Food Scene
A modest restaurant with tasty Thai and Cambodian food and honest prices.
32 locals recommend
Wonder Spice Cafe
697 Centre St A modest restaurant with tasty Thai and Cambodian food and honest prices.
Cuban restaurant with good portions, modest prices and family atmosphere. Just around the corner, too!
80 locals recommend
El Oriental De Cuba
416 Centre StCuban restaurant with good portions, modest prices and family atmosphere. Just around the corner, too!
Bukhara Indian Bistro
3698 Washington StGood Indian food and pleasant atmosphere.
Sorella's
386 Centre StPopular breakfast place , and just around the corner.
Very popular breakfast place with creative menu, and a line down the block on weekend mornings!
51 locals recommend
Centre Street Cafe
669A Centre StreetVery popular breakfast place with creative menu, and a line down the block on weekend mornings!
JP Seafood Cafe
730 Centre StDecent sushi and Korean food with outside terrace.
Excellent homemade ice-cream -- walk your cone or cup three minutes down to the Pond to enjoy on a bench there.
298 locals recommend
J.P. Licks
659 Centre StExcellent homemade ice-cream -- walk your cone or cup three minutes down to the Pond to enjoy on a bench there.
A small whole foods shop, pick up a good coffee on the way to Stony Brook station (or on the way to my home. :-)
149 locals recommend
City Feed and Supply
672 Centre StA small whole foods shop, pick up a good coffee on the way to Stony Brook station (or on the way to my home. :-)
One of JP's renowned (and more expensive local restaurants, known for its intimate setting (only 10 tables) and fresh, ever changing menu. TT Bar, next door, is run by the same folks and serves delicious "fancy bar food."
117 locals recommend
Ten Tables
597 Centre StOne of JP's renowned (and more expensive local restaurants, known for its intimate setting (only 10 tables) and fresh, ever changing menu. TT Bar, next door, is run by the same folks and serves delicious "fancy bar food."
Drinks & Nightlife
Very popular Irish pub (among hipsters :-) with live music Saturday evenings.
66 locals recommend
Brendan Behan Pub
378 Centre StVery popular Irish pub (among hipsters :-) with live music Saturday evenings.
Popular Scottish pub with haggis (for those organ-loving connoisseurs of the iconic Scottish dish.)
86 locals recommend
The Haven
284 Perkins StPopular Scottish pub with haggis (for those organ-loving connoisseurs of the iconic Scottish dish.)
Parks & Nature
Just a ten minute walk away, it hosts ducks, geese and offers a welcome refuge from the city. Go for a run, take a picnic, rent a boat -- you'll return home with a smile in your heart.
218 locals recommend
Jamaica Pond
Just a ten minute walk away, it hosts ducks, geese and offers a welcome refuge from the city. Go for a run, take a picnic, rent a boat -- you'll return home with a smile in your heart.
Two hundred and eighty one acres of thousands of plants (including bonsai hundreds of years old!) Particularly gorgeous in the spring and wall, a peaceful and lovely park for a run or stroll all year round.
379 locals recommend
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
125 ArborwayTwo hundred and eighty one acres of thousands of plants (including bonsai hundreds of years old!) Particularly gorgeous in the spring and wall, a peaceful and lovely park for a run or stroll all year round.
Shopping
A thrift/charity shop with a fabulous variety of...everything (furniture, clothing, books, music, antiques, vintage stuff) for excellent prices, and 100% profit to AIDS.
30 locals recommend
Boomerangs Jamaica Plain
716 Centre StA thrift/charity shop with a fabulous variety of...everything (furniture, clothing, books, music, antiques, vintage stuff) for excellent prices, and 100% profit to AIDS.
Essentials
Just a three minute walk from the house -- take a healthy picnic another several minutes down to Jamaica Pond!
1155 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
413 Centre StJust a three minute walk from the house -- take a healthy picnic another several minutes down to Jamaica Pond!
Cheaper than Whole Foods, it's a seven minute walk past lots of small Dominican eateries.
393 locals recommend
Stop & Shop
301 Centre StCheaper than Whole Foods, it's a seven minute walk past lots of small Dominican eateries.