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Best Fresh Bagels In Boston?
*Shaking fist at sky*
Glad you liked them, and I wondered what someone knowledgeable would call their style, since I don't know enough about the differences to describe them well. So thanks!
Best Fresh Bagels In Boston?
I was hoping no one would mention them, because they are already always running out! They're really delicious.
bars with outdoor patio area - for a bachelorette party
28 Degrees. Really nice patio. Festive---I was only there once (for a similar occasion) and there was a DJ and then a drag karaoke inside. It's not Olde Tyme Crafte cocktails, more like fresh fruits and juices and vodkas, fun and celebratory.
Conference Widow Trolling the streets of Boston in search of Food
Above Casablanca is Algiers, a coffeehouse which serves unspecial food but the interior is special and gorgeous and they have small patios upstairs and downstairs and on a nice day it is lovely to sip a mint tea there and peoplewatch.
If you want lunch while there, great sandwiches at Crema Cafe and Darwin's, funky setup and great veg food at Clover Food Labs, nice patio at OM, or get a couple of pieces of pizza at Pinocchio's and sit in the park.
bánh xèo, ..anything?..anything?...Bueller??
Most all have it (and it's easy enough to make with ingredients they'd have on hand even if it's not on the menu), but I've found some places in Boston don't serve it with the traditional accompaniments of lettuce leaves for rolling and vinaigrette for dipping. I have had it soggy, too, at Le's and Pho N Rice. The best used to be Pho Pasteur in Chinatown, but I've been disappointed the last few years.
Inexpensive catering in Cambridge (on a student budget)
Sabra Grill or Guru the Caterer.
Harvard Square
I had a nice dinner at OM's bar this weekend. Highlights were well made cocktails from their menu and great service, and an extremely delicious Uighur lamb dish. The main courses came in half portions (plenty for me with a salad) and it seemed like the right amount of money.
I'd only been two times before--a terrible Valentines day (bad food, bad service, too expensive), and a lunch on their beautiful patio (food ok, too expensive).
So we were plenty surprised at how much we enjoyed it. I wouldn't dismiss it anymore.
Chicken Feet (preferably kosher or local) in Boston
I buy the organically raised chickens at Mayflower and keep the feet to use for stock. But since most people don't want the feet, you should ask them to set some aside for you. I know they do this with the heads (sorry) for people who prize the tongues and brains (sorry again) to buy in bulk.
I believe they are locally raised.
Russo's vs. Whole Foods
When are there no crowds? I tried even a weekday morning and it was crowded. But with a different crowd than the weekend. It was mostly ancient Italian men then (a good resource, I might add, so it is kind of a bonus).
March 2012 Openings and Closings
Ok, I'll ask what you're all thinking. How do you pronounce it? Like French would or like Bostonians would?
Special occasion fine dining - with a baby - Cambridge
I would go to Gran Gusto. There's a separate lobby/room inside the restaurant with benches which is an appropriate place to hang out with a kid who needs soothing, and the dining room itself is roomy. There's a lovely park (Danehy) directly across the street to walk with your son, as well, if the weather is nice then.
It's also a favorite with the older generation who seem to be more interested in/forgiving of babies than the 20-30s crowd.
The food is delicious. The only guidance I'd give is that the pace of the meal is more leisurely than many restaurants, so think through the timing.
Ancient Grandparents and Easily-bored Teen: Saturday Dinner
Russell House Tavern--as long as the grandparents are ok with going down a flight of stairs. It's a bit quieter down there, but it's a lively place.
If they can do stairs I would also suggest Upstairs on the Square. Both of these valet, I think.
Orinoco just opened in the former Small Plates spot. I haven't yet been, though.
Source for citric acid?
I bought it a few weeks ago at the Indian store next to the Somerville Market Basket.
Does anyone know of a homemade meal delivery service?
Cooking from the Heart
http://www.cookingfth.com/
Orange Soda on tap?
Lee's is closed, it's now a clothing store I think. Or do you mean Leo's Lunch? They have lots of bottled pops in the window, that is probably it, no?
