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Best of Boston

3 posts · Jun 22, 1994 to Jul 5, 1994

Norman D.Rapport MediationJun 22, 1994

 C. W. wrote:

 > I'm attending a conference in Boston next month and want to sample some
 > of the best restaurants - seafood, Eastern regional, steak houses,
 > bistros if possible - please advise of some good insider places for
 > someone who does a lot of restaurant dining all over the world.  You
 > can also respond to my email address: [email removed]

 This is not dining but it fits the bill of an "insider" place - Provizer's
 delicatessan in Newton (the 'burb beyond Brookline) for a heaping pastrami
 sandwich. It's less than lunch counter atmosphere but worth the trip. The
 fish chowder at any Legal SeaFood is good (there are several now) but it's
 hard to believe that this institution was once an Inman Square low cost
 eatery (the original burned down). The No-Name fish restaurant down on the
 main fish buying pier is pretty authentic though hardly a secret. And, to
 finish off my pretty plebe list, there used to be a dynamite place for all
 kinds of ribs (lamb as well as pork and beef) in Kenmore Square. It was
 called Hoo-Doo's but was within a watering hole whose name I forget. A
 rough spot but if it still does the ribs, worth a visit.

Henry C.Delphi ( email, 800-695-4005 voice)Jul 2, 1994

 C. W. wrote:

 >I'm attending a conference in Boston next month and want to sample some
 >of the best restaurants - seafood, Eastern regional, steak houses,

 Just got back from Boston where I spent 3 months working. I am very
 picky about restaurants, though I prefer a more casual dining experience.
 You don't need to go to Legal Seafood, not that it is bad, but what's the
 point.
 If you want great seafood, get in your car and head to Woodman's in Essex,
 MA (about 40 mins form Boston) or better yet to Chauncey Pier in Kittery
 ME for the best lobster experience of a lifetime.
 Best new discovery in Boston area are:
 Elephant walk in Central square (French/Indonisian)
 Boca Grande on Mass ave. outside Porter Sq. zero frills mexican (lunch)
 Cottonwood Cafe in Porter Sq. Santa Fe style mex. opening an outlet in
 Santa Fe!
 Italian rest. in downtown Waltham, well known and always packed. right
 on Moody Street in Waltham (otherwise not known for it's cuisine)
 Biba is very good and very pretentious.
 India Pavillion in Central Sq. is one of the best, cheap INdian meals
 you will find anywhere (including East 6th St. NYC)
 Oh, if you don't make it to Essex or Maine, there is a fun spot down
 my Museum Wharf called the "barking Frog" for lunch style seafood.
 Good Luck.

NightflyNETCOM On-line servicesJul 5, 1994

 Henry C. wrote:

    Best new discovery in Boston area are:
    Elephant walk in Central square (French/Indonisian)

 I've been for lunch but not for dinner.  At lunch it's a good value,
 for dinner I don't think I'd bother.

    Boca Grande on Mass ave. outside Porter Sq. zero frills mexican (lunch)

 Zero frills but well made.

    Cottonwood Cafe in Porter Sq. Santa Fe style mex. opening an outlet in
    Santa Fe!

 Good but overpriced, and a wee bit too chichi-eclectic for my tastes.

    Italian rest. in downtown Waltham, well known and always packed. right
    on Moody Street in Waltham (otherwise not known for it's cuisine)
    Biba is very good and very pretentious.
    India Pavillion in Central Sq. is one of the best, cheap INdian meals
    you will find anywhere (including East 6th St. NYC)
    Oh, if you don't make it to Essex or Maine, there is a fun spot down
    my Museum Wharf called the "barking Frog" for lunch style seafood.
    Good Luck.

 It's "The Barking Crab", at least according to their ads.  And "lunch
 style seafood"?  What is that?  I'd have said clambake-style or shore
 dinner, myself.