theRX Food Network: Where are some good restaurants in Boston?

quantumleap · Oct 26, 2006

Earlier this week we had a discussion on Vietnamese food. My next assignment takes me to Cambridge, Mass. I'll be there until the 1st of next year. So being the food connoisseur that I am, I will be looking for good restaurants.

I was there in 2000 and I ate at the Union Oyster House. They had the best clam chowder I've ever tasted. I also had little neck clams.

Before it was a restaurant it was the place where George Washington paid his troops. John Kennedy had his own booth there.

Here is their dinner menu:
http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/Pages/dinner.html

Any other suggestions?

ZZZSpeedster · Oct 26, 2006

Dicks Last Resort

RobFunk · Oct 26, 2006

Jimmy's Harborside Restaurant

Historic

Top notch, great sea food.

newb411breaker19 · Oct 26, 2006

there's great italian food in the section called, the north end

ElJefe · Oct 26, 2006

ZZZSpeedster said:
Dicks Last Resort

Great place! Haven't been there in years but miss it.

:103631605

RobFunk · Oct 26, 2006

Oh, nevermind about Jimmy's it's closed for renovations

Kind of like closing down the Boston Garden for the Fleet Center

"Editor's Note: Jimmy's Harborside is closed for renovations and will reopen Spring 2008.

It's said that sharks need to keep moving to stay alive, but the opposite formula applies to seafood institutions like Jimmy's Harborside. With its nautical murals and dated decor, this old-school establishment boasts the same salty vibe it was mining when Sinatra topped the charts. The interior is eclipsed by its stunning views of the Harbor and city skyline, which can be enjoyed from the deck in more temperate months. Even the ownership has remained static over the last several decades, with a third generation of the founding Doulos family recently emerging to take the helm.

Though some dismiss it as an overrated tourist trap, Jimmy's keeps its clientele coming back by adhering to the basics that made its name back in the 1930s. Its claim to the title "Home of the Chowder King" is backed up by bountiful chowders featuring "creamy fish" and "New England style" clams, while those with a craving for fresh-off-the-boat seafood will find simply prepared options including scrod, Atlantic salmon, deep sea scallops and swordfish. The dish for which Jimmy's is justifiably famous is its finnan haddie, a traditional smoked salmon that is baked to perfection and set afloat in a sea of white wine cream sauce. -- Julia Clinger (Photo: C. Croteau)"

BostonBettor · Oct 26, 2006

East Coast Grill has seafood as well as barbecue. Here's a link to their website.

http://eastcoastgrill.net/index.html

quantumleap · Oct 26, 2006

newb411breaker19 said:
there's great italian food in the section called, the north end

I knew there had to be some good Italian food there. They have quite a few people of Italian descent there in Boston right?

Robfunk:

Sorry to hear that the place is closed. It sounds like what I was looking for.

:cryingcry

Thanks for the suggestions. Any more?

Fishhead · Oct 26, 2006

quantumleap said:
I knew there had to be some good Italian food there. They have quite a few people of Italian descent there in Boston right?

Robfunk:

Sorry to hear that the place is closed. It sounds like what I was looking for.

:cryingcry

I loved the GIANT CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS in the Italian district.

:toast:

jimmymac · Oct 26, 2006

If you like barbecue, there is a really cool place in sommerville called redbones.Very casual, but great food. Let your server pick your food the first time you go, great prices and beer selection too. You can take the T, it is one or 2 stops from cambridge.

Rev_Al · Oct 26, 2006

quantumleap said:
I knew there had to be some good Italian food there. They have quite a few people of Italian descent there in Boston right?

Robfunk:

Sorry to hear that the place is closed. It sounds like what I was looking for.

:cryingcry

Thanks for the suggestions. Any more?

Doesnt get much better than the North End...but a little trip from Cambridge. Especially when there are many good places in Cambridge.

Here is the site I trust the most, for restaurant reviews in MA

http://phantomgourmet.com/showpage.aspx?content=searchrestaurants

and type in Cambridge in the City

Rev_Al · Oct 26, 2006

jimmy- I've heard redbones is unbeleivable...i've been wanting to try it, especially since there arent many good bbq joints in MA

Brock Landers · Oct 26, 2006

When i was there in 2000, the BEST fresh seafood i had was at Ye Olde Union Oyster House right by Faneuil Hall Marketplace...

its also America's oldest restaurant in continuous service, the Union Oyster House opened in 1826

ElJefe · Oct 26, 2006

jimmy mac said:
If you like barbecue, there is a really cool place in sommerville called redbones.Very casual, but great food. Let your server pick your food the first time you go, great prices and beer selection too. You can take the T, it is one or 2 stops from cambridge.

Red Bones is a really well known place for BBQ and considered one of the best around. And yes - not far from Cambridge at all.

quantumleap · Oct 26, 2006

jimmy mac said:
If you like barbecue, there is a really cool place in sommerville called redbones.Very casual, but great food. Let your server pick your food the first time you go, great prices and beer selection too. You can take the T, it is one or 2 stops from cambridge.

One of the guys from my company that I'll be meeting there is a BBQ connoisseur like me. He gave me several suggestions for good BBQ in Memphis when I was there. I'll be sure to ask him about Redbones.

Thanks for the tip.

quantumleap · Oct 26, 2006

Brock Landers said:
When i was there in 2000, the BEST fresh seafood i had was at Ye Olde Union Oyster House right by Faneuil Hall Marketplace...

its also America's oldest restaurant in continuous service, the Union Oyster House opened in 1826

I agree Brock. Check out their dinner menu in my original post. Tell me that doesn't make your mouth water.

Brock Landers · Oct 26, 2006

quantumleap said:
I agree Brock. Check out their dinner menu in my original post. Tell me that doesn't make your mouth water.

Right, i somehow missed that!

What a cool little place, lots of history there and all over Boston!

TTinCO · Oct 26, 2006

Legal Seafoods just off of Boylson

Awesome!!!

Fishhead · Oct 26, 2006

My friends from Boston turned me on to the great CHINESE food in Boston..........many very good places.

If you like Chinese, perhaps some Bostonians can recommend some top choices.

Sugarbear · Oct 26, 2006

The RX food network. Thats a good one. It makes perfect sense to ask a fourm this big for suggestions.

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