Ron N. wrote: >Someone wrote: > >>but the only good pizza that I know of near Copley Place, I would >>not steer you to. The last three times I ate there, I ended up >>checking the vital signs of people who'd passed out from substance >>abuse. Great pizza, but not worth the hassle. I won't even >>mention the name. > >Oh, Mary. Don't leave us in suspense like this. Oh...fine. It was Little Stevie's, on Boylston Street just outbound from Mass Ave. Now, in your heads be it if you're so unwise as to go there (especially on a Saturday night). Actually, if you do go to that area, stop a few doors down and eat at Mucho Gusto. One of the things that I truly miss from New York is Cuban food. Mucho Gusto is where I go for a fix, although it's not very much like the Cuban-Chinese dives you find in Manhattan.
Boston, MA
Copley Place Recommendations Please
Restaurants -- you can hardly go wrong in the South End these days, but that's a bit of a walk (a small bit, but still...) Right in your area, you've got Ambrosia (high-end Continental/Asian fusions, very nice but very expensive), Brasserie Jo (Parisian-style bistro that plays at being Alsatian, uneven but generally festive and definitely less pricey than Ambrosia), Marche (European-style food court nirvana, and must be tried to be believed; inexpensive for what it is), the Back Bay Brewery (brewpub, bar atmosphere on the 1st floor, ambitious menu upstairs, currently focusing on wild game, fun place), and Grill 23 (classic steakhouse, with all the Y chromosomes that entails; very good food and wine, but bring your expense account). Actually, there are probably 20 great restaurants within a 10-minute walk from your hotel, and another 20 pretty good ones. It might help if we knew exactly what sort of food you might be interested in, how much you want to spend, etc. As for deli/pizza...good luck. The best pizza I've had in that area would be that at Marche. Thor
I think Grill 23 is overpriced (and perhaps overrated); it was OK. Last night I was at the Westin hotel, so we went to the Turner Fisheries. I was rather unimpressed by the Lobster and Mushroom Bisque appetizer ($9), which was not creamy and had a strong slightly acidic taste -- it was like thin red-brown mushroom soup with little lobster taste, except for the taste of simmered-down lobster entrails; no meat pieces, either. I had a market price steamed lobster for my entree (which is impossible to screw up). My companions had a nice salmon filet (another no brainer), and an interesting bamboo steamer basket containing a couple small hacked pieces of lobster meat (which the menu somewhat disingenously referred to as "half a lobster"), two mussles, and a couple small pieces of fish. Overall it was slightly disappointing. Service was slow to come take the order, but water was refilled very promptly. I had a creme brulee dessert that included cranberries and a spiced pear. My friend thought it an abomination to do anything to creme brulee, but I thought it was great. There's another place in the hotel called "Palms", I think; we heard it was good but we didn't make it over there. For brunch today we went to Chinatown for dim sum.
Christopher S. wrote: >I think Grill 23 is overpriced (and perhaps overrated); it was OK. It's a matter of perspective -- as a midwestern boy, I think the beef out here blows. That said, Grill 23 does a decent job with it, though if you really want a good meal there order the lamb. But in general, I agree with you -- if I had to go out for one meal in Boston (or even in Copley Square, where all the steakhouses but Plaza III are within walking distance), it would not be to a steakhouse. Not Grill 23, not the Palm, not the Capital Grille, and not Morton's. But some people are really into that sort of food/atmosphere, which is why I mentioned it. (And Mary, in answer to the question you asked of me -- on this subject -- many months ago, as far as I can determine beef comes from no farther away than PA in local markets.) >I had a market >price steamed lobster for my entree (which is impossible to screw up). Oh no, it's not. Trust me... ;-) Thor
Plaza III is great.