Cambridge, MA hotel located near MIT, CX, Kendall Square, TD Garden and Harvard. Renovated 2020, the Holiday Inn Express and Suites® Boston Cambridge offers travelers updated design, comfort, convenience and value. We are back to serving a complimentary, full, safe hot and cold breakfast. Just minutes from downtown via the Lechmere station "T," three miles from Boston Logan Airport BOS and within minutes of the area's historic sites, and universities. Free hotel wide Wi-Fi access and print services. The hotel's location ensures a short trip to Boston and Cambridge destinations, such as Kendall Square, Faneuil Hall, the North End, EF Education First, Hult, and Massachusetts General Hospital MGH. Cambridge Crossing CX, home to Philips, Sanofi and Bristol Myers Squibb, is walking distance. Also nearby are the BCEC convention center, MIT, Boston University, Tufts, and Harvard. Leisure hotel guests are near the Charles River, Museum of Science, Somerville, Assembly Row Outlets, and Legoland. For shoppers, the CambridgeSide Mall is within walking distance. Sports fans are close to TD Garden, home of the Celtics and the Bruins. Likewise, the nearby MBTA Lechmere station Green Line provides easy access to NE Aquarium, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Back Bay, and Fenway Park. Concert fans are near TD Garden, City Winery and Boston Calling.At Holiday Inn Express and Suites® Boston's , "Stay Smart" in our large rooms!
Back after a renovation, Atwood's offers upscale pub food in a cozy neighborhood pub. We're looking forward to the return of live music as Atwood's is not only the best live music venue in East Cambridge, it's one of the best in Boston. Acts focus on Americana, bluegrass, singer songwriters and alt country. Previous ticketed shows include Jon Langford and Sarah Borges. Lovely back patio. Grab a burger, some pulled pork nachos and a local beer before the show. Dinner weekdays. Sat Sun 12pm 10pm.
The second of a trio of restaurants by Will Gilson and Brian Mercury of Puritan and Co. The Lexington is a beautiful, modern space designed with an open greenhouse layout. It features one of the few roof decks in East Cambridge. A perfect lunch or after work spot. Enjoy well executed American cuisine such as steak frites, pan roasted halibut, burgers and beer battered fish tacos. A ten minute walk from the Holiday Inn Express Cambridge at Cambridge Crossing.
Fun casual spot serving fun casual food and cocktails. Fried chicken sandwiches, gumbo, chicken and waffles, whole chicken dinners, and a raw oyster bar.
On the Eater.com list of 38 best restaurants in the entire country multiple times. Turkish and Middle Eastern cuisine by James Beard winning chef Ana Sortun. Stellar desserts by decorated pastry chef Sophie Gees.
Skampa is our go to recommendation for quick take out or delivery. The North Shore style roast beef is arguably the best in the Boston metro area and it is a five minute walk from our hotel. We've heard the pastrami get similar raves. Beyond that, the pizza, wings and wraps are good. Even the salads impress. The lettuce is never less than perfectly crisp and the toppings are excellent. For such an unassuming little counter service spot, the food is shockingly and reliably good.
Bold Chinese Hunan cuisine and inventive cocktails. Favorites include duck yolk breaded shrimp and kung fu brisket. Lunch and dinner. Dine in, take out and delivery. Ten minute walk from the Holiday Inn Express Cambridge on Third Street.
A more casual concept from Legal Sea Foods providing all the classic fare. You'll find a full raw bar with oysters, jumbo shrimp cocktail, and crabmeat. Likewise, you'll find New England clam chowder, lobster rolls, surf and surf, crab cakes, and a full lobster dinner. Located at Assembly Row, which is only a short fifteen minute drive from the Holiday Inn Express Cambridge and features many shops and other restaurants.
A4 is a modern full service spot offering some of the best wood fired pizza in Boston. Attached to go coffee cafe. Our favorites are the soppressata pizza and the fontina and mushroom pizza. We also love the inverted amber beer growler lanterns over the bar.
