The Fanuel Hall area is one of the most diverse areas for food. Everything you can think of is there. It's like a market of restaurants. I highly suggest it while you are out and about, plus the prices are not going to break the bank. It also is good for the group who might be hard to please because it has everything from pizza to seafood--everything. It is a wise choice

Vendors with free samples of food on toothpicks, crowds vieing for walking space, delicious food challenging us, and seemingly no place to sit and eat it - that's Quincy Market at lunch time. We reached the central dome and every seat was taken except for two in the balcony. Up the stairs and yes they were still available. City pidgeons got out of the way as I rushed to the coveted benches. My husband politely waited while I went back to the vendor with the free sample of chicken cooked in lemon and garlic sause, and I bought a roll-up. Then he found his favorite and as we ate our acquired treasures the pidgeons flew over our head, fanning us with their wings. To answer your question, there was no mess anywhere.

After we finished our lunch we gathered our belongings and as we got up to leave our seats were scooped up by the next wave of diners.

The lunch crowd was thinning out so we went back through the vendors to check out desserts. Prize chocolate candies, cakes of splendid varieties, and oversized cookies and delicacies of every nature challenged us to throw away dietary caution.

This is a great place to tempt your taste buds as you savor the mixed aromas of many different food outlets. The food was all of the best quality and we all felt that it was worth the queuing. The seafood was fresh and tasted great lobster was quite cheap here. The area was also a great place to browse for holiday gifts and some cheap sports goods.

It was also a great place to start tours from as most passed the market at some stage. There was also a comedy restaurant where you could be abused while enjoying you meal -- not something I was interested in, but there is a market for it.

To get to this delectable smorgasborg, take the T to Government Center or walk if you are near Copley Place or the Park. I was not expecting such a variety of taste sensations, and I ended up going to Quincy Market for lunch every day for two weeks and trying a different place every day. Quincy Market used to be a collection of shipping warehouses, but now it is a major attraction for tourists and locals. During the peak lunch times in the summer, it was very tough to find a seat, but you never have to wait long on line to get your food. My perennial favorites are Boston Brownie and Finagle a Bagel. I haven't found bagels or brownies like theirs any where!

The area is a great place for a walk on the cobblestones, too. You can shop at Victoria Secret, Serendipity or others, enjoy a meal at one of the sit down restaurants outside of Quincy market, or enjoy the view of the Harbor. We stood near the Sharper Image to admire the New Year's Eve fireworks two years ago before hightailing it out of the freezing cold air.