The Urban Mechanic gladly pays the tunnel tolls to get to Belle Isle Seafood in East Boston, adds:

... While locals may not give much thought to the ignorance of their fellow Hubsters on the mainland, any half-serious, self-respecting foodie in Boston should pay serious attention to this neighborhood. Seriously! ...

Good Morning Gloucester interviews a Gloucester fish inspector. Click on the "movie poster" and be prepared for some graphic scenes of fish guts.

The Young Sophisticated Foodie explains why she won't be returning to the Chart House.

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the seafood place at Kenmore Square's Hotel Commonwealth is closing this week.

Earlier:
Aujourd'hui deviendra Hier.

Capt. Joe posts a photo of a Gloucester boat's submersible herring pump attachment, which:

[G]gets lowered into the water over the side of the boat to suck the herring out of the net and into the hold of the boat where the fish is refrigerated in cold water to keep it fresh and the best possible product it can be for packing.

No, not James Hook, they've been re-open for awhile now, albeit in trailers. Sam Baltrusis dishes on the Atlantic Fish Co., the Boylston Street restaurant gutted in a three-alarm fire in November.

Amy Kane reports on a day of shopping at the Prudential Center Mall, which included lunch, of course:

Lunch at Legal Sea Foods, where we were entertained by brown-eyed Chloe, age 3, sitting at the table next to us, who ate all her chowder and then stood up on her seat and danced.

That's the proper way to celebrate a good chowder.

Oh, right, because the restaurant owes Boston $822,000 in back property taxes, making it the largest delinquent on the books. Regan says it was a simple "bookkeeping issue," won't happen again and the bill will be paid in full by the end of the week.

According to the city assessor's office, the restaurant is supposed to be paying roughly $550,000 a year in property taxes, which would seem to indicate the "bookkeeping issue" has been going on for more than a year now (interesting side fact: The city values the actual restaurant at only $212,000, but the land it sits on - and its parking lot - at $24.3 million).

Whalehead King introduces us to Oyster Stew, a Dorchester man who has been tucking into oysters at the Union Oyster House every Wednesday night for 15 years:

... He doesn't take vacations or leave Boston on Wednesdays which means he is the longest continuous customer. He has no business that takes him out of town during the week. ...

On the way back from Forest Hills this evening, I stopped at Blowfish, the new seafood take-out place (which does have a few tables, though), 4025 Washington St (across from the Yucatan and its giant bilingual "BURRITOS TO GO / Tacos y mas" sign).

For the most part, it's your basic fried flaky fish place. I haven't had a fried-clam platter in years (not since DeNo's in West Roxbury expanded into an old seafood place next door, in fact), so it was time. It was great, the strips were crispy and not oily, and it was plenty of food for two. And, yes, they floured the clams right before plopping them in the fryer - no frozen stuff here.

Just as cool: They have gyro - on a spit, with a tomato on top - which I think makes it Roslindale's first gyro joint (which is kind of odd given how many Greeks live in the neighborhood). They also have chicken, broccoli and ziti, which is the kidlet's favoritest dish ever, so I'll be back. For dessert, they have cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.