Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial
No admission feeA granite arc with a bronze helmet and coat on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, honoring nine firefighters killed in the 1972 Hotel Vendome collapse.
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Order raw bar oysters, tinned fish and fried lobster with waffles at a Back Bay seafood bar on Dartmouth Street.
279 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116 · Boston, MA
Saltie Girl is a seafood bar on Dartmouth Street in Back Bay, opened by Boston restaurateur Kathy Sidell. The menu covers a raw bar, fish served from tins and jars, and cooked plates such as fried lobster and waffles at $36. Large plates on the current menu cost about $26 to $49. The restaurant strongly encourages booking ahead. There is a second Saltie Girl in Los Angeles.
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