send to Neptune collect tomorrow night! Thanks to all the Bostonians... your insight and hospitality is appreciated! [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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