February 2010
18 posts
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Spirit Bar - Cambridge, MA
I should probably mention before I get into this review that I am a HUGE University of Kentucky basketball fan. And not just this year now that they are good and everyone is joining our bandwagon - I was a fan during the god awful Billy Gillespie years (aka the “Dark Ages”). I was first introduced to Spirit Bar by my friend Ralph, who took me there when we wanted to watch a UK game...
January 2010
15 posts
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Hot Tomatoes - Boston, MA
I was reading the Improper Bostonian one day on the toilet (where I believe 80% of Improper Bostonians are read if not being read on the T), when I read about a place called Hot Tomatoes. It was voted as being the best place for lunch in Boston, so I thought, “I’ve tried all the rest, why not try the best?” I hadn’t really tried all the rest, but I did want to try the...
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Boston Kitchen Pizza - Boston, MA
Of the fast, greek-style pizza places in the Theatre District, Boston Kitchen Pizza is the Young Turk on the scene. Replacing the defunct Pho Vietnam, Boston Kitchen Pizza (BKP) is founded by former New York Pizza cooks, and have taken the bad-quality pizza that New York Pizza schills and makes it slightly below average. I went for lunch to get a couple of slices of pizza. I got a cheese slice...
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Cafe Rustica - Somerville, MA
While I was born and raised in America, I have always felt myself to be more European than anything else. Some people say this is because I always smell bad or because I am rude, but I like to think it is because I enjoy the European lifestyle. When I first moved to Porter Square, I was very excited to find a European style cafe right down the street from where I live in Cafe Rustica. When you...
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Tamarind Bay Coastal Cuisine - Brookline, MA
My cousin, Candace celebrated her birthday the other night, and she is a colossal fan of Tamarind Bay. When there was only the Tamarind Bay Bistro in Harvard Square, we would always go there for her birthday. But, since Coastal Cuisine opened in Brookline, we always go there whenever she is in town, much to my chagrin (I should make it clear that I am not a big fan of the Green Line). I do...
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Cambridge Brewing Company - Cambridge, MA
My cousin recently turned 21, and unfortunately, we weren’t able to take him out for his birthday. However, he finally agreed to come to Cambridge Brewing Co. to try some of their beers as well as eat the food here. My cousin Kevin and my other cousin Candace went out together. Unfortunately, Kevin eats meat, but Candace and I do not, so we were able to sample a couple of the vegetarian...
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Yenching - Cambridge, MA
My mother was in town for a few weeks, and the day before she left my family decided to go out to dinner. They decided to go to Yenching, a Chinese restaurant in the heart of Harvard Square, which would have been nice, had my mother ever liked Chinese food. She is apparently allergic to MSG, spicy food, and soy sauce, but apparently thought she could get something here. And to Yenching’s...
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Bill's Bar and Burger - New York City, NY
I went down to New York for the weekend to visit my old college buddy Hakeem, and we decided to go out to get something to eat near the Meatpacking District. As we walked around the cobblestone streets, Hakeem’s wife, Chamique decided she wanted to go to Bill’s Burger. They had apparently been there before and liked it very much. Chamique had some college friends visiting, and...
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Maria's Taqueria - Boston, MA
I went out to Maria’s Taqueria after an evening of intoxicating myself with my fellow workmates. As a result, I was ravishingly hungry, and was not patient enough to spend the time to really savor the burrito or apparently take a decent picture of it.
When viewed from above, pretty much all burritos are the same. Actually, when viewed from any angle, burritos are all the same. For a...
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Pho Pasteur - Boston, MA
“When the weather gets cold, there is nothing better than pho”, my friend Kenny always says (not as quoted, but it’s close enough). I find this quite strange, as he may be right, but Vietnam never gets below zero. According to a Vietnamese travel guide, Lam Dong is one of the coldest cities which has “an average annual temperature of 18oC”. So, I don’t know...
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Friendly Toast - Cambridge, MA
I was very desperate to go to Friendly Toast, after my friend Otis said that he went to the Friendly Toast in New Hampshire and heard that the Kendall Square version was closing down because it wasn’t making any money. Five of us from work ended up coming here to partake of some brunchable foodstuffs. We actually didn’t end up coming here for brunch, as I tried taking my friend Mario...
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City Slicker Cafe - Somerville, MA
This week, I will attempt to review a handful of restaurants that make pretty good cheese pizzas (as well as other types of pizza). Pizza is one of those vegetarian friendly dishes that saves any restaurant who wants to cater to vegetarians but doesn’t want to acknowledge the fact that they’re catering to vegetarians. So, as a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur and former pizza chef, I will...
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Cheese Pizza Week: Pinocchio's Pizza - Cambridge,...
This week, I will attempt to review a handful of restaurants that make pretty good cheese pizzas (as well as other types of pizza). Pizza is one of those vegetarian friendly dishes that saves any restaurant who wants to cater to vegetarians but doesn’t want to acknowledge the fact that they’re catering to vegetarians. So, as a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur and former pizza chef,...
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Cheese Pizza Week: Cambridge 1 - Cambridge, MA
This week, I will attempt to review a handful of restaurants that make pretty good cheese pizzas (as well as other types of pizza). Pizza is one of those vegetarian friendly dishes that saves any restaurant who wants to cater to vegetarians but doesn’t want to acknowledge the fact that they’re catering to vegetarians. So, as a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur and former pizza chef,...
Taiwan Cafe - Boston, MA
I may be biased, but I think Taiwanese cuisine is my favorite type of Chinese cuisine. It is probably the most vegetarian friendly, most likely due to the influence of the many Buddhists in the region. I must admit that I am not completely knowledgeable of the many different types of Chinese cuisine, but from what I have had, Taiwanese seems to be the best combination of flavors and options...