Dining Out Boston

Attention loyal readers of DiningOutBoston.com:
I’m excited to announce the start of our Best Bite For Your Buck contest.
Here’s How It Works: You, wonderful consumer and foodie, send in ONE nomination for a restaurant where for $20 OR LESS you get the Best Bite For Your Buck. What exactly constitutes that I’ll leave […]

The quest begins! This evening I sampled a chocolate chip cookie from Flour, the oh-so-trendy South End bakery.
My thoughts:
Chewiness: Adquately chewy but in a disconcerting clingy way; the cookie came apart in clumpy chunks each time a bit was had.
Texture: Very sweet, moist; slightly oily as if it had been taken out of […]

Many thanks for your suggestions of authentic, fine Mexican restaurants. I’m very excited at the prospect of eating outside the burrito box. My first stop will be Ole, in Somerville, then as soon as I can beg my friend to drive me, Paloma, in Quincy.
Tomorrow, stay tuned for Episode I of The […]

Friday night’s dinner was epic.
In celebration of Chinese New Year my friends and I organized a dinner at Chef Chow’s in Brookline. Traditionally around ten of us go out to a Chinese restaurant, order six to eight dishes one of which is always Peking duck, and stuff ourselves silly. In past years we’ve […]

Thank you for not being too offended by the title?
It’s 1:42pm and my stomch is rumbling because I’m waiting to have lunch with Bunches who is on his way back from office hours. For whatever reason, I’m really craving Mexican food; visions of chimichangas and burritos and nachos and flautas are dancing in my head. […]

There’s actually a lot to be said about yuppie sandwich shops. Take Darwin’s Ltd., for example. Today, I visited the newest location of this Cambridge institution to see if their sandwiches still are worth the $7 prices.
Happily I report they still are. Those who aver “A sandwich is a sandwich” haven’t […]

It was a happy, happy day when six “Buy 1, Get 1 Free” McDonald’s sandwich coupons arrived in the mail. After an afternoon of eating unsatisfying (and equally unhealthful) chips and salsa while watching the Steelers DOMINATE the Broncos (no bias here), I needed a more legitimate protein fix. At 8pm, with five […]

Alas, I was so excited. And, therefore, so disappointed when Bella Luna, 403-405 Centre St., Jamaica Plain was a complete dining disaster.
Other dining critics have raved about this restaurant from its inception and I was eager to go and write about my fabulous experience. When we arrived at 7pm last […]

It’s the loveliest sort of weather outside, with horrendous gusts of wind and rain spitting at you from all directions. I almost miss the cold.
On days like this the best possible lunch I can imagine is a big bowl of soup, with or without bread depending on the type. Today, it was without […]

And the eating continues…
After taking in a matinee performance of Charlotte the Destroyer, (a funny, biting new play definitely worth seeing; check out www.bostontheatrescene.com), I went with my father and a bevy of hungry relatives to Garden of Eden, 571 Tremont St., for a post-show meal.
Garden of Eden resembles a large, comfortable, country […]