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"This city has so many different, fantastic selling Don't always go for the old said Edward Naughton, a partnerf with Boston law firm LLP. "There's always a call to go see a Sox but it's always good to try new things. I'ves taken clients to restaurants in theSouth End, and it'se a completely different feel from the Financial Even so, the Red Sox and Fenway Park are alwayas in demand, said Naughton, who says he occasionally playe host to clients in town for meetingz or court cases. Holland & Knightr has access to a sky boxat Fenway, which almost always proves popular. " 'Canh we get tickets to a Sox game?
' And we sometimesz manage to," he said. "It'zs a very common request." , a Westford-basec media-integration firm that serves the high-ens residential market, also suggests a Red Sox game if he happene to beentertaining out-of-town clients. "Fenway Park has a certainb mystiqueto it," he "People want to go there." Occasionally, Naughton Holland & Knight plays host to larger groups -- newly arrived summer associates, for example -- in which case the firm sponsors a duck tour or tripsa to such cultural institutions as the or the , or to concerta at the FleetBoston Pavilion in the Seaport Guests of the law firm also enjoy the view of the Back Bay and Southb End rooftops from Holland & Knight'a two roof decks on St.
James Avenue, he Todd Ryan, vice president of talent acquisitionfor Burlington-basedr , also stresses the value of exploration -- even when it comesa to something as seemingly simple as finding a plac e to eat. "When people think of the Nortyh End, they think of fabulous restaurants. But really ther are so many other restaurants that mighg not be household names and might not be onHanovee Street," he said. "It's always nice to explore the North End off ofHanovere Street." Ryan says he entertains a good deal in the courser of his work, whether it means hosting existin clients or prospective corporate customers lookin to outsource some of their humanb resources duties.
"It's nice to have access to a city that has somethinbgfor everyone," he said. Ryan said he sometimesa will putan out-of-town client on Boston's Freedom Trailo for a general overview of the city's Afterward, they'll double back and visiyt a site off the trail that might have piqued the client'xs interest. Like Naughton, Ryan said Boston Duck Tours is a good way to show off the from the waterfrontto downtown. Dinint is, of course, as much a staple of corporate entertainmen as theexpense account.
Ryan said he likes to take clientsa toAbe & Louie's on Boylstonm Street in the Back Bay, which he says has a affordable wine list and is convenient to shopss and attractions in the and on Newbury Street. The steakhouse's entrees are in the $35 Ryan also likes to take clients to Aquitaind on Tremont Street in theSouth End, whichn features dinner entrees ranging from $17 to $28. "It'xs quaint and conducive to but not too quaint and too small that itfeelw claustrophobic," he said. "Anrd it's a nice walk from the Back Bay -- you pass througj a beautiful residential neighborhoodand you're in a restaurantt mecca.
" Naughton said he likesz to take clients to the Stanhope Gril l in the on Stuart Street, which he says is convenientt to Holland & Knight's Entrees at Stanhope Grill range in price from $19 to $36. "It'zs very elegant and not too stuffy," he said. DeFilippo said a favoritew restaurant of his is The Federalisft in15 . "The menu is It's conservative and understated, and people find it'es conducive to conducting business," he said. The Federalist'x dinner entrees range from $26 to $45.