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Neighborhood fact sheet: East Boston

The basics about East Boston’s restaurants, bars, grocery stores, coffee shops and more.

To outsiders, East Boston has long been known as a working-class neighborhood with a high concentration of foreign-born residents, as well as the home of Logan International Airport. Globe

This is one of 10 fact sheets meant to give new renters the basic information they need to know about their new neighborhoods. The series covers the 10 neighborhoods in Boston with the highest percentage of renters. You can learn about the rest here: Allston, Brighton, Chinatown, Fenway, Longwood Medical Area, Mission Hill, North End, Roxbury, and West End.

Average age: 32.3

Percent of people with bachelor degrees or higher: 18.8 percent

WalkScore: 91

Public transit options:

Blue line stations: Maverick

MBTA bus lines 114, 116, 117, 120, 121

Highest-rated delivery spot on Yelp*:Taqueria Jalisco, 291 Bennington Street

Highest-rated date-worthy restaurant ($$ or up):Café Gigu, 102 Meridian Street

Highest-rated coffee and tea shop:Maverick Marketplace Café, 154 Maverick Street

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Notable bars:

Ecco Boston, 107 Porter Street

Eddie C’s Bar, 34 Maverick Square

Grocery stores:Shaw’s, 246 Border Street

*Delivery restaurants do not need to physically be in the neighborhood in question. They must deliver to an address we chose in the center of the neighborhood.

What East Boston used to look like:

East Boston History

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