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Table for one · Boston, United States
Boston is an oyster-bar town, and oyster bars are the best solo meal in America.
Bar seats at Boston's top restaurants are often walk-in only. Go at 5pm on a weeknight.
North End · 63 Salem Street
A stool at the marble raw bar
Weekday at 11:30am opening; it doesn't take reservations
Get: The hot lobster roll with butter, and a half-dozen oysters
A tiny oyster bar where solo diners get seated long before couples.
Walk in
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South End · 1704 Washington Street
A seat at the bar
Weeknights at opening
Get: Grilled corn with aioli and the jamón
A tapas bar where the counter is lively and small plates suit one.
Walk in at the bar
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Back Bay · 279 Dartmouth Street
A stool at the bar
Weekday lunch
Get: The lobster roll and tinned fish
A tiny seafood bar with a huge tinned-fish list, ideal for grazing alone.
Walk in or book
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Brookline · 318 Harvard Street
A counter stool
Weekday lunch
Get: Sapporo-style miso ramen
A small Sapporo-style ramen counter where most diners come alone.
Walk in
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Bay Village · 12 Church Street
At the counter or to go
Breakfast
Get: The fancy breakfast sandwich
A tiny breakfast sandwich shop with a few stools; order, eat at the counter, out in ten minutes.
Walk in
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