Someone wrote: >BOSTON Restaurant Advice NEEDED. > My friends and I will be travelling to Boston in late June. I was > wondering if anyone had any suggestions on diners, seafood, Chinese, > Indian and/or Italian places to eat. Thanks! Diners: good luck. Seafood: For an "authentic" Boston experience, I second the recommendations for Durgin Park or the No Name (be sure to get the clam chowder at Durgin Park). On the other hand, I'd recommend avoiding Anthony's Pier 4. Legal Seafood (multiple locations; avoid the one in the Copley Mall) is also very good. Chinese: Take a cab to Chinatown (don't walk) and pick a restaurant. You're unlikely to be disappointed. Indian: There's no shortage of Indian food in Boston, so I haven't even come close to trying them all. My favorites of the ones I frequent are Kebab-n-Kurry and Kashmir. Italian: Mamma Maria, Sage, Terramia, Artu (in order of decreasing price), and coffee and dessert at Caffe Vittoria in the North End. Thor
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Take B. wrote: > BOSTON Restaurant Advice NEEDED. > My friends and I will be travelling to Boston in late June. I was > wondering if anyone had any suggestions on diners, seafood, Chinese, > Indian and/or Italian places to eat. Thanks! > > Please email me at [email removed] or post to this newsgroup. > > T. I'm prepared to listen to the rags regarding this rec, but I really love Olives, located on City Square, just across the bridge, in Charleston. We take the T to Haymarket, then walk over the bridge. There are NO reservations, people line up outside at 5pm to get in at the 5:30 opening, or to get on the 7:30 list. Dress is optional, but you should at least wear a decent shirt with your clean jeans! The crowd is really eclectic, and dressier on weekends. Todd English turns out some of the best and most imaginative wood-fired-oven meats and roast dishes ever. Portions are enormous...the waiter has stopped us on several occasions from overordering. For a starter, main plate, shared dessert, coffee, inexpensive wine and tip, you will probably be set back about $90 - $100, but you won't forget this meal. On the other end of the scale, Daily Catch, on Hanover in the North End, specializes in seafood, and more specifically, calamari. You can customize most orders by combining a kind of seafood with a kind of cooking treatment and then decide if you want it over pasta or with salad. Cost of salad, main course, glass of house wine and coffee for two people about $35., and again portions are huge. (I told my husband that next time to tell them to serve his scampi over half the amount of linguine.) Last trip, I had Calimari Vinegrette, which was calimari sauted with red onion and sliced mushrooms, then finished with balsamic vinegar. It was amazing! 12.95 including a large salad beforehand. Great bread, and fantastic extravirgin olive oil. One last thought, as mundane as these food hall products usually are, the deep fried clam strips from the inside of Faniel Hall are to die for: super crisp, not greasy, never enough in a serving! Great for a cheap sit down lunch when you are in the area. (Since discovering them, my husband always makes sure that at some point we find ourselves in the area!) Sounds like it's time to hit Boston again! Pilgrim
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For a diner, I would suggest the Rosebud in Somerville. Cheap fish- Courthouse Seafood Restaurant Cambridge St. Cambridge. Expensive fish- Legal. Chinese: Grand Chow Chow in Chinatown. For dim sum, try the Imperial. Indian: Bombay Palace, Harvard Square Expensive Italian: Olive's in Charlestown Budget Italian: (Meatball or Sausage grinders) Sessa's Davis Square Somerville, around the corner from the Rosebud. Good luck!
