Renting

Neighborhood fact sheet: West End

The basics about the West End’s restaurants, bars, grocery stores, coffee shops and more.

Harrison Hill for The Boston 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: AllstonBrighton, Chinatown, Fenway, Longwood Medical Area, Mission Hill, North End, and Roxbury.

Average age: 34.2

Percent of people with bachelor degrees or higher: 75.3%

WalkScore: 94

Public transit options:

North Station Commuter Rail

Blue line stations: Bowdoin

Red line stations: Charles MGH

Green line stations: Science Park, Haymarket

Orange line stations: Haymarket

MBTA bus lines 15, 39, 57, 92, 93, 111, 117, 424, 426, 428, 434, 450, and 608

Highest-rated delivery spot on Yelp*:Pauli’s, 65 Salem Street

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Highest-rated date-worthy restaurant ($$$ or up):Scampo, 215 Charles Street

Highest-rated coffee and tea shop:Equal Exchange Café, 226 Causeway Street

Notable bars:

The Greatest Bar, 262 Friend Street

The Four’s, 166 Canal Street

Biggest grocery stores:

Whole Foods Market, 181 Cambridge Street

Roche Bros., 8 Summer 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.

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