Seaport

Seafood

Overlooking Fort Point Channel, The Barking Crab (88 Sleeper St., 617/426-2722, 11:30 a.m.–1 a.m. daily, www.barkingcrab.com [1], $9–25) serves seafood the way it was meant to be eaten, with the smell of sea air and cackling of gulls. Loaded with salty decor, the joint serves platters of fried clams at long picnic tables.

Since 1963, Anthony’s Pier 4 (140 Northern Ave., 617/482-6262, 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Sun.–Thurs.; 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Fri.–Sat., www.pier4.com [2], $19–36) has served the classic seafood you came to Boston [3] for, and offered an impressive wine list and sea view to boot.

Cult seafood favorite and hole-in-the-wall
No-Name Restaurant (15 Fish Pier, Northern Ave., 617/338-7539, noon–7 p.m. Mon.–Sat.; closed Sun., $5–23) is acclaimed for its seafood literally right off the boat. The menu changes depending on what’s in season, but always includes some variation on a tummy-warming fisherman’s stew. Other entrées are simply fried or baked, offering unadulterated seafood at half the price of more celebrated restaurants.