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Posts: 14549 07/07/09 12:42 PM Jonathan |
I'll be there, watching the Sox representation of mid-rotation starters. -TheGoldenGreek33 on Casey Kelly
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Posts: 14550 07/07/09 12:45 PM Jonathan |
I found a very good chinese restaurant on Beach Street in Chinatown. Called Vinh Sun.
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Posts: 2683 07/07/09 1:00 PM Veteran Member |
Giordano's Pizza in Chicago. Best. Pizza. Ever.
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Posts: 2663 07/07/09 1:08 PM Veteran Member |
El Patio Restaurant in Santiago Rodriguez. Best. Chivo. Ever.
Am Dominican and you?? |
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Posts: 14551 07/07/09 1:15 PM Jonathan |
Chacero's in Boston is great for Chilean food. This place is a goldmine.
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Posts: 13867 07/07/09 1:18 PM
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Delorenzo's in Trenton. Best pizza (tomato pie) in the world.
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Posts: 309 07/07/09 4:41 PM Veteran Member |
When unemployment was really low the service in restaurants was really awful. I actually had a waiter tell me when coming to the table for the first time he
was the worst waiter in the world "because I wasn't born to wait on other people, I was born to be waited on". He was right.
For my nomination to this list, I'll go with House of Nanking in San Francisco. Bring $15 (cash only), and don't be shocked if your waiter changes your order because he doesn't like it.
"Pedroia thinks he's yet to see a pitcher that he thinks is any good," Murphy said. "That's his secret. He's 5-foot-6, balding, can't run, can't throw, he's weak, and it's true. But he believes that he's as strong and as big and as fast as anybody."
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Posts: 310 07/07/09 4:42 PM Veteran Member |
TheGoldenGreek33 wrote: Overrated, and considerably so.
"Pedroia thinks he's yet to see a pitcher that he thinks is any good," Murphy said. "That's his secret. He's 5-foot-6, balding, can't run, can't throw, he's weak, and it's true. But he believes that he's as strong and as big and as fast as anybody."
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Posts: 1262 07/07/09 5:05 PM Veteran Member |
I'm gonna let you guys in on a huge secret here:
Best brewpub in the state. Locally grown everything (including local grass fed beef). Beer on traditional hand-pumped casks. And thanks to being in Greenfield, it's cheap and delightfully hipster-free.
"Jonathan Papelbon, not wasting any time, going to his bread and butter there, and that's the
cheese."- Buck Martinez
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Posts: 3545 07/07/09 5:19 PM Veteran Member |
If you like Japanese food, Yoka Homa is the best there is.
I'm not sure if ice cream places really count, but the Dairy Bar at UConn is pretty incredible. Everything is made right there on the farm.
On the other hand if your tools suck and your skills are excellent you're either not highly regarded or you're Pedroia.
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Posts: 1046 07/07/09 8:23 PM
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As a UMass grad I can definitely appreciate the People's Pint.
My favorite place in Amherst was the Fresh Side Cafe.... I lived on the Tea rolls. In the Boston area: New Ginza (Watertown): Best sushi around. Very pleasant service. Always good. RF O'Sullivans (Somerville): Their steak fries are about 1/4 a potato each and the burgers are delicious if you don't mind waiting for the think patties to cook. Byblos (Norwood): Top notch middle eastern cuisine. Bill's Pizzeria (Newton): very good pizza. |
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Posts: 6354 07/08/09 10:47 AM Mike Andrews |
Chavo, love it. I live near New Ginza now, go there all the time. Better than almost all of the high end sushi places in Boston. I also used to live across the
street from O'Sullivans for about five years. I miss it, great burgers. Although I might like Wild Willy's better. Anyone in the area should try La
Casa de Pedro in Watertown - awesome, awesome Venezuelan food.
I'm headed out to the Oak Room and Smith & Wollensky in Back Bay this weekend. Excited to head into the city, I've been stuck on Watertown and Newton restaurants for the last year and a half since my daughter was born. |
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Posts: 14561 07/08/09 10:51 AM Jonathan |
I hear great things about the Oak Room. I know someone that gets taken there alot. He gets a steak and a 2lb lobster tail when he goes. I really want to try it
sometime.
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Posts: 14572 07/08/09 12:44 PM Jonathan |
Not a fancy restaurant by any means but I am a big fan of the Halfway Cafe. Very good deals for food and they have a 7 for 7 that is different each month.
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Posts: 6363 07/08/09 1:30 PM Mike Andrews |
Agreed on that as well, Jonathan. Awesome boneless wings.
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Posts: 14575 07/08/09 2:03 PM Jonathan |
Those wings are very good. I did not like the 7 for 7 menu last month but I saw July's and it looks pretty good.
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Posts: 11 07/08/09 4:45 PM |
For anybody in the Portland Metro in Maine: Bray's Brewpub and Eatery in Naples, ME. Signature dish is a heaping mound of pulled pork on a bun, very good.
They also brew their own beer. The only microbrewery in the Sebago lakes region.
One place I accidentally stumbled upon in Boston is Woody's Grill and Tap. Tiny place, but I give the pizza high marks. Right in the middle of the Fenway-Prudential-Northeastern triangle on Hemenway St. |
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Posts: 1050 07/08/09 6:13 PM
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Agreed on La Casa de Pedros. I've been there a handful of times and always been very happy.
I'm definitely in the minority on Wild Willy's. It's good, but in my experience it was inconsistent. I've eaten there about 15 times and on multiple occasions came away with an extremely over cooked burger. I hate well done burgers. The buttered buns are tasty and when it is good, it is very good, but consistency matters. Then again, I worked in the restaurant industry from age 15 through 22 so I can sympathize with the occasional mistake. New Ginza is easily the thing I miss most about Watertown. We used to make it there weekly - now we're lucky if it's once a month. I've had every specialty Maki on the menu. There is a new place that just opened in Norwood that i would recommend people check out. It is called Paprika and it is a hole in the wall in downtown Norwood. It's casual, inexpensive, and very good quality. Mediterranean inspired cuisine. The paella is excellent. |
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Posts: 14585 07/08/09 6:25 PM Jonathan |
The Hibachi Steak House in Norwood is a very good Japanese restaurant. Its off of Route 1.
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Posts: 218 07/08/09 6:40 PM |
For anybody that ventures down to the cape The Coast Resteraunt in Orleans is great. The Hearth and Kettle is still good for eating on the cheap in Yarmouth
and Orleans, not so much the other ones.
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Posts: 14587 07/08/09 6:45 PM Jonathan |
One of my favorite places to eat in the North End is Giavanni's on Prince Street.
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