[Eats] 
Uncommon convenience
While we usually focus on sit-down, eat-in establishments here, I couldn't allow the opening of Five Seventy Market to pass unremarked-upon. In late March this amazing little convenience store appeared in the completely remodeled former space of the Bostonian Market in the heart of the South End. (For the record, this isn't a suck up to my corner store—I'm a Somervillian.)
[BeerAdvocate] 
Hey, we're no fools!
This week, we're pouring some Zotten (rhymes with "verboten"), which means "fools" in Flemish and joins the Weyerbacher Brewing Co.'s lineup of seasonal brews as their take at a Belgian-style Pale Ale.
[The Second Glass] 
Three bottles guaranteed to bring the revelry
This coming weekend, Americans get together, light things ranging from hot dogs to pontoon boats on fire, and drink the day away. Make sure you're adequately prepared with all the proper libations, but don't forget your vino. We've picked three great wines to drink with your Fourth of July crew.
[Finder] 
If you're entertaining folks for the Fourth, you cannot get much more "authentic" Boston (or more American, dare we say) than the Freedom Trail [617.357.8300. thefreedomtrail.org].
[LUPEC] 
LUPEC dons our stars and stripes to celebrate the birth of our nation this week. We do so by raising a glass—after all, drinking is our national heritage.
[Check It Out] 
Has a penchant for pendants
At the very tip of Hanover Street, she waits. Past the endless pastry shops, she is standing at the top of the stairs, gracefully tossing a handful of flowers at a desperate group of bachelorettes, each of whom is likely hoping they can someday tell their daughter they caught the bouquet of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
[Eats] 
Keep your friends close and your food closer
We can think of no better way to celebrate our woefully short summer (aka growing season) here in Massachusetts than by taking full advantage of what our local land offers.
[Eats] 
Straight from the cow to your mouth
In an era of multinational food corporations and steroid-plumped chickens, to say it's getting harder to be a family farm would be an understatement. It's nearly impossible, but Richardson's has continued to thrive for over 300 years.
[Eats] 
The sweetest offering of the seas
No seafood embodies New England in the public consciousness more than our favorite crustacean, the Homarus americanus, or common American lobster. Not always considered a delicacy, there are (perhaps tall) tales of Boston dockworkers going on strike and prisoners complaining because they were being served lobster more than two times a week. Now such stories are laughable, as the pricey treat is served at the most exclusive enclaves imaginable.
[Eats] 
Doesn't get much fresher than traveling a few feet
Henrietta's Table—the famously fresh restaurant with an entrance that resembles a farmers market and a menu that shifts with the seasons—is the poster child for Boston's local dining scene.
