Dine and Dash: Seafood in the Seaport District
Sunday, Mr Alyk and I plan to visit the Seaport District for some lunch and some real estate gawking. I don’t know much about the area except it’s the antithesis of Boston: wide easy-to-navigate streets, acres and acres of parking, and lots of new construction. The area (I hesitate to call it a neighborhood) is a bustling business center during the day, but it empties out at night. It sounds like it could be any city in the southwest, but we’ll see.
We can’t decide where to dine before the dash. I read mixed reviews of No Name; some say the place is nothing but a tourist trap, others say it serves the best seafood in the universe. LTK (Legal Test Kitchen) also caught my attention; as the name implies, Legal Seafood uses LTK as a proving ground for new recipes and foodservice technology.
Several other restaurants made the Seaport District home; while Morton’s Steakhouse, Anthony’s Pier 4, and The Barking Crab are the best-known, a handful of others also set up shop in the area, and they all sound good.
437 D Street, #6F
Seaport District, 02210
Beds: 1/Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 1719
$599,000
Open House: Sunday, May 18, noon until 1:00
21 Wormwood Street, #501
Seaport District, 02210
Beds: 1/Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 1229
$699,000
Open House: Sunday, May 18, noon until 2:00
25 Channel Center, #PH202
Seaport District, 02210
Beds: 2/Baths: 2
SQ.FT.: 1528
$1,099,000
Open House: Sunday, May 18, 2:00 until 3:00
As always, Fenix posted some spetacular shots of the area. Please check out her neighborhood series- she takes some stunning photos of the city.
John K said:
Enjoy your day. By which I mean, an hour.
I don’t mean to be negative, but I think you’ll find little to look at, in regard to real estate. Of the three buildings you mention, two have been around for years. Only Channel Center is new.
Also, two of the three properties you mention are in what neighbors call “Fort Point Channel”, not the Seaport District. I feel it’s okay to call the entire area “Seaport District” but I don’t know how the neighbors feel.
They were a little miffed when I called the Fort Point Channel a “wind-tunnel vast wasteland of space”.
I dunno.
May 17, 2008 11:12 AM
alyk said:
Hi John-
I’m not much of a fan, but someone must like like the place. I always feel like I’m in Dallas or Phoenix when I’m over there: acres of asphalt surrounding every building. A car is needed just to get from one building to the next because that next-door neighbor is a half-mile away. I’m not happy we’ll be driving the Dine and Dash. Dine & Drive(and Park) doesn’t have the same ring.
I always assumed the Seaport District was the entire area and the Fort Point Channel area was a smaller, sub-neighborhood. A bit like Dorchester and Cedar Grove or Beacon Hill and the Flat of the Hill.
May 17, 2008 3:07 PM
John K said:
No one’s more of a fan of the Seaport District than I am, that’s for sure. I am so excited, I plan on asking Mr Hines if I can buy one of the first 50 condos he puts on the market, in Seaport Square.
You’ll have plenty of places to choose from for lunch. Food in the area is to “dine” for.
LOL!
May 17, 2008 9:56 PM
Anthony L. said:
Huge fans of the Seaport / Fort Point Channel Neighborhood….and its where the CondoDomain Corporate office is located!!!
No Name is quite a place…I usually make it there at least once a week, however, yesterday, I got a lobster roll @ the Yankee Lobster – YUM. Best $15.99 I spent all week and finally got a chance to sit outside and catch some rays.
May 18, 2008 9:04 AM
Alyk said:
Hello Anthony L,
I wish I read your comment before we headed out your way. I love lobster rolls, and my lunch was a huge disappointment. Next time we’ll try Yankee Lobster.
May 18, 2008 10:10 PM
Fénix said:
Hi Alyk,
I can’t believe I didn’t notice you had linked to my site earlier (should check Technorati more often!). Thank you SO much for the link and for the your very kind words.
Best regards,
Fénix
June 15, 2008 12:00 AM