Intriguing, I have never seen Faygo in glass, not even in the midwest. Faygo is nostalgic, but not great tasting. I think Vernor's is a better export for Detroit.
Floating Rock question
We've gone a couple of times and it's been delicious. Given, we had groupon kind of things, and probably wouldn't have gone otherwise at that price.
The table next to us with Cambodian grad students were eating a tasty-looking dish that they told us to order, which we'd never have done as it was listed on the menu simply as "beef stew".
My preschooler loves the satay, tiger's tears weren't hot enough the first visit, but the second visit we knew how to order it. Amok was nice, too.
If the prices were lower, I'd go there more. Not my favorite kind of decor, but there wasn't any kind of club vibe at all, just spacious tables and a bland moderny design. I don't think there's any reason to be reverse snobby about it. The servers were very sweet and great with our kids and it felt homey.
Where to buy Paneer in Cambridge/Somerville?
They've got a couple of brands, but both are $4.99 for the same size (unfrozen) block--I can't remember how big, but I think 1 lb.
I think the prices are about the same at the store in Central.
Farmer seeking ideas for a CIDER DONUT SUNDAE
I would split the doughnut like a bagel, and then arrange in halves to make nested rings. A scoop of very rich honey vanilla and a scoop of something strong like cinnamon or coffee or rum raisin, butter rum sauce and maple whipped cream. No crunchy things for me, but if you have to, maybe pralines.
December 2011 Openings and Closings
Not much love for their pastries, though I'm definitely not the target audience for fancy cakes anyway, but was served a really wonderful hot chocolate there, second only to Burdick's.
December 2011 Openings and Closings
Will they be holding on to the performance space, do you know? They have moved the entrance over to the side where the stage used to be.
Though that might be because since Kirkland closed, a child care opened up next door and maybe there are some regulations about how far apart the entrances can be?
Source of "trash" fish for bouillabaisse
I've done just this--asked at New Deal for odds and ends for fish soup. Some days it's better than others, and I've had better luck earlier in the day.
(Which goes against my intuition. I thought there would be trimmed or too small pieces left at the end of the day.)
*Need* to go someplace new and delicious tomorrow night. With a toddler!
Floating Rock is awesome for kids, my first thought at your post. Chicken satay, rice, soup. Park in the lot behind McDo's. Plenty of space inside, they are happy to have you.
Thelonious Monkfish is v kid friendly I hear, but I don't think they have a liquor license.
Zocalo Arlington Actually Worthy?
That's good to hear! About prices dropping and a more varied menu. I've been for a number of birthday celebrations over the years and my memories are of underseasoned fish with unmemorable sides and thinking what I could have done with those $25 elsewhere.
I've liked Olecito, though!
Great Moules Frites in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville?
I second that. Love their moules frites.
Zocalo Arlington Actually Worthy?
I always feel ripped off by Ole--it's in that space of too expensive and not that interesting.
Zocalo catered a work lunch for my office two years ago (no information more recent) and it was really very good. The guacamole and mashed potato quesadillas were particularly tasty.
I personally would have tried out the restaurant by now if it were closer.
Dinner before the ballet - near Boston Opera House
Thanks. I have a reservation at Kingston Station, actually!
Just looking at options to elevate it a little bit, as some of the group seems to want to splash out more than I thought. I also don't generally attend to the wine list since I always drink cocktails. ;)
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Kingston Station
25 Kingston St, Boston, MA 02111
Dinner before the ballet - near Boston Opera House
Just bumping this thread up. Our friend who will likely dive to grab the bill is suggesting a steak house--which maybe suggests KO Prime, which looks very nearby, but we've got a four year old. Is there something that would be at a somewhat lower price point but also serve a nice steak and a good wine list preferably in walking distance from the Opera House?
Bina might work, it looks like there is a skirt steak and ribeye on the menu and I know that space would work for the family and my kids would like the food. If anyone who knows something about wine could take a look at the Bina winelist and comment on whether they think it's good? This friend likes his French reds.
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KO Prime
90 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108
Rodizio/Churrascaria: What's best these days?
Bom de Boca--is that the one across from the Holiday Inn, which was a por kilo before? That's gone, too, eh?