Wonderful new spot from the chef and pastry chef behind Puritan and Co. This spectacular, modern cafe offers amazing house made pastries, coffee drinks, and sandwiches. Their take on a cinnamon roll is amazing and unique. It features delicate layers and light icing with a slight maple flavor. It's like French toast but better. Likewise, the sourdough Italian bakery style pizza is not to be missed. Housed in a beautiful new building at Cambridge Crossing and a ten minute walk from the hotel.
The oldest brewpub in Boston and still one of the best. The menu features elevated pub food with a New England twist. The beer is excellent. We especially enjoy the crisp Working Class Hero rye and oat saison. CBC offers plenty of hazy New England IPA's to go with their flagship American IPA, Flower Child. The Solera aged bottles are world class. Expansive outdoor patio. A fifteen minute walk from the Holiday Inn Express Cambridge.
About a 20 minute walk from the hotel. Bow Market is an amazing local space featuring a courtyard surrounded by over 30 independent retail shops and eateries. Full service dining includes Rebel Rebel Wine Bar, Remnant Brewery, Variety Cocktail Bar and an array of excellent hyperlocal take out spots allowing you and your party to mix and match food and drink. Seating is available in the courtyard. Shops often close earlier than restaurants so get there early if you'd like to shop.
Remnant Brewing has a strong local pedigree. Started by veterans with experience at Harpoon and Lord Hobo, the beer program is lead by the former head brewer of the now sadly gone Mystic Brewing. Experience fresh New England IPAs and sours. Located at Bow Market, an eclectic marketplace of over twenty shops and restaurants, Remnant Brewing provides our guests one of several breweries within walking distance. Food available from one of the many restaurants at Bow Market.
Chef Andy Husbands is building a local barbecue empire and deservedly so. The hotel is closest to the original Kendall Square outpost, but we are almost as close to the Assembly Row addition. The ribs and burnt ends are amazing. We also enjoy the tender pulled pork and the butter crack cake dessert. Full bar, strong beer menu. Lovely roasted tofu for vegetarians. In the same complex with numerous other outstanding restaurants including Cambridge Brewing Co., State Park and Mamaleh's.
Charming, inventive full service cafe with an excellent wine list and French Canadian inspired dishes. 15 min walk from hotel. Favorites: patatas bravas, duck breast, the great wines by the glass.
Chef Nookie prepares flavorful food from the best local ingredients. Spacious full service outdoor patio. Located just a fifteen minute walk from the Holiday Inn Express Cambridge and right across from the Charles River waterfront. Favorites include Ducky's fried chicken, house made Italian sausage, and the spinach and strawberry salad. Do not miss the Donut Stand pop ups. Attached gourmet market.
Local chef Wil Gilson completes his trifecta at Cambridge Crossing with this trans continental Italian restaurant. The menu features playful variations on Italian favorites and house made pasta. Cambridge Crossing is only a ten minute walk from the hotel making this the closest local Italian. Pastry chef Brian Mercury looks over the desserts as he does at sister restaurants Cafe Beatrice and The Lexington
European tavern and biergarten serving German and Central European cuisine including spaetzle and schnitzel. House made sausages and pretzels. Shockingly good burger. Vast selection of hard to find German, Austrian and Czech beers. We could happily spend every night here. About a 20 min walk from the hotel just beyond the Target in Somerville. The walk isn't scenic but the destination is worth it. Same proprietors of the neighboring and also excellent T and B Pizza and Turenne Bagels.
Perennially listed as one of Boston's best restaurants by Eater Boston, Puritan keeps getting better. Chef Will Gilson has added star pastry chef Brian Mercury to turn the breads, desserts and brunch into can't miss events. Puritan's menu features expertly executed American dishes including meat, seafood and pasta. The atmosphere is accessible fine dining with a professionally crisp team. Chefs Gilson and Mercury are also at the helm of The Lexington and Café Beatrice at Cambridge Crossing.
Lamplighter Brewing Co. is now open at Cambridge Crossing, just a ten minute walk from the hotel. Amazing hyper local beer is available to enjoy inside an absolutely stunning space. Cheese and charcuterie trays are made to order to enjoy with your beer. And fresh, direct from the brewery beer is available to go. Lamplighter, along with all of the CX restaurants, is essentially at the Lechmere train stop. It's incredibly easy to make this part of a trip to or from downtown Boston.
