‘Boston’

Dinner with Dunkin’ Donuts

October 7th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Straight from the freezer.

Straight from the freezer.

While there is no shortage of donut shops in LA, in Boston you can’t walk for more than five minutes without seeing a Dunkin’ Donuts.  It’s like the city runs on this doughnut franchise.  So, before I parted ways with Boston, I made sure to stop at the Dunkin’ Donuts in Boston’s Logan Airport to grab something to eat.

I was expecting to be stuck eating a doughnut for dinner, but instead I found that Dunkin’s had started offering flatbread sandwiches, and for pretty cheap.  None of them really had vegetables, but I ordered the Chicken Parmesan flatbread one thinking it was the most dinner-like of all. Continue Reading»

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Eat at Joe’s (American Bar & Grill)

October 6th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Veggie-free since '84

Veggie-free since '84

On day final of my sojourn into Boston, I lunched at Joe’s American Bar & Grill, a casual restaurant with a nice outdoor seating area.  We took a table outside to enjoy one of the last remaining nice days in Boston’s summer season and then got down to menu business.

We arrived around that strange hour where you’re not sure if you want breakfast or lunch, so we were given both the Brunch menu and the lunch menu.  After long deliberation between the menus, I settled upon lunch and the Blackened Chicken Sandwich.  This sandwich was made with Cajun spices, cheddar and sauteed onions.  It also came with all the typical sandwich fixing, like lettuce, tomato and pickles.  I ordered mine without any of those, and also no fancy onions. Continue Reading»

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Experiencing the New Bella Luna

October 5th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Have meatballs with my pizza.

Have meatballs with my pizza.

While in Boston, we were told the sad tale of a place called the Milky Way in Jamaica Plain.   Apparently the Milky Way had taken moved into JP in worse times and brought good food, a fun bar and even a bowling alley.  The Milky Way paved the way for JP to become a desirable place to live again.  Then, an evil landlord decided to raise the rent, essentially pushing the Milky Way out.  It didn’t take long for the Milky Way to find a new location, but instant karma hit the landlord, who has since been unable to fill the void left by the Milky Way.

So off we went to try the new place out.  The new Milky Way is divided into a restaurant known as Bella Luna and a lounge area called Milky Way.  We stuck to Bella Luna, which had a pretty cool and classy astronomical design, for some dinner. Continue Reading»

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A Perfect Sandwich at Ula Cafe

October 2nd, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
No substitutions necessary.

No substitutions necessary.

While waiting for a tour of the Sam Adams brewery in the Jamaica Plain are of Boston, we took a short walk to Ula Cafe to grab lunch.  Both the brewery and Ula Cafe are located in a strange complex that formerly housed some other, now-defunct brewery.

That brewery’s loss was my gain, for as I perused the menu on the wall of Ula Cafe, I came across a sandwich of dreams.  No, this wasn’t some meat-filled cardiac-arresting behemoth, but it seemed to good to be true.  The name was Roast Turkey, but that didn’t begin to tell the tale of what would lie beneath the slices of bread.  This sandwich was composed of turkey, guacamole, bacon and provolone.  Not a vegetable in sight.  I had to ask the woman at the counter just to be sure that my eyes didn’t deceive me.  She told me it came as noted on the menu, with nary a tomato or lettuce leaf thrown in.  I ordered it immediately.

Then came the hard part.

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Tasting the Coast at Legal Sea Foods

October 1st, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Just cant get away from the veggies.

Just cant get away from the veggies.

After hearing so much about seafood in Boston, we finally got the chance to test it out with a visit to Legal Sea Foods.  We were told it was a “very Boston” thing to do, and that was really all we had to hear.

When we arrived and saw that there are Legal Sea Foods restaurants located all over the East Coast, we a were a little disappointed.  I guess it wasn’t simply a Boston thing.  Still, I could not penalize the restaurant for someone else leading me on.

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Making My Way in the World at the Cheers Bar

September 30th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Where nobody knew my name...

Where nobody knew my name...

One of the most important places for my seemingly elderly girlfriend to visit while we were in Boston was the Cheers Bar, which is exactly what it sounds like; the bar that the TV show Cheers was based on.  Never mind the fact that she wasn’t yet born when the show began, it has remained one of her favorite shows.

Upon entering, the bar looks exactly like it did in the show, except it wasn’t filled the characters we know and love.  The menu wasn’t exactly groundbreaking, although I didn’t expect it to be.  Continue Reading»

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Curried Away at Wagamama

September 29th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
This might be the prettiest picture I've taken.

This might be the prettiest picture I've taken.

While in Boston for a long weekend, I took the opportunity to check out how people eat on the other coast.  My first chance to sample the “local fare” came at Wagamama, an international Japanese food chain originally from England.  Ok, so it wasn’t exactly local, but Boston is New England, so I made due with what I had.

Our waiter was a low talker, making it difficult to ascertain what he was trying to say at any given moment, but eventually we all figured out when it was time to order.  After a long look at the menu, I settled upon the Chicken Katsu Curry, which is some fried chicken cutlet, rice and curry.  It also came with “mixed leaves and red pickles,” which I tried to convince the low talker that I didn’t want. Continue Reading»

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Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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