Pilgrim wrote: > > Take B. wrote: > > > BOSTON Restaurant Advice NEEDED. > > My friends and I will be travelling to Boston in late June. I was > > wondering if anyone had any suggestions on diners, seafood, Chinese, > > Indian and/or Italian places to eat. Thanks! > > > > Please email me at [email removed] or post to this newsgroup. > > > > T. > > I'm prepared to listen to the rags regarding this rec, but I really love > Olives, located on City Square, just across the bridge, in Charleston. We > take the T to Haymarket, then walk over the bridge. There are NO > reservations, people line up outside at 5pm to get in at the 5:30 opening, > or to get on the 7:30 list. Dress is optional, but you should at least > wear a decent shirt with your clean jeans! The crowd is really eclectic, > and dressier on weekends. Todd English turns out some of the best and > most imaginative wood-fired-oven meats and roast dishes ever. Portions > are enormous...the waiter has stopped us on several occasions from > overordering. For a starter, main plate, shared dessert, coffee, > inexpensive wine and tip, you will probably be set back about $90 - $100, > but you won't forget this meal. > > On the other end of the scale, Daily Catch, on Hanover in the North End, > specializes in seafood, and more specifically, calamari. You can > customize most orders by combining a kind of seafood with a kind of > cooking treatment and then decide if you want it over pasta or with > salad. Cost of salad, main course, glass of house wine and coffee for two > people about $35., and again portions are huge. (I told my husband that > next time to tell them to serve his scampi over half the amount of > linguine.) Last trip, I had Calimari Vinegrette, which was calimari > sauted with red onion and sliced mushrooms, then finished with balsamic > vinegar. It was amazing! 12.95 including a large salad beforehand. > Great bread, and fantastic extravirgin olive oil. > > One last thought, as mundane as these food hall products usually are, the > deep fried clam strips from the inside of Faniel Hall are to die for: > super crisp, not greasy, never enough in a serving! Great for a cheap sit > down lunch when you are in the area. (Since discovering them, my husband > always makes sure that at some point we find ourselves in the area!) > > Sounds like it's time to hit Boston again! > > Pilgrim If you want to try something a little different, I suggest Penang, on Washington Street on the edge of Chinatown. It's Malaysian food. Try to imagine a cross between Chinese, Thai, and Indian. And Mexican too; they use lots of jicama. Lots of fun, very tasty food, and easy on the wallet. Go for it! Bob Wells
Dan R. wrote:
>Can anybody tell me "what happened?"
Ummm, expansion?
The original Durgin Park is still at Quincy Market,
but they've expanded as well. Maybe the one where
you went was at Copley Place. I've heard reports
it's just not the same.This is a summary I did for the Boston food newsgroup about a year ago: I just got back from a 10 day trip to Boston and I thought I'd make my contribution to this folder by writing some reviews. I stayed in the Back Bay area, so I concentrated mostly in that area. I wanted seafood on this trip, so I ate at Legal Seafoods (the one at Copley) several times. As many have said, the basics are best at Legal, prices are on the high side, and the ambiance and service are passable. I liked: broiled swordfish - the Legal philosophy about quality really stands out with swordfish, broiled haddock - it's been a long time I'd had a piece of haddock that had flavor, lobster roll - packed with lots of lobster (which it should be at the price). Good starters: fish chowder - excellent, nice chunks of white fish used, yin/yang sesame shrimp, steamed shrimp wontons. Sides: good onion rings, mediocre french fries, good snap peas, excellent mashed potatoes (though just short of being gluey). Also had lobster casserole, which was a disappointment because the recipe masked the delicate flavor of the lobster. Skipjack's also has an excellent seafood menu, not quite as extensive as Legal, but better value, ambiance, and service. Had scallops skipjack style, which were pretty good. The seafood gumbo was very good, grilled calamari was ok, liked the ginger calamari preparation better. Also tasted the tuna, which was excellent. Chocolate bread pudding was a great dessert. Cornucopia at Lewis Wharf had seafood with more ambitious preparation. Had a wild mushroom appetizer that was very good, then baked scrod with garlic mashed potatoes. Chocolate souffle was just average. Since we had a party of 12 I was able to check out several dishes and would say the cooking is very good, but not quite excellent. Ambiance was excellent, service was average, the menu has useful wine suggestions. In the gourmet area, went to Hammersley's and 29 Newberry. At Hammersley's the cooking is ambitious and quality ingredients are used, but with all things considered, would give it about a B. The smoked lobster was very good, but a smallish portion. IMHO, the dishes I tasted were very good, but didn't seem to reach the highest levels the place seemed to be reaching for. Very good service and ambiance, average value, was very busy and an obviously successful restaurant. 29 Newberry had an excellent seafood bisque and delicious sea bass entree. Thought the food was excellent, very good service. Ambiance was good, but my main problem with the place was the air was poor for non-smokers, probably due to the layout with a busy bar in the front, inadequate separation from the dining area, and poor ventilation. For Italian in the North End, went to Mamma Maria's for lunch. Everyone's order was excellent. Was impressed with the quality and freshness of the ingredients, especially with fresh peas in December! While we ordered relatively simple dishes, the cooking was skillful, attractive home-like ambiance, very good service. The waiter brought out the wrong order to one of our party and replaced it with the correct dish and took it off the bill. A good place for a slice in the North End is Pizza Regina, for cannoli or other baked goods, Mike's was outstanding.