Braintree to get old-style Italian restaurant
By adamg - 11/17/09 - 10:28 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Chateau, a chain of big ol' Italian restaurants, is opening its seventh location on the John Mahar Highway near South Braintree Square.
We go the one on Rte. 1 in Norwood sometimes. It's pretty cool in an Anthony's Pier 4/Ken's kind of way, only without the sad days-gone-by vibe you sometimes get in those places (plus, there's something relaxing about watching people practice their putting at the golf course on the other side of the picture windows).
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Chateau
By anon (not verified) - 11/17/09 - 11:20 am
Never understood why an Italian restaurant would give itself a French name...
Eh, they share a border?
By jchristian - 11/17/09 - 11:55 am
Best I can come up with...
I still think of that Norwood location as El Torito from way back!
I remember that place!
By alex - 11/17/09 - 1:40 pm
I never went there after it became the Chateau, but I used to enjoy watching people putting around from El Torito.
Way back
By Dave - 11/17/09 - 2:54 pm
it was a Red Coach Grill.
And when you weren't in the mood for that
By adamg - 11/17/09 - 3:25 pm
There was Finian's just down the road in Dedham, right?
Back in the day? Mary
By NotWhitey - 11/17/09 - 4:21 pm
Back in the day? Mary Hartigan's.
http://www.cardcow.com/130033/mary-hartigans-famous-restaurant-route-1-a-exit-60-n-from-route-128-dedham-massachusetts-dedham/
They might as well....
By Sarcastic Sam - 11/17/09 - 12:06 pm
...because the food is about as authentically Italian as french cuisine anyway!
I have no problem with this place though. My dad will be particularly happy to hear this news.
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who and the what now?
Waltham Location
By Suldog - 11/17/09 - 3:03 pm
The one in Waltham, which is the original location, is decent. Nothing fancy, by any means, but they serve OK pasta/sauce/parm dishes/pizza. The ambiance is the big seller, though. Photos of Sinatra/DiMaggio on the walls; old-style red leather booths in some of the rooms (there are four or five separate rooms, all designated by color, as I remember); piped-in Italian-American music (think Tony Bennett and Al Martino); and waitresses that look as though they stepped out of the 60's and wouldn't mind having a glass of ale on their smoke breaks.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
You sure you're not confusing that with the Norwood one?
By adamg - 11/17/09 - 3:24 pm
Because you just described it to a T :-).