Directions
From Points North (Interstate 93)
From Points North (Route 1 – Tobin Bridge)
From Points South
From Points West
From Logan Airport
From the MBTA (The "T") - Orange and Green Lines
From Points North (Interstate 93)
- Head South on the Interstate (93 South).
- Take the Haymarket Square/Government Center exit (first exit after Storrow Drive).
- At the bottom of the ramp, you must turn right.
- Continue for approximately 100 yards until you get to the next light at Congress Street.
- Take a right onto Congress Street – this will become Portland Street.
- Johnnies on the Side will be on your left. (Note: Our building, 101 Merrimac, has two entrances – one on Merrimac Street and another on Portland Street. Both have “101” signs over the doors.
- 101 Merrimac will be the next building on the left after the restaurant. There is an Au Bon Pain at street level.
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From Points North (Route 1 – Tobin Bridge)
- Head South on Route 1 over the Tobin Bridge. (Don’t take the Charlestown Exit.)
- Stay on the route heading under a tunnel, which eventually sends you onto 93 South.
- Take the Haymarket Square/Government Center exit (first exit after Storrow Drive).
- At the bottom of the ramp, you must turn right.
- Continue for approximately 100 yards until you get to the next light at Congress Street.
- Take a right onto Congress Street – this will become Portland Street.
- Johnnies on the Side will be on your left. (Note: Our building, 101 Merrimac, has two entrances – one on Merrimac Street and another on Portland Street. Both have “101” signs over the doors.
- 101 Merrimac will be the next building on the left after the restaurant. There is an Au Bon Pain at street level.
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From Points South
- Head North on the Interstate (93 North).
- Take the North Station/Causeway Street exit.
- Go left at the end of the ramp onto Causeway Street; the TD Bank North Garden will be on your right.
- Proceed four blocks, and then turn left onto Lancaster Street.
- Continue on Lancaster Street, and within 2 blocks, the street will merge with Merrimac Street.
- 101 Merrimac will be on the left where the two streets merge. It has a “101” sign over the doors.
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From Points West
- Head east on the Mass Pike (I-90).
- Take the Cambridge exit (next exit after Exit 17) and proceed toward Cambridge.
- At the bottom of the ramp, stay in the right lane, and turn right onto Storrow Drive (immediately before the bridge crossing the Charles River).
- Follow Storrow Drive to the "Government Center, Kendall Square, Cambridge" exit.
- Immediately after you exit, you will come to a signal.
- Go through the signal, following the signs for "Government Center, Downtown."
- Proceed up the hill to the 5th signal (this will include the signal for the fire station and a crosswalk.)
- At the top of the hill get into the left turn lane for Staniford Street.
- Turn left onto Staniford and at the bottom of the hill (at the signal), turn right onto Merrimac St.
- 101 Merrimac will be on the left side of the street. It is a brick building across from the Edward Brooke Courthouse.
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From Logan Airport
- Take the Sumner Tunnel towards Boston, using the right-hand lane.
- At the end of the tunnel, stay to the right; avoid the ramp to Storrow Drive, and avoid the left turn under the Expressway toward the Massachusetts Turnpike.
- Bear right and head diagonally under the Expressway, and you will come directly to a light.
- Go straight through the light, and continue until you get to the next light, at Congress Street.
- Take a right onto Congress Street- this will become Portland Street.
- Johnnies on the Side will be on your left. (Note: Our building, 101 Merrimac, has two entrances - one on Merrimac Street and another on Portland Street - both have "101 " signs over the doors.)
- 101 Merrimac will be the next building on the left after the restaurant. There is an Au Bon Pain at street level.
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From the MBTA (The "T")
Orange and Green Lines
- Take the Orange Line to the North Station Stop.
- Take the Valenti Way exit out of the Station.
- Exiting the subway station, you'll be at the intersection of Valenti Way and Canal Street.
- Follow Valenti Way two blocks to Portland Street.
- At Portland St., you will see Johnnies on the Side in front of you.
- Turn right onto Portland St. (Note: Our building, 101 Merrimac, has two entrances - one on Merrimac Street and another on Portland Street - both have "101" signs over the doors.)
- 101 Merrirnac will be the next building on the left after the restaurant. There is an Au Bon Pain at street level.
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