Guidebook for Lynn

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Guidebook for Lynn

Food Scene

Slightly more upscale Italian cuisine in a downtown setting. They have hand crafter cocktails often featuring batch-made infused liquors.
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Rossetti
47 Sutton St
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Slightly more upscale Italian cuisine in a downtown setting. They have hand crafter cocktails often featuring batch-made infused liquors.
The one that started it all in downtown Lynn. Always packed so a reservation is a must. Standard inspired entrees never disappoints.
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The Blue Ox
191 Oxford St
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The one that started it all in downtown Lynn. Always packed so a reservation is a must. Standard inspired entrees never disappoints.
Walkable from Deer Cove House and featuring fabulous views of the ocean. The food is great and the cocktails are delicious. Also perfect for just cocktails on their deck when the weather is nice.
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Mission on the Bay
141 Humphrey Street
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Walkable from Deer Cove House and featuring fabulous views of the ocean. The food is great and the cocktails are delicious. Also perfect for just cocktails on their deck when the weather is nice.
More northern italian in a cozy setting filled with "antiques". The offerings are standard and never a disappointment. A little loud as the dining room is small. Try the Saltimboca.
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Antique Table Restaurant
19 Crest Ave
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More northern italian in a cozy setting filled with "antiques". The offerings are standard and never a disappointment. A little loud as the dining room is small. Try the Saltimboca.
Very basic and inexpensive southern style italian cuisine. No one goes for the vine-draped setting but they do go for large portions of affordable food. It's BYOB policy and a liquor store across the street make it easy. Try the Putanesca!
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D'Parma Restaurant
467 Shirley St
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Very basic and inexpensive southern style italian cuisine. No one goes for the vine-draped setting but they do go for large portions of affordable food. It's BYOB policy and a liquor store across the street make it easy. Try the Putanesca!
A great breakfast location walkable from Deer Cove House. Locals often frequent the breakfast scene which has great pancakes among other typical breakfast foods. Their lovely bakery offerings are great too.
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Christophers Cafe & Catering
2 Lewis St
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A great breakfast location walkable from Deer Cove House. Locals often frequent the breakfast scene which has great pancakes among other typical breakfast foods. Their lovely bakery offerings are great too.
A hole in the wall Thai restaurant better suited for take out but perfectly fine to sit there too. The crispy pad thai, although not traditional, is great. I also love their Tom Yum noodle soup too. Better still, order to-go and sit at the beach and eat there.
Thai Cafe Lynn
114 Broad St
A hole in the wall Thai restaurant better suited for take out but perfectly fine to sit there too. The crispy pad thai, although not traditional, is great. I also love their Tom Yum noodle soup too. Better still, order to-go and sit at the beach and eat there.
Large, bright vietnamese with the typical vermicelli's, Pho, among others with an affordable price tag. I usually get Vermicelli with spring rolls and grilled shrimp. It's informal so you'll be eating with the locals.
PHO MINH KY
238 Union Street
Large, bright vietnamese with the typical vermicelli's, Pho, among others with an affordable price tag. I usually get Vermicelli with spring rolls and grilled shrimp. It's informal so you'll be eating with the locals.
More pub than restaurant but with a dining room facing the ocean. Although the food is uninspired, many love the beers, burgers, watching the game and of course the ocean views. And it's a lovely walk along the beach back to Deer Cove House.
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Tides Restaurants & Pub
2 Wilson Road
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More pub than restaurant but with a dining room facing the ocean. Although the food is uninspired, many love the beers, burgers, watching the game and of course the ocean views. And it's a lovely walk along the beach back to Deer Cove House.
More of a grab and go, casual mexican food. Think more Chipotle's but with locals.
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Tacos Lupita
129 Munroe St
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More of a grab and go, casual mexican food. Think more Chipotle's but with locals.
A sit down mexican restaurant with other additional central american offerings. Try the grilled shrimp enchiladas or the fresh tacos with a Presidente beer. The prices here won't bust the budget either.
Casa Antigua
129 Oxford St
A sit down mexican restaurant with other additional central american offerings. Try the grilled shrimp enchiladas or the fresh tacos with a Presidente beer. The prices here won't bust the budget either.
The location on the Lynnway makes this easy to always find a table since it's big. The typical offerings are all good especially when they offer the snapper special. It's also affordable too and filled with locals. You must love bright decor however lol.
Hacienda Corona Lynn
649 Lynnway
The location on the Lynnway makes this easy to always find a table since it's big. The typical offerings are all good especially when they offer the snapper special. It's also affordable too and filled with locals. You must love bright decor however lol.
Always busy and filled with young hipsters but with great food and margaritas. This is the hipster and slightly more pricy version of the other restaurants I mentioned. Best part is it's part of the Salem restaurant scene which has lots to offer.
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Howling Wolf Taqueria
76 Lafayette St
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Always busy and filled with young hipsters but with great food and margaritas. This is the hipster and slightly more pricy version of the other restaurants I mentioned. Best part is it's part of the Salem restaurant scene which has lots to offer.
Part of the successful chain that offers veg/Vegan offerings. Their salads are great. I sometimes leave little hungry however so oder more than is typical.
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Life Alive Organic Cafe
765 Massachusetts Ave
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Part of the successful chain that offers veg/Vegan offerings. Their salads are great. I sometimes leave little hungry however so oder more than is typical.
Very casual pizza scene populated by young folk but sporting fun, inspired pizza. Beer on tap is great too and they offer sri racha!
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Flying Saucer Pizza Company
118 Washington St
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Very casual pizza scene populated by young folk but sporting fun, inspired pizza. Beer on tap is great too and they offer sri racha!
A coffee shop with a bent toward social causes. Local art is usually on display too.
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Mission on the Bay
141 Humphrey Street
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A coffee shop with a bent toward social causes. Local art is usually on display too.

