Durgin-Park Restaurant

American Cuisine, Seafood, Steakhouse, Dress Code-Casual, Reservations Suggested, Casual Dining, No Smoking

Stop by from 11:30am to 2:30pm for bargain lunch specials: Homemade fishcakes with salad (or potato and vegetable) ring in at less than $6.

Reservations are taken only for parties of 15 or more. On weekends, expect to wait with the masses; have a member of your party wait in line while you peruse neighboring shops.

You should be hungry enough to cope with enormous portions, yet not so hungry you can't tolerate a long wait (or sharing a table with others). Durgin-Park was serving its same hearty New England fare (Indian pudding, baked beans, corned beef and cabbage, and a prime rib that hangs over the edge of the plate) back when Faneuil Hall was a working market instead of a tourist attraction. The...

Steeped in history since 1828 and serving Yankee classic dishes for nearly as long, Durgin-Park still gets down on weekend evenings, with live cover or jazz bands in the basement Gaslight Pub.

"Around for what seems like forever", this circa-1826 Faneuil Hall "tourism" hub is "still going strong" with "giant portions" of "down-home" New England fare in ultra-"old-school" surrounds; the servers' "crabby" "shtick" "adds color" to the "classic Boston" experience.

Even the most proper Bostonians have a hard time raising their noses at the long lines of tourists in front of this Faneuil Hall legend. That's because Durgin Park is one of the few restaurants which serves New England fare in all its unadorned, rib-sticking glory. Think of this as history on a plate; the Freedom Trail of hunger. Oysters and clams are served raw or steamed; lobsters can be...

As one of Boston’s most venerable landmarks and Faneuil Hall’s oldest restaurant (est. 1827), Durgin-Park serves classic New England chowders, Indian puddings, Boston baked beans, aged prime rib, steaks, shanks, the freshest seafood dinners, pastas and sandwiches. Celebrities, businessmen and women, students and tourists from every part of the globe visit Durgin-Park for its Yankee-style...