NoName Restaurant is still on the Fish Pier and still serves up hearty simple fish - no sauces, no fancy presentation, just good fried or broiled seafood, a seafood chowder filled with everything....huge portions, great prices. Ask Nick (the owner) if they have any halibut they can broil for you - to die for. -gary francis Someone wrote: > Barry S. wrote: > > > >Back 20+ years ago I worked with the Boston Fire Dept and the drivers > > >would take me to these dives along the piers for lunch where we'd get > > >stuff like a bowl of chowder and fresh made fish and chips for $2 > >(maybe less, as I remember $2 was considered pricey for lunch back > >then, you looked for the 99c specials.) These were diner-like places > >(eg, long counter with round fixed stools) where actual pier-locals, > >sailors etc, ate, and cheap hand-painted signs over the windows. > > > >Any of these places still exist? I remember the food fondly, I > suspect > >much of the fish came thru the back door from the local filleting > >houses via buddies getting off their shifts and had been > flip-flopping > >30 or so minutes ago. > > > >-- > > -Barry Shein > > > >Software Tool & Die | [email removed] | > http://www.std.com > >Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: > 617-739-WRLD > > Forty years ago, I'd hit some of these places in the very wee hours > of the morning. Over the bridge south off Atlantic Ave., as I recall. > > At that epoch, north of MIT along Broadway(?) were rows of condemnable > > Victorian tenements, no heat, no power, with what today would be > called > "homeless" living in the basements. And a diner nearby referred to > as "The Red Death". > > 25 years ago, the waterfront places were almost all gone. One left > back to the west, about 4 blocks south of Atlantic Ave. Two years > ago, the whole area seemed to have been gentrified out of existance. > > Civilization does this to a place ... > > Cheers, > Rob Lake > Environmental Modeling Inc. > [email removed]
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