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The Kenmore Square burger joint is OK this morning, but a kitchen in an apartment above it is a bit of a mess: A stove fire brought firefighters racing to the scene last night, although sprinklers had mostly doused the flames by the time they got there, the Daily Free Press reports.
UBurger, which already sells fresh burgers and hand-cut fries to BU students from two location, plans to open a third outlet on Tremont Street at Temple Place.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant UBurger a license to open between 11 a.m. and midnight seven days a week. At a brief hearing today, the board had no major questions; member Suzanne Ianella, who lives nearby, did ask how much a burger would cost (about $5, depending on toppings, a restaurant lawyer told her).
Meanwhile, out in West Roxbury, the Skara Grill on Centre Street wants to add cordials and liqueurs to its drink menu. The board will also vote on this request tomorrow. The West Roxbury Neighborhood Council and City Councilor John Tobin both say they're in favor. Read more
Jen reports on a visit to the Dedham Five Guys, concludes:
I really wish it would come to Cambridge!
John from Cambridge filed this report this afternoon:
Just got back from lunch at Mr. Bartley's in Harvard Sq. where Food Network is recording an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. They had fill
lights all around the restaurant and everyone had to sign release forms before leaving. When we left at 12:45, the standard block-long line had formed outside. No sign of Guy Fieri.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports on the opening of the fifth Five Guys in the Boston area, this one in Randolph.
Ed. burger note: Addiction is perhaps too strong a word for our patronage at the Dedham Five Guys, but maybe that's because the wife and kidlet are made of stronger stuff.
Says both the Foxboro and Dedham Five Guys suck. I haven't been to the Foxboro one, but I think the guy just needs to stop coming to Boston if he's going to get that outraged; the two times we've been to the Dedham Five Guys, it's been great, although I need to remember to get the junior burger because the regular one is huge.
But what do I know? The one guy complaining about the Five Guys posted his kvetching on a burger advice site, whose owner says Boston sucks for burgers in general. Fortunately, we have Menu Pages Boston to uphold our burger honor and list all the good burger places around here; the sort you don't want to tell sneering out-of-towners about because, well, more for us and all that and they clearly don't deserve the finer things in life.
Sam Baltrusis has the scoop on the Harvard Square landmark/joint, shut on Sept. 20 by a grease fire.
Grease fire in the hood over the grill at Mr. Bartley's shuts both it and the Hong Kong, the Crimson reports.
The Transcript reports on a spat at the Burger King on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury: A patron told police that when he asked employees to put on clean gloves, the manager came around the counter:
[T]hrew the victim's money back at him, grabbed a soda cup from his hand and grabbed his wrist.
The manager told police he refunded the man's money and asked him to leave but never laid a hand on him.
Greg Reibman reports that what might be the last Ground Round in all of Massachusetts - that sorta-invisible one just off 128 at the Newton/Needham line - has closed. Those of you who are old enough to remember may throw some peanut shells on the floor and take your kid to see a scary clown.
Mr. Cooper snaps the photo of the special on the restaurant signboard.
D-in-Beantown raves about the meat on a bun at Bella Luna in Jamaica Plain:
...I was in heaven. ...
Earlier:
A vote for Zon's, also in JP.
New York Magazine reports some New York burger joint is demanding a recount of a Miami burger tasting that found our Radius's "Schlow Burger" the best burger in America:
Boston Burger Bests Shake Shack But was there vote fraud?
Via Menu Pages (the good one, not the one in New York).
Boston Restaurant Talk is running a survey.
Lynne says Dante in Cambridge offers good Mediterranean food to go with some great views.
Jen Langley says El Pelon in the Fenway has the best tacos I've ever had.
Boston Restaurant Talk: Decent Boneless Buffalo Wings at Donohue's in Watertown
Dave Alpert says The Grill in Brockton (yes) has the best ribs in the Boston area.
Michelle says she won't be returning to Tin Alley Grill in Framingham due to the stench from the kitchen on a recent visit.
Chris and Erin love brunch at the Ashmont Grill in Dorchester.
Eat and Destroy says Le's in Harvard Square isn't as good as other Vietnamese joints, but it's cheap.
Bridey says Shawarma King in Brookline has lackluster shawarma and is just not in the same league as Rami's.
Matthew C. Smith: Al's State Street Cafe ... the BEST place for a cheap sub during lunch.
Yoave Shapira says Sauciety at the Westin next to the convention center is fun but hardly among the top 50 restaurants in the city. They offer only a small number of entrees but a large number of sauces (hence the name) to put on them.
Eat and Destroy raves about the burgers and other food at Zon's on Perkins Street:
... I always complain that the majority of nice (i.e., not cheap) restaurants in Jamaica Plain have inferior quality food for the price than can be found elsewhere in Boston, but Zon's is definitely an exception and I am looking forward to eating there again soon.
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