After seeing "East Side Story" last night (a must-see if you've got that type of personality), I went for a walk alng Harvard Street towards Comm Ave, and saw a few interesting changes in the restaurant scene, plus some oldies that I wondered about. The first is the Captain's Table. I've never eaten here, and I don't know anyone who has. What's the deal with this place? Is it any good? Next was Kiyoshi Sushi. Someone, please tell me how this place survives. I've eaten here four or five times and everything ranged from "eh" to "awful" each time. Discounting my personal experience, I've _never_ heard anyone rave about the place. Next, I was surprised to see Buddha's Delight. Hello? Did they relocate from Chinatown, or is this an expansion? It looks like the same place. Acros the street, I spotted a Daily Catch. Now wait a minute. When did Harvard Steet become the place to expand to? A (relatively) new Anna's Taqueria is also located on Harvard Street, but you all knew that already. It has double the seating of the Beacon Street location, but that's not saying much. Finally, I reached Comm Ave, and stopped by a place called Indochine on the outbound side for a bowl of pho. Summary: interesting menu, _really_ nice people, good fresh limeade with soda...but it still doesn't rise above average for pho. Try some of their other food instead (it's a blend of different Southeast Asian styles). Riding back home on the trolley, I noticed a Goemon on Comm Ave. What??? Didn't we solve this problem some time ago? So, that was my night o' vicarious food.
Boston, MA
Misc. Brookline/Allston observations
Mary M. wrote: > After seeing "East Side Story" last night (a must-see if you've got > that type of personality), I went for a walk alng Harvard Street > towards Comm Ave, and saw a few interesting changes in the restaurant > scene, plus some oldies that I wondered about. I suspect that there are others in this group who know as much about this neighborhood as I do, but I might as well jump in, since I do live near there (or should it be here?). > The first is the Captain's Table. I've never eaten here, and I don't > know anyone who has. What's the deal with this place? Is it any good? Captain's Table has quite decent seafood. But for some reason, it is frequented primarily by elderly couples. I tend to think of it as a little bit of Miami in Brookline. > Next was Kiyoshi Sushi. Someone, please tell me how this place > survives. I've eaten here four or five times and everything > ranged from "eh" to "awful" each time. Discounting my personal > experience, I've _never_ heard anyone rave about the place. I agree. Very hard to understand, particularly since there's Sushi Nagoya on the next block, which is much more to my liking (and of course other sushi restaurants in the area as well, including Ginza and Takeshima). > Next, I was surprised to see Buddha's Delight. Hello? Did > they relocate from Chinatown, or is this an expansion? An expansion. > Acros the street, I spotted a Daily Catch. Now wait a minute. > When did Harvard Steet become the place to expand to? Been there for quite a few years, but was closed for a while because of some financial strangeness (the rumor that I heard was that they were tapping an electrical line that belonged to a neighbor, but that was just a rumor). Definitely not as good as the other branches. > Finally, I reached Comm Ave, and stopped by a place called > Indochine on the outbound side for a bowl of pho. Summary: > interesting menu, _really_ nice people, good fresh limeade with > soda...but it still doesn't rise above average for pho. Try > some of their other food instead (it's a blend of different > Southeast Asian styles). I agree, but with Pho Pasteur only a (long) block away, it's hard for me to see how this place will hang on. You didn't mention the soon-to-open kosher dairy restaurant, nor the Malaysian place on the far side of Beacon Street (see my posting on the subject).--Rob