How many restaurants and other necessary stores (books, food, party supplies) are close by?
Lots we’re in a major city and they are open over the weekend. There are restaurants in both hotels, the Prudential Mall, and all up and down Boylston Street (right outside the hotels and convention center) and vicinity. For example, the Mövenpick café in the Prudential Mall is immediately accessible from the back doorway of the Sheraton! Restaurant prices range from very cheap (remember, there are many students in this area) to expensive. Cuisine is global but don’t neglect our fish chowder. There are a number of restaurants in and near the Mall that are open at least until midnight; about 8 of them that stay open until 2am. …and remember, most of our restaurants are open over the weekend and on Labor Day. The Prudential Mall contains a large supermarket (open 7am Sunday through the week to midnight Saturday/Sunday), a full-service Post Office (8am-6pm, Monday-Friday, 8am to 2pm Saturday), 5 ATMs, and a bank. Boston is a very lived-in city. We don’t roll up the sidewalks when the da