Monday, December 6, 2010
Does America's most famous local bar retain any local flavor?
Sitting at the long, well-worn bar in Cheers Boston, I wonder how many times the bartenders have watched giggling groups of customers, tongues in cheek; raise their drinks and toast, "Cheers!"? Probably countless. But how many times is it the same group of customers? There's probably no bar in the country with a higher turnover of clientele than Boston's most internationally known tourist attraction. Established in 1969, The Bull & Finch Pub was just a local watering hole long before it shot to fame in the mid-'80s. But have any locals managed to hang on to their bar stools? According to general manager, Bill DeCain, "Yes," and you can find them there on weekdays between 5 and 7 p.m. If you haven't gone down those iconic steps at 84 …
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Cheers Boston
84 Beacon St, Boston, MA
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Patch heads to Boloco to find out if a Thanksgiving dinner can successfully be stuffed into a burrito.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Perhaps if a "director's cut" existed of the first Thanksgiving in 1621, Hollywood might CGI some burritos into the spread of "fowle" and "deere" on the table of the 53 pilgrims and 90 natives who attended. Certainly these days, all sorts of Thanksgiving-themed sandwiches and wraps are popping up at Massachusetts Bay's restaurants, sporting historically festive names like "Mayflower" and "Pilgrim." Now Boston's hippest burrito franchise, Boloco, has brought back the Late November Burrito, after a four-year hiatus. It's just another example of what marketing maven Sara Steele-Rogers refers to as the business's "appealingly off-centered" approach to their menu. As one of the college students/young professionals that make up the majority of …
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50 Congress St, Boston, MA
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247 Newbury St, Boston, MA
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Mike Dunphy investigates the history behind the food at Scollay Square.
"There's always something doing," was the rambunctious slogan of Boston's old Scollay Square, the once renowned commercial and entertainment district now buried under the brutalist brick and concrete of Government Center. It's a fact lost on many of the customers entering Scollay Square restaurant in Beacon Hill and accounts for the whys and wherefores of the large photo reproductions on the walls. Several blocks away from its namesake, the restaurant is located next to the State House in a former, once opulent. The high ceilings and Greek capitals of the interior attest to this and add a comforting reminder of generations of luxury. Last Friday night, Scollay's was busy but not overwhelming, the tables mainly full of well-groomed …
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101 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Scollay Square restaurant
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