Time Out Market Boston — Restaurant in Boston

We are visiting from New York and my sister had been raving about this place so we had to come check it out. The layout is pretty much a large, bougie food court. Considering we had a group of 12, and it was a Saturday night around 8pm, we found seating pretty quickly. The lines moved at a moderate pace, but there were a ton of people. This is a great place to come with a group to just chill, and have the vibe of being out on the town without actually being at a bar. If you are in the mood for cocktails there are also 2 bars.

The food in general was really great! We were able to try a bunch of the vendors. Stand outs for me were Saltie Girl, Ms. Clucks, and MC Kitchen.

Saltie Girl- I ordered the Fried Clam Roll. The texture and flavor of the fried clams was INCREDIBLE! The truffle tartar sauce was out of control. I was also able to have a few bites of the Warm Lobster Roll. It was meaty, buttery, really fresh and surprisingly light. Both rolls were overflowing with filling.

Ms. Clucks- The Chicken, Broccoli and Cheddar Gyoza is something you must try!! There is a thin sheet of fried cheddar cheese laying on a bed of dumplings. It is unreal! The Cajun Karaage Chicken Sando was very crispy. There was a good heat to it and the nori buttermilk ranch dressing really balanced that out. The Karaage Chicken and waffle fries was super tasty. I recommend tossing the dish bc the miso maple syrup is sitting on the bottom of the dish and you want to get that on everything.

MC Kitchen- The Corn Cakes are freaking delicious! Make sure you get a nice forkful of everything on that plate with every bite. The Buffalo Cauliflower tacos are wild. The florets are hearty and the almond cotija cheese really created a new flavor profile I haven't experienced with a "buffalo" dish.

Micheal Schlow's- Tagliatelle Bolognese tasted like it was made by someone's adorable Italian grandmother. The pasta was cooked Al dente and the meat sauce was lit.

Gelato & Chill- Tiramisu Gelato was so smooth and paired with the coffee soaked sponge cake, it was everything I needed. I got to the counter pretty late in the game (it was about 10pm) and they had sold out of about half of their flavors. Get there earlier if you want more options.

The staff cleaning the tables were really efficient and friendly. Bathrooms were very clean and looked like a huge closet lol. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is I felt that certain things were pricey. We will...

A Deeply Disappointing Experience with Unjustified Aggression and Racial Bias

Our group of six — five Chinese and one American — had a distressing and humiliating experience at Time Out Market Boston.

After Trillium next door had closed for the evening, we moved to Timeout Market’s outdoor public seating area, which is directly connected and appeared to be a shared space. Some of us purchased beer and desserts from Timeout Market. A few — around two or three — still had Trillium plastic cups containing leftover beer. One or two poured new Timeout beer into those cups simply for convenience. There were no signs indicating that outside containers were prohibited in this space.

Suddenly, a staff member (dreadlocks, possibly African-American or Latino) approached us aggressively, accusing us of drinking outside alcohol. We tried to explain multiple times that the drinks were from Timeout Market and that the use of other cups was unintentional and based on a misunderstanding of the space.

Instead of listening, he grabbed our paid-for drinks without warning — despite us saying we would leave — and poured them into the grass in front of us in a clearly hostile, mocking way. When we tried to ask why, he said it was because we didn’t leave “immediately,” even though we were in the process of doing so.

Most disturbing was how he completely ignored the five Chinese members of our group and only addressed our one American mate, saying “Bro, you should understand what I’m saying.” When asked if this was racially motivated, he defensively claimed, “I’m not racist — my boss is Asian,” and mumbled something in poor Chinese. The whole encounter felt racially biased, condescending, and humiliating.

We have visited Timeout Market before and enjoyed it — but this incident was shocking. If Timeout Market truly values diversity and customer respect, we urge management to investigate this incident, retrain the staff, and offer a formal apology. We expected hospitality — instead we were treated...

"After much prior online research and anticipation of a nice culinary experience, I unfortunately wasn't able to review the food and service at Time Out Market because I only had cash with which to pay, and discovered that not one of the twelve food vendors here will accept "legal tender for all debts public and private". Even one of the vendors, whose food I have enjoyed for many years at its other locations which do accept cash, also follows the no cash policy here. I was told that I could see a manager about purchasing a gift card for myself to use, but aside from the fee that would doubtless go along with the gift card purchase, I decided that was a ridiculous requirement just to buy lunch. I realize that too much of the current world is addicted to paying with plastic with its inherent administrative and convenience costs and risks for personal financial data theft, but I think it's a shame when businesses are willing to turn away new customers via this exclusively plastic payment policy.

Thanks for the owner's response and apprising me of the option to buy a gift card without fee in order to do business with Time Out Market. However, I cite the following from Mass.gov: Massachusetts law requires retailers to “accept legal tender when offered as payment by the buyer.” It states: “No retail establishment offering goods and services for sale shall discriminate against a cash buyer by requiring the use of credit by a buyer to purchase such goods and services.”-Dec 13, 2023 What constitutes a retail establishment?: "Retail includes clothing stores, food stores, auto dealers, restaurants, hardware stores and general...