Il Panino Express
(617) 720-5720
264-266 Hanover St
(at Charter Street)
Boston,
MA
02109
42.3659
-71.0531
Neighborhoods: North End, Central
Hours:
Daily 11am-11pm
Price:
$
Parking:
Street
Last updated 1.30.09
What People Are Saying About Il Panino Express
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The Scene
Marble-topped tables surrounded by financial types without their suit jackets and with their ties flung back over one shoulder, all attacking their huge, sloppy eggplant subs.
The Food
In a bid to outpopulate Abercrombie in Boston, Il Panino strikes again with this bustling and handsome sandwich outpost. There's more than just giant subs, though: There are pastas and pizzas, too. The point is fast service from the open kitchen in the back of the room (sweltering, for sure, but the kitchen staff says it's better than their former digs around the corner on Parmenter).
User Reviews
italianbella
February 14, 2007
The best pizza and calzones in the north end. The prices are great and so is their food. I'd avoid fiore or lucca and head to express! I live in the north end and swear by this place. All my friends love it as well. The service is great they cook everything in front of you and they are really nice.
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fromboston
January 03, 2007
I really like their pizza, almost as good as the pizza back in new york. The eggplant sub is very plain and not tasty, the vegetarian sub is not recomended. I do like their calzones and my fiance likes the chicken and brocolli penne. The service is horrible. As a former regular of this shop (work 2 block away at the coast guard base) I had almost every possible horrible customer-service thing done to me (ie; forgotten my order, been yelled at by the cashier, gave me my meal in take out form even after clearing stating that I was eating there and refusing to fix up my order, etc) The only times I would eat there now is when I am short on cash and time and want a slice of pizza for $2.10.
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localgirl49
July 24, 2006
Making my way through the brisk order line I watched what should have been my sandwich handed over to someone who came in and placed the same order long after I did. As I stood there like an idiot and watched another fifteen people get their lunch the unfriendly staff finally realized they had forgotten my order and hastily made my sandwich. After all that it was the most tasteless eggplant sub I've ever had, the sauce was awful. With all the great food in the North End don't waste your time at this place.
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Where to Sit:
Grab a seat by the window and take in a bit of Hannover street's eccentric people-watching.
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