Not sure what vibe you’re going for but I just went to Angela’s Cafe in eastie and it’s my new favorite brunch spot. They have tons of American and Mexican options and the prices are incredible. If you want something “vibe-ier”, this definitely isn’t it.

In that case, I like Friendly Toast but the line is always absolutely absurd. Same with Lincoln in Southie - both are worth it though and at Friendly Toast I think you can join the line via Yelp (at least you could in the past). Definitely do that if you decide to go there- I’ve seen the wait at 2+ hours before. Hope this helps!

I’ll definitely ask one of them next time I see one. I feel like they’ll just tell me I’m out of luck - just frustrating for sure but I get why they need to lock the gates

I’m glad someone else feels my pain! Sometimes the gate is open at 11pm and other times it’s closed at 5pm. They need to leave it open at least until the arrival of the last train. I’ve tried going through that gate by the splash pad at around 4am and it was locked but I have seen it open late night so night really sure how they decide when to open/close it

Well I did until I found out that gate was closed! I live less than a 10 minute walk to the T and it’s fairly well lit. But I’ve just been ubering because I don’t want to walk 45 minutes around the park at 4am

I’ve seen that but I think it connects through Bremen St park. I’ll have to check that out and see because that would be a great option. I know I can go around the park in the other direction but it would be a 30-45 minute walk

Yeah I think it starts back up around 5 something but I know the bus runs overnight in a limited capacity. That’s the other thing I’m not sure about… I assume they close and lock the door to the station but not sure since I have gotten that far lol I get why they do it but it’s so annoying being so close to the airport but having to spend money to Uber there

I know but since the only way to access the area by the T stop is through that gate they typically leave it open longer than dusk - for example I don’t get out of class until 6PM but when I get to the airport T stop at 6:20 the gate is still open even though it is dark out

Oh I never said it had the best/good/okay inspection grade😂

I feel like Dumpling Cafe is the only right answer to this question