hiddenboston

Real Name:

Marc

Location:

Boston

Blog:

http://www.bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com

Best meal I ever ate:

double cheeseburger at Hodad's in Ocean Beach, CA before heading over to the Sunset Cliffs for a memorable sunset

My current drink of choice:

Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, or anything with scotch in it

I really wish I could:

have a second home near Pepe's in New Haven or Pipes Cafe in Cardiff, CA

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Homemade NY-Style Pizza

My favorite comfort food:

potato pancakes, Diamond Dairy, Manhattan; shaved steak burrito, Bahia Don Bravo, La Jolla, CA; pepperoni pizza, Santarpio's, East Boston; Cubano, Chez Henri, Cambridge; cheeseburger, Hodad's, Ocean Beach, CA; corned beef, Zabar's, Manhattan

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND:
 Estoril, Fall River; Foxfire, Stowe, VT; Jasmine Bistro, Brighton;
 Frank Pepe's, New Haven, CT;
 Santarpio's, East Boston.
 OUTSIDE OF THE AREA: Auberge La Goeliche, Ste-Petronille, Quebec; Focacceria, Greenwich Village, NY; Hodad's, Ocean Beach, CA; Lafayette Room (Hay-Adams), Washington, DC; Pipes Cafe, Cardiff, CA

My most tattered cookbooks:

BBQ USA (Steven Raichlen); Brooklyn Cookbook (Lyn Stallworth); Feasting on Asphalt (Alton Brown)