This is the first time I’ve heard of Waverly. What’s good there?
Our son loves the fluffy pancakes and breakfast sausage. His favorite pancakes ever. I like the avocado green goddess toast with poached egg and also the eggs benedict. Older adult male likes the bagel with smoked salmon (Friday -Sunday only), pastrami harsh, and several of the daily specials.
It’s unusual to serve brunch 7 days a week and we will never go back to our previous local place in Somerville, Sound Bites, after a very bad experience on Saturday. Waverly has a lovely decor and service, very popular, and can get very noisy, so make a reservation.
EDIT: Waverly is owned by the same people as nearby Monument in Charlestown. We also like Brewer’s Fork in Charlestown.
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Thanks for all the suggestions and keep them coming. In response to some of the questions, we arrive Thursday morning and will pick up the rental at Logan. We will spend the day in Boston (likely checking out some of the universities) before heading out to Albany. On the other side of Cooperstown, we arrive back to Boston and have three full days before departing late Sunday evening. We return the car when we get back to Boston and will rely on public transportation or ride share. We’re staying at the Eliot hotel - 370 Commonwealth Avenue.
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The Eliot Hotel is in a great location. I think you chose well
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Agreed, superb choice for a hotel. You’ll want to walk the length of Newbury Street…lots of dining options along the way, Saltie Girl, Select Oyster Bar are standouts for seafood, Contessa for a high-end ($$$) experience with a view. Explore the Public Garden, maybe take a spin in a Swan boat, and circumnavigate Boston Common, checking out the Statehouse and the Granary burial ground. Walk back along Boylston Street (more great food options, Salty Pig, Porto, Eataly). Heading west from your hotel, walk along Bay State Road for a very surprising and beautiful perspective of the BU campus. Loop around Marsh Plaza on Commonwealth Ave, noting the Data Science “genga” building. Cross over to the riverside before you get to the BU Bridge and walk back along the Esplanade, hopping off at Mass Ave and your hotel if you are tired, or continue on to the Hatch Shell and the Fiedler Bridge, and keep heading east to Charles Street. Walk the length to the Public Garden (again): taking little detours up Beacon Hill to explore the neighborhood.
Most of all, explore Boston at its best by walking. You’ll find you’ll want another visit! Enjoy.
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In Albany check out Cheese Traveler for superb sandwiches.
Great tip, @MaxEntropy. As you note, walkability is one of the distinctive charms of this part of Boston.
I’ll also bring things around to the OP’s interest in baseball: the Boston University dorm at 610 Beacon Street was a hotel back in the day where baseball players used to stay because of its location near Fenway Park. Babe Ruth liked Suite 818. Back when I lived in that dorm, I could hear games at Fenway from my open window. More about the building and its history here.
Boston University also has Nickerson Field way up on West Campus, which I mention only because the site was where the Boston Braves played until 1952 before they moved to Milwaukee and then Atlanta. That original baseball stadium is gone though so not worth a visit.
The baseball-interested OP and family might also enjoy booking a tour of Fenway Park itself. Maybe a stop at the pop-up location of Backdoor Donuts on Lansdowne Street on game night. Open 7 pm - 2 am. I haven’t been to this location—only the Martha’s Vineyard original—but their doughnuts are a summer tradition on MV. No inside seating. You queue up for donuts outside a service window. Two words: Apple fritter.
Also I just caught the Boston episode in the current season of Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix. A fun watch, though nothing baseball-related. 
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I’ve driven by Waverly many times (on the way to Brewer’s Fork 
) and have wondered about it. Until your post I’d never seen a comment about it, either here or in print. Thanks for the info - I’ll give it a try sometime soon.
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Right around the corner from the Eliot(about 3 blocks) is the Atlantic Fish Co. on Boylston St in Copley Sq. One of my favorite seafood restaurants. Eventide, a block from Fenway Park, is an excellent place for a brown butter lobster roll, etc. They are an outpost of the favorite Portland, ME restaurant by the same name.
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Where did Phil go in Boston?
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^ @a_m has the list of Phil’s stops for you, above!
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We’ve narrowed down our seafood dinner to the following options: Neptune Oyster (I understand we will have to wait for seating), Summer Shack and Atlantic Fish Co., what’s the consensus choice, if one exists? Thanks in advance.
@tomatotomato Denise, I lived in West Campus for 2 years then Buswell Street for 2. Buswell didn’t have a cafeteria so I often went to Myles Standish to eat, where they would make omelets to order at breakfast. One of the dorm rooms had a wall mural of a portrait of Beethoven, I think by an SFA student. I wonder if it’s still there? BU has come a long way. I doubt if I could get admitted now 
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See my recent experience at Neptune (“Summer in the city”). I’d suggest Select Oyster Bar or Saltie Girl or Row 34 as alternatives. I think Summer Shack vs Atlantic Fish is a tossup, but I rank them both behind my three suggestions.
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Can I add one more to your list? I don’t know how upscale you’re looking to go, but Ostra is nearby and personally I rate it as one of the best seafood restaurants in the city (definitely has more of a fine dining feel). Agree mostly with MaxEntropy’s post just above. Row 34 is always a great choice, one of my favorites. Select has been, for me, almost as difficult as Neptune to get into, but is certainly a good option too.
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Other than for its pan roasted lobster, I’ve always felt Summer Shack was mediocre. Except for the wait, Neptune Oyster is very good. I haven’t been for a while because of the wait, but always get their Lobster Spaghettini when I do go. Atlantic Fish Co is consistently good.
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I feel the same about Summer Shack over multiple visits over years, but none recently. And I don’t like the taste of Bourbon so I never tried the famed pan roasted lobster. I’d go for anything but Summer Shack.
Based on your recommendation, we watched tonight. Spring Onion was entertained for at least half the episode. Some fun spots. SO just doesn’t prioritize food the way we do.
BTW, lots of fellow Terriers in da house @tomatotomato and @MaxEntropy.
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We three here enjoyed it.
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