The Holiday Market at Snowport welcomes over 125 vendors this season, with tons of grub options. With each better than the next, it can feel overwhelming to pick the best things to eat at Snowport, and while you can’t go wrong with the market’s curation of top local food and beverage vendors, we do want to highlight a few favorites in this year’s lineup.
In total, The Holiday Market at Snowport welcomes 22 unique food and beverage vendors in its food and beverage lounge complete with cozy still fireplaces surrounded by red Adirondack chairs and a heated food and beverage tent courtesy of JetBlue. The market also has 21 “Gourmet Gift” vendors offering up tantalizing provisions and sweet treats you can enjoy at the market, grab to go, or even pick up as a special gift.
That’s over 40 spots to sip and eat in total, not to mention the hundreds of talented local artisans to browse and shop while you’re there—we can see how we’d spend hours here and likely need to keep returning to try them all! Here are some of the best things to eat at Snowport this year:
1. Baked Cheese Haus
Get transported to the Swiss Alps with a perfectly crisp on the outside, doughy on the inside baguette finished with just the right amount of gooey Alpine Swiss Cheese. The Raclette sandwiches are just as delicious to watch being made as they taste. Make sure to get all the fixings, for the perfect harmony of textures.
2. Cheese Wheel Pasta
You might’ve seen Cheese Wheel Pasta flooding your Instagram feed—and later in your dreams. And it’s what a pasta lover’s dreams are made of. Scorching hot linguine is tossed in a cheese wheel and topped with more parm and fresh basil for a creamy and hearty bowl of Pasta alla Ruota.
3. Eloti
Your favorite street corn food truck is now a new vendor at Seaport! And if you have yet to try Eloti, it’s sure to become a favorite. Eloti serves Mexican street corn in a cup or on a stick with different toppings like creamy cotija or fresh lime.
4. The Soup Shack
The definition of a comfort meal, enjoy rotating soup flavors served a giant bread bowl. The Soup Station is a new concept from grilled cheese connoisseurs also at Snowport, Cheese Louise. Grab a grilled cheese for your bread bowl soup while you’re at it!
5. The Frenchman’s Crepes
Savory or sweet, enjoy a taste of France at the market with fresh made-to-order crepes. Flavors range from a lox crepe to a buttery Nutella crepe.
6. Petrova Chocolates
Speaking of sweets, one of our favorite chocolatiers in the city just debuted at Snowport! If you’ve yet to make it to Petrova Chocolates’ new shop in Eastie, now is the time to try their beautifully executed and incredibly creative chocolates. The Popping Almond is a staple truffle flavor, and other exciting flavors like Chestnut Miso Pecan pie are mind-blowing.
Find more info on Snowport including a nifty market map to locate all of these talented vendors.
7. That Fat Duck
Making its Snowport debut, That Fat Duck brings the perfect comfort food to the market—poutine. As the name implies, the poutine here consists of cripsy french fries dressed in juicy duck meat, melting cheese curds, fresh chives, and silky duck gravy.
8. Madhrasi Chai
You’ve never had chai like Madhrasi Chai. The chai here rivals even the delectable hot cocoas at the market, but offers an exciting and unique twist on the warming drink. For four months, owner Nancy Daniel perfected her creative chai cups that come with a unique base in flavors like saffron and rose, homemade whipped cream, fresh caramel sauces, and crunchy bits.
9. Nagomi Bento
From a torched eel onigiri to the classic bento boxes, Nagomi is the perfect pitstop for a market snack or meal (even if it means taking a lunch break from one of the offices across the street)!
10. The Fat Cactus
The market’s supreme hot cocoa counter is back for another season for a reason. For an over-the-top hot cocoa order the unicorn, that comes with whipped cream, coated animal cookies, edible glitter, and fairy wings. To keep things classic, order the milk chocolate cocoa with torched marshmallows and homemade whipped cream. All Fat Cactus hot chocolates includes a full chocolate truffle at the bottom of the cup that melts into the beverage as you sip.
11. Temperance Pizza
New to the market this year is a delicious Neapolitan wood-fired pizza hailing from New Hampshire! The cheese is a classic that can’t be skipped and makes the idyllic comforting winter eat. If you want something fancier, Temperance has an assortment of toppings and specialty pies to meet your craving!