‘Back Bay’ Archives
Piattini Gelateria and Match mini burgers
It's Reading Period! I granted myself a free day wander down Boston's beautiful Newbury Street, visit some fabulous friends, and eat some junk food... because I deserve it. I have a good relationship with gelato. We've gotten along thus far - I had some truly makes-your-mouth-sing gelato on my brief stopovers in Rome and Paris. (Not as glam as it sounds, I was on a rowdy Topdeck tour that [...]
Photos of the Day: Dinner at Mistral
I have these old photos banging around in my Picasa (a photo manager) and I can no longer even write a coherent review of the experience, but just to brighten your Monday afternoon, indulge in this high-end food porn from Mistral. I apologize for not waxing poetic about texture of the escargots or precisely what kind of tomatoes they used, but I'm sure you'll forgive me. Most of what I [...]
$1 Sliders Night at Match Martinis and Burgers
Delicious sliders for only $1? Yes! On Tuesdays at Match (this Tuesday was a long time ago), this super-trendy restaurant next to the Hynes/ICA T stop serves their cheeseburger sliders for a mere buck. The fancier versions with lamb and whatnot are regular price. Then come back on Thursdays for $5 entrees. But only for women. To make up for passing bowling balls through our nether regions. [...]
$40.09 Dinner deal at L’Espalier
So word from McClelland at Boston's swanky L'Espalier (where I recently did a lovely lunch) is that they have had a change of heart and are now participating in Restaurant Week... sort of. A distinct possibility is that they realized with all the business heading towards other high end restaurants doing Restaurant Week, they faced the possibility of rotting truffles and surplus humanely farmed [...]
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