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This cafe, located at Cambridge Crossing, offers delicious morning pastries—from salted hazelnut sticky buns to smoked salmon and everything danishes—as well as breakfast sandwiches and healthier options, like overnight oats and Greek yogurt with granola.

This Beacon Hill mainstay has been in business since 1937 and has become only slightly snazzier over the years—and that's just how we like it. Its greasy grill, Formica tabletops and cafeteria-style service all add to its charm, making breakfast here a low-key yet satisfying affair.

In the summer months, the hotel hosts its live music series, Summer in the City, outdoors during the week, so we suggest snagging a table at the Grille on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday for the perfect evening of food and cocktails, tunes and water views.

Amongst the Southern-inspired dishes coming out of the kitchen: Crispy pieces of fried chicken served atop cheddar waffles and drizzled with a generous drip of habanero lavender honey; succulent best brunch in seaport boston brisket and biscuit sliders smothered in bourbon barbecue sauce; shrimp and smoky grits finished with chili de arbol butter; as well as a rotating seasonal pie (i.e. a peanut butter banana pie).

Known for its hearty, New England farm-to-table fare and local ingredients, HT serves up burly breakfast plates like cream chipped beef on buttermilk biscuits and sirloin with eggs, not to mention its popular red flannel hash with poached eggs and malted waffle with homemade apple butter.