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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