American Bakers' Cafe offers breakfast, lunch and coffee. It is also a bakery, they bake cookies, scones, crossaints, muffins cakes ect... . They're open from 7 am to 7 pm.

Christy's looks like your typical neighborhood joint with its tiny quaint tables and menus on the walls. Don't let this fool you into thinking that you can't fall in love with it. I can picture walking into this place from the cold, windows fogged up on the inside with warm steam and enjoying a simple, but unique, Vidalia Chicken wrap at $6.99. Other award winning selections to the menu make this worth the trip, such as the Texana pizza topped with grilled steak priced at $9.49 for a small. Salads start at $4.99, and the breakfast omelets look absolutely delish. They also have good coffee! Catering is also available. Cash only for now, and the prices are very reasonable. By the end of the year, the owner plans to install a credit card machine.

This Charlestown local hang out becomes most people's favorite winter spot when the weather turns cold. The Warren Tavern is one of the oldest restaurants and bars in the city of Boston, and proudly tout themselves as a meeting place for the Patriots during the Revolution. The Warren Tavern not only has a happening social scene filled with 20 and 30 somethings, but the food on the menu is a comfort seekers dream. Creamy chowder, french onion soup, huge burgers that are the talk of the town, and a variety of salads stock the menu. One of the best places to visit in this part of the city! Go on Wednesday nights, because Greg the bartender has to be one of the best and funniest in Boston. Built circa 1780.

We know you and your dating habits. You and your honey sit upright in some booth picking at half-decent filet mignon while the sound system dribbles soft pop. We know where you live, and make no mistake, we will forcibly drag you and your s.o. to Tangierino. This Moroccan restaurant is beyond romantic. Lounge on a low scarlet cushion in dim, curtained rooms as haunting music wafts through the brocade and filigree. Appetizers include Andalusian calamari ($9) and harira, a tomato-cilantro soup ($6); for your main course, try seven-vegetable couscous ($17) or harissa-seared salmon filet ($22). Perhaps best of all, Tangierino is the only place in smoke-free Boston where you can smoke a hookah at dinner (without renting a room, like at Mantra). It may be far from the Square, but believe us: you'll be rocking the casbah, so to speak, in no time.

With some of the best views of downtown Boston and a full bar and restaurant menu, the Tavern on the Water in Charlestown is one of the best places to be in the summer months thanks to all of the outdoor space. This Navy Yard fixture is also popular with the locals year round. Check out the make-your-own bloody mary bar on the weekends!

Ironside's Grille is a great neighborhood bar and resturant right off the Navy yard in Charlestown. Not only a great place to come and sit inside or out for lunch or dinner, it is a great meeting place and watering hole as well. Reputed to have one of the best bar menus in Boston, be sure to nail some pub grub and catch a Red Sox game! Check out the Margarita Grilled Pizza for $12.

Olive's is celebrity chef Todd English's first restaurant and the Charlestown institution stands proud and English's vast empire continues to expand. As his first foray into fine dining, Olive's is tasteful and funky, flavorful and fun. This is a great place to celebrate something special or toast to someone. Olive's accepts all major credit cards and has valet parking. It is an ornate dining room where you receive world class service and can choose from a range of delicious culinary offerings. House specilaties include the tagliatelle with truffle bolognese, and the steak frites with olives signature fries. Right across the street from Olive's, you'll find small, romantic City Square Park with a fish fountain and benches. This park was built as a memorial to Charlestown residents who served in WWII.

Casual cuisine and an assortment of wines in the bistro on the water in the Navy Yard in Charlestown. Serving an extensive beer and wine list, this restaurant serves dinner each evening beginning at 5 pm and offers appetizers ranging from $8-$12 and entrees up to $22.

This is a quaint bakery set back from the main street. Beautiful little area with tree-lined streets and a home-grown appeal. Early morning hours appeal to the metro commuter, so if you want your baked goods you'd better head there early! Cash only.

Archetypal neighborhood bar with a ton of atmosphere and character, nicknamed 'Sully's'. Locals drop in for a drink, and everyone is very friendly. If the drunk old-timer likes you, he'll buy you a beer and sing old fashioned tunes while others join in. You could go straight from work and feel comfortable or after a soffball game and not feel out of place. Very casual, not at all trendy, and great jukebox. Bonus: Trivia Nights on Wednesdays and Karaoke night on Thursdays.