3 Best Shopping in Boston, Massachusetts

Cardullo's has been a local standout for gourmet global food items for the last 70 years, although it recently opened its Seaport location, a bit of a departure from its Harvard Square origins. Artisan and international wines and beer, chocolates and sweets, jams, crackers, teas and coffee, cured meats, cheese, and foodstuffs made in the New England region stock the shelves. A deli counter serves awesome sandwiches to-go.

Thanks to its co-owners' past kitchen experience (former L'Espalier chefs Matthew Dilisle and Peter McGough are behind the new business), this pasta shop opened to much fanfare. With just one trip, you'll leave with everything you need for making a meal—fresh pasta, meatballs, tasty sauce, and even a bottle of wine (or beer) from the tucked away upstairs area. Pasta choices rotate, with tagliatelle, cresti de galo, squid ink spaghetti, and gnocchetti sardi as a few. Lucky weekenders grab ricotta raviolis (occasionally Maine lobster, basil pesto, or Périgord truffle). They use organic semolina out of Quebec, as well as whole wheat flour from local Ground Up.