Cuisine: Seafood. Specialty: Clam Chowder. Address: 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. Price: $8 for Clam Chowder. Having lived in Boston for a year, I’m ashamed that I’ve only had one bowl of clam chowder. In a town crazy for seafood, clam chowder is one of the most contested culinary warzones—and the results are...
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Cuisine: Japanese. Specialty: Ramen Noodles. Address: 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140. Price: Less than $10 for entrees. $8.50-$9 for Ramen. The scene: A Wednesday night. Three young law school students on the hunt for the cheapest, simplest, most filling meal around. Outside: 50 degree weather impeding our every step....
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Cuisine: Eclectic, Local Sustainable Cooking. Specialty: The Craigie Burger (among others). Address: 853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Price: $16 for the 10 oz. Burger + a Mountain of Fries. If there is one place in Boston I can never grow tired of, it’s Craigie on Main. I’ve been to the always packed restaurant three...
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Cuisine: Designer/Fusion Sashimi. Specialty: Uni Spoon. Location: 370A Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02115. Price: Pricy. Expect $100+ for a full meal. I’ve been hearing a lot lately about Ken Oringer, one of Boston’s hottest chefs. The mastermind behind Boston’s hottest tapas restaurant (Toro), hottest venue for avant garde...
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Cuisine: Seafood. Specialty: Oysters. Address: 500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Price: About $50/person, including drinks. When I think “oyster bar,” I typically think dinky, crusty, and musty—a low-key restaurant, with cramped seating, minimal decoration, and the permanent stench of dead fish. …And then I...
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Cuisine: Gourmet Burger Restaurant/Slow Fast Food. Location: 1246 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. Price: About $10 for a burger. $3-$5 for fries, milkshake, onion rings (each). Before I headed over to Boston to check out Harvard, I had a chance to talk to a few friends of mine who lived in the area about the eating scene....
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Cuisine: Seafood, Bostonian. Specialty: New England Clam Chowder, Lobster, Indian Pudding. Location: 41 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108-2494. Price: Entrees run $20-$34. Desserts are $6.50-$7.50. $5.95/$7.50 for Cup/Bowl of Clam Chowder. Ah, the tourist trap. Every city’s got to have one, and Boston is no different. But, as with...
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Cuisine: Eclectic, Artisanal. Address: 377 Walden St # A, Cambridge, MA 02138-1348. Price: $49 for 4 courses and a wine pairing on Tuesdays. There are two things in this world that I’m a sucker for: a good deal and a good glass of wine. When I can get both at the same time, I’m practically in heaven. I was more than a little...
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Cuisine: Seafood, Bostonian. Specialty: Clam Chowder, Baked Schrod, and Rude Waiters. Location: 340 Faneuil Hall Mrkt Pl, Boston, MA 02109. Price: Entrees $10-$25 (more for steak). $20 for Schrod, $5/$6.75 for a Cup/Bowl of Chowder. I’m a California guy, so I’ve had my fair share of clam chowder. Just take a drive up towards...
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Cuisine: Italian Fast Food. Specialty: Cheese Pizza. Location: 289 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113. Price: $1.10 for Panzarotti or a Slice of Pizza, $1.60 for Ham Panini, $2.25 for Arancini, $3.25-$3.75 for Calzones. Pizza may have been Americanized a long time ago, but there’s nothing quite like getting it at an old-fashioned...
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