Drinks & Nightlife

Our local brewery is delicious! Although they do not serve food, you can easily have food delivered if you want to. Try their Thunderfunk which is like a delicious Hefferweisen.
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Bent Water Brewing Company
180 Commercial St
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Our local brewery is delicious! Although they do not serve food, you can easily have food delivered if you want to. Try their Thunderfunk which is like a delicious Hefferweisen.
A coffee house in the tradition of the Folk movement. Coffee, beer on tap and live music most nights.
White Rose Coffeehouse
56 Central Square
A coffee house in the tradition of the Folk movement. Coffee, beer on tap and live music most nights.

Parks & Nature

Vast and peaceful, its acreage rivals central park. With many hiking, biking, running and dog walking trails, it's easy to escape the "real world" and partake in the latest trend of "Forest Bathing". During the summer, Wednesday evenings at 6:30 is the huge and legendary Lynn Woods Running Group. Join hundreds on this excellent trail running exercise all for the price of a small donation. It's fun!
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Lynn Woods
106 Pennybrook Rd
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Vast and peaceful, its acreage rivals central park. With many hiking, biking, running and dog walking trails, it's easy to escape the "real world" and partake in the latest trend of "Forest Bathing". During the summer, Wednesday evenings at 6:30 is the huge and legendary Lynn Woods Running Group. Join hundreds on this excellent trail running exercise all for the price of a small donation. It's fun!
A rocky promontory with excellent tidal pools on the Marblehead coast.
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Castle Rock
Castle Rock Lane
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A rocky promontory with excellent tidal pools on the Marblehead coast.
This marine science center is not the draw here but instead the lovely wild land it sits on. Stroll the paths and scramble over the huge bedrock cliffs for excellent views of the Outer Harbor Islands, Boston Light and even the South Shore.
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
430 Nahant Rd
This marine science center is not the draw here but instead the lovely wild land it sits on. Stroll the paths and scramble over the huge bedrock cliffs for excellent views of the Outer Harbor Islands, Boston Light and even the South Shore.

Entertainment & Activities

See a wide array of performers in a renovated auditorium setting from the 1940's. All seats are excellent so buy a cheap ticket in the balcony and enjoy. I've seen Pat Benatar, Air Supply, Melissa Etheridge, Natalie Cole and Ann Wilson of Heart. Many tickets were just $39.
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Lynn Memorial Auditorium
3 City Hall Square
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See a wide array of performers in a renovated auditorium setting from the 1940's. All seats are excellent so buy a cheap ticket in the balcony and enjoy. I've seen Pat Benatar, Air Supply, Melissa Etheridge, Natalie Cole and Ann Wilson of Heart. Many tickets were just $39.
This recently built performance center is breathtakingly situated on the harbor with gorgeous views behind the orchestra as they play. Typically classical music but with a world view too.
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Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main St
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This recently built performance center is breathtakingly situated on the harbor with gorgeous views behind the orchestra as they play. Typically classical music but with a world view too.

Arts & Culture

Learn the history of Lynn with it's excellent exhibitions of the Shoe Factories, Fluff Plant and how it got it's moniker of...Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin. This is an excellent starting point for the Murals self-guided tours. 15 Murals painted by international artists adorn several downtown buildings portraying Lynn's current heritage.
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Lynn Museum/LynnArts
590 Washington St
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Learn the history of Lynn with it's excellent exhibitions of the Shoe Factories, Fluff Plant and how it got it's moniker of...Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin. This is an excellent starting point for the Murals self-guided tours. 15 Murals painted by international artists adorn several downtown buildings portraying Lynn's current heritage.
If you're interested in learning more, this is decent place to start. Then walk over to the old cemetery and read the tombstones and memorials to those who were burned, crushed and persecuted to death for their "crimes".
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Witch History Museum
197 Essex St
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If you're interested in learning more, this is decent place to start. Then walk over to the old cemetery and read the tombstones and memorials to those who were burned, crushed and persecuted to death for their "crimes".

Sightseeing

The eponymously named house is a great example of colonial architecture and Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic book.
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Indlu yeSeven Gables
115 Derby St
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The eponymously named house is a great example of colonial architecture and Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic book.
See where some of the infamous witch hysteria took place in 1692. Period architecture makes it a gem.
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Indlu yomoya
310 Essex St
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See where some of the infamous witch hysteria took place in 1692. Period architecture makes it a gem.
Cute, historic town with a mariner's heritage.
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Gloucester
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Cute, historic town with a mariner's heritage.
Too cute for words. Stroll the downtown with the fish piers and arts and crafts shops.
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Rockport
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Too cute for words. Stroll the downtown with the fish piers and arts and crafts shops.

Shopping

Outlets of nearly everything.
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Kittery Outlet Center
340 US-1
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Outlets of nearly everything.
A commercialized shopping are with some uniqueness but in a setting of colonial architecture.
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I-Marketplace ye-Faneuil Hall
1 S Market St
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A commercialized shopping are with some uniqueness but in a setting of colonial architecture.
For those last minute munchies or drinks. It's walkable from Deer Cove House down Breed St.
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For those last minute munchies or drinks. It's walkable from Deer Cove House down Breed St.