Dining

City Hall agreement paves way for return of burned out Fenway restaurants

adamg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:02 -0500

The Globe reports a jawboning session called by City Councilor Mike Ross got the partners who own the burned Peterborough Street building to agree to rebuild - and to let the old restaurants back in.

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Won't some kindly patrician New Englander save Brigham's?

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:44 -0500

Pretty please? With jimmies on top?

Rob Sama expresses disgust for the apparent bloodsucking leech who sucked all the money out of the chain and then dumped its sodden remains on a bankruptcy judge, adds:

... I think that the best hope for the brand is that somebody buys it out of bankruptcy court. I think it's unlikely that a PE firm would emerge to do that, but either a wealthy New Englander might, or the remaining franchisees may want to band together to save the brand. Or maybe even Hood might be convinced to step in. Or a local chef like Barbara Lynch who just opened a high-end restaurant modeled on Brighams. ...

Ed. daydreaming note: What about the hospital? Surely there's some synergy there?

When life gives you acorns, make acorn flour - and go mad

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:10:27 -0500

Tall Asian Dude reports on his experiment with turning all those nuts in his yard into flour for pancakes:

... [A]fter investing several hours of selecting, hammering, shelling, sorting, skinning and sorting again and then ending up with maybe a cup of acorn meat is making me reconsider. I may go through one more container of sorted acorns just to have enough to bake or cook something, but I think this is going to be a "learning experience" kind of project. (i.e. I've learned that I never want to do this again, unless maybe if I'm trying to torture some hypothetical future children with their own "learning experience" or something.) ...

Panera Bread, Lebanese restaurant look to open in West Roxbury

adamg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:51 -0500

Panera Bread goes before the Boston Licensing Board on Dec. 2 for a license to open a restaurant and patio at 75 Spring St. - in the same little mini-mall as Finagle-A-Bagel (Ed. question: Hmm, does this mean that never overly crowded bagel place is closing? Or staying on to compete?).

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Provincial New Yorkers think Bostonians don't eat burgers

adamg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:11 -0500

It's true! Look at this headline from today's Times: New York Burger Stand on Boston's Seafood Turf?

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Brigham's could file for bankruptcy this week

adamg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:53:48 -0500

The Herald reports they'll be going for Chapter 11. Memo to Brigham's officials: "Well-oiled" is perhaps not the best metaphor to use for an ice-cream company.

Dunkin' Donuts wins high-tech marketing awards

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:21 -0500

Yes, Dunkin' Donuts, at the Mass. Innovation and Technology Exchange's Interactive Awards last night - one for a site that let you create your own proposed donut. Wade Roush reports.

Myers+Chang is from Venus

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:32:53 -0500

Richard Auffrey considers the fact that 85% of the South End restaurant's patrons are women. Basically, most men don't like sharing their food.

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Historical artifacts: Still at least two Brigham's open

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:14:57 -0500

Both at the South Shore Plaza, at least as of a couple hours ago. Both are on the first floor; one's a full-service restaurant, the other's a smaller ice-cream only place. Both now only take cash.

Braintree to get old-style Italian restaurant

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:28:28 -0500

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).