The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Boston at One Avenue de Lafayette.
All rooms are $179 per night, with $29.44 in taxes for a total of $208.44 per night. To guarantee this rate, reservations must be made by December 15, 2022. Please use this link below to reserve your room for the January 8-10 meeting.
Reservations: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/BOSTO/G-AFS1
We are working to connect attendees looking for roommates for the SNEC AFS meeting. If you are looking to room share, please reach out to corinne.truesdale@dem.ri.gov and she will introduce you to other meeting participants looking to room share -- some great friends have been made (and money saved) room sharing!
Local Garages
Lafayette garage: $40/day; attached to venue
Boston Common garage: $32/day; 0.5 miles to venue
The app Park Whiz shows many options near the hotel for around $20.00. Be sure to tell the app what days/times you are arriving and leaving, and check to make sure overnight parking is available. All of those details affect the price.
MBTA Garage & Train
Park at a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) garage
and take a train into the city.
If approaching Boston from the WEST: Riverside MBTA
367 Grove St, Newton, MA 02466
Mobile app: PayByPhone #4372
Daily fee: Mon-Fri: $6 | Sat-Sun: $3
Overnight parking is allowed.
To get to the meeting venue, take the green line train to the Park St. or Downtown Crossing stop. It’s a 40 minute train ride and lovely tour of neighborhoods outside of Boston and a round trip ticket is $4.80. The venue is 0.3 miles from either station.
If approaching Boston from the NORTH: Alewife Station
(named after Alewife Brook, which does indeed support a population of Alosa pseudoharegus; it’s part of the Mystic River watershed!)
Alewife Brook Pkwy and Cambridge Park Dr, Cambridge, MA 02140
Mobile app: PayByPhone #4241
Daily fee: Mon-Fri: $9 | Sat-Sun: $3
Overnight Parking Allowed
To get to the meeting venue, take the red line train to the Park St. or Downtown Crossing stop. Round trip ticket is $4.80. The venue is a 0.3 mile walk from either station. River Bonus! You’ll go over the Longfellow bridge over the Charles River that is part of our meeting logo!
If approaching Boston from the SOUTH: Quincy Adams MBTA Garage
Burgin Pkwy and Centre St, Quincy, MA 02169
Mobile app: PayByPhone #4518
Daily fee: Mon-Fri: $9 | Sat-Sun: $3
Overnight Parking is allowed
To get to the meeting venue, take the red line train toward Alewife and get off at the Downtown Crossing or Park St. station. It’s a 30 minute train ride to Park St and round trip is $4.80. The venue is a 0.3 mile walk from either station. River Bonus! You’ll get a lovely view of the Neponset River.
Click here of a list of all stations that allow overnight parking.
Breakfast and lunch recommendations have been chosen with special care to keep travel distance and estimated time to receive food short.
See interactive map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=16tyOU95A8cGpFKjz41Qe6CB79dLxSqk&usp=sharing
BREAKFAST
Café Bonjour
55 Temple Place
https://www.cafebonjourboston.com/breakfast-and-lunch/
Café 26
26 Temple Place
https://www.cafetwentysix.com/home/#ourstory
Bakey
151 Tremont St.
Thinking Cup
165 Tremont St.
https://thinking-cup-tremont.square.site/
Dunkin Donuts
1 Summer St.
Starbucks
125 Summer St.
Tatte Bakery & Cafe
125 Summer St.
Avenue 1 Restaurant & Lounge
The hotel restaurant
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/massachusetts/hyatt-regency-boston/bosto/dining
LUNCH
Lotus Test Kitchen
25 Chauncy St.
https://www.lotustestkitchen.com/
The Chicken & Rice Guys
85 Bedford St.
https://cnrguys.com/menu-and-locations/#our-menu
Gene’s Café Boston
86 Bedford St.
https://www.menustone.com/local/genescafeboston
Sweetgreen
87 Summer St.
B.Good
84 Summer St.
Five Guys
58 Summer St.
https://restaurants.fiveguys.com/58-summer-street
Café Bonjour
55 Temple Place
https://www.cafebonjourboston.com/breakfast-and-lunch/
Café 26
26 Temple Place
https://www.cafetwentysix.com/home/#ourstory
Sal’s Pizza
150 Tremont St.
Dumpling Café
695 Washington St.
https://www.dumplingcafeboston.com/menu
Taiwan Café
34 Oxford St
Kaze Shabu Shabu
1 Harrison Avenue
https://kazeshabushabuma.com/menu/
Phin Coffee House
10 High St.
https://www.phincoffeehouse.com/copy-of-drink
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Democracy Brewing
(0.2 miles)
Envoy – Lookout Rooftop and bar
(0.8 miles)
Trillium Brewery
(0.9 miles)
The Sevens bar
(0.7 miles)
Harpoon Brewery
(1.6 miles)
Mr. Dooley’s Irish Pub
(0.6 miles) * often live music
Liberty Hotel
(1.0 mile) * more bougee, live music
Pink Taco
(0.9 miles)
Lollita Fort Point
(0.6 miles)
Barcelona Wine Bar
(0.9 miles)
Yvonnes
(0.3 miles)
Beehive
(1.0 mile) *often live music
Scholars American Bistro and Cocktail Lounge
(0.4 miles)
French Quarter
(348 ft)
High Street Place Food Hall
(0.4 miles)
Contessa by the Garden
(0.6 miles) *more bougee
Bartaco
(0.9 miles)
City Tap House
(0.9 miles)