Boston Area

Are you dining out again? What safety guidelines do you follow during this time of Covid? What should restaurant venues be doing? It's been difficult all around, but we do want to stay safe and sti...

What do you think about this? Safety first, right? How are you dealing with the new vaccination mandates spreading across the country?

Very interested in a delicious-sounding recipe today from the LA Times - for Daniel’s Spicy Jugo Verde (Mexican Green Juice). It requires nopal, cactus paddle, nopales. Has anyone seen fresh ones ...

by Amandarama 23 days ago

https://www.boston.com/food/restaurants/2022/01/05/two-waltham-restaurants-have-permanently-closed/ They also sent out a statement via email to those patrons on their mailing list last night, wh...

by justbeingpolite 24 days ago

I stopped in at Triana's Real Mexican Food in Haverhill today (a couple of shops up from Sparky's Wings). It was excellent. Everything is home made from scratch. I had the MulliBurrias Corn gr...

Restaurants of all types have been raising their prices across the board. Just noticed one of our local spots posting their weekend specials. One was: Pat La Frieda Porterhouse for 2, $110. With si...

If I had a wad of money and investors, I would put together a replica of the old Red Fez that was in the South End. It would have fresh, minty salad, that wonderful slow-cooked green beans in tomat...

I enjoy cassoulet. Unfortunately, it seems like there's been a dramatic reduction in the number of offerings in the Boston area over the last 15 years. I was happy to see that the new Rochambeau, ...

Some interesting stuff plus a link to a list of many of the places that closed during Covid. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/15/lifestyle/there-is-no-playbook-restaurants-head-into-second-pa...

by Amandarama 2 months ago

It's been a while since anyone's posted about an eating out experience here on the Boston board, so I am sharing a couple picture of the omakase we had at Umi of Japan in Waltham. Frankie was our ...

by patsully 4 months ago

A new top 50 list, unranked thankfully. "Together they reflect the rich mosaic of American dining — from the melding of Thai curry and Texas brisket in the Pacific Northwest, to heritage crab r...

Do any of you remember a restaurant called Callahan's in Newton, MA? If you do would you happen to have their recipe for a salad dressing made with white cheddar cheese. I used to buy it by the pin...

I was surprised to find very reasonably priced offerings here: https://www.barbaralynch.com/thanksgiving. The free-range Green Circle turkeys are no longer available from D'Artagnan but costs a sim...

Does anyone know of any bakeries or stores that sell PINEAPPLE CHEESE DANISH or similar. My elderly neighbor Doris used to buy it at a local bakery years ago and then bought Entennman's but she sa...

by Ferrari328 3 months ago

Aries' Noodle & Dumpling in Waltham got a new real menu and one picture caught my eye. This dish was on the old takeout menu and was simply called Cold Water Shrimp ($12.95). It looked like the shr...

Going out of business this fall.

Can someone suggest a place to find classic smoked tongue, on Long Island, NY and Boston? Preferably not frozen, but at this point I'll take what I can get. The Fairway market on Long Island ...

We'll be doing the grand college tour, and need to eat along the way. In Boston, we’ll be staying near the Back Bay T stop and looking at schools all over town. In NYC, we’ll be on the Uppe...