As good as Sonsie for brunch?

Italian is mad critical and now we've got a great one to add to the repotoire.  Carlos in Allston. This place is amazing.  Good prices, wonderful food, fun place...I'm saying its the best italian in the city.    

and I'm psyched.

Went to a great Italian restaurant in Allston tonight called Carlo's. It's a little hole in the wall kind of place but the food is great and the atmosphere is that kind of fun Tuesday-night neighborhood Italian which is really great. It's down to earth, warm, and just nice (something that's hard to find in Harvard Square). My trip to Carlo's (the second in about a month) has again left me impressed not just with it but with Allston in general. There are a ton of cool places, Common Ground, Big City, Sunrise, and a few others that offer the kind of neighborhood pub feel that no place (don't even go the John Harvard's route) in Harvard Square offers. Allston feels like a real neighborhood and there are definitely alot more places to hang out and eat there than there are in Harvard Square.

Italian in Boston sucks.  The North End is a joke.  Outside of Il Cappricio (not really Boston) there's nothing and even Il Cappricio is only so good in light of the competition.

Until now.

Via Matta, downtown off the Commons.  Best Italian in Boston.  Octopus salad was great if you like that sort of thing and the spaghetti aglio olio was off the hizzy.

Looking for reviews of this wannabe Manhattan establishment, I'm thinking of going there Saturday night.

While it's not explicitly on topic, I feel like many of you will understand this food-related tragedy. As of Saturday, the original Iron Chef episodes disappear from the Food Network's lineup. I for one am thinking of starting a protest.

you're bringing in from Red House...

I have a question...does anyone know of good places to order in from in the Square? It's a tougher question than it sounds?

There's nothing like a good Sunday brunch after a late night Saturday, and there is no place as good as Kelly's.  The restaurant is in an old box car and serves up the best bacon and hashbrowns I've had to date.

Only problem is that it's a trip.  You need a car and a decent sense of direction (I've been about 10 times and still get lost).  But if you ever have the chance, try it out.  

Capitalizing on Boston Restaurant Week, I went to Taranta, an Italian-Peruvian restaurant in the North End.  It was great.  It was one of the those meals where everything is done perfectly.  My fish was cooked just right, the spinach was just garlicky enough, the risotto perfectly salted.  I highly recommend Taranta for a romantic dinner (especially during Restaurant week...)

By accident, I made the default for this blog = subscriber, when you signed up. Well it's now been changed to contributor, which means everyone can write, which is the whole point of this blog, to get everyone to share their thoughts on Boston's Best (and I guess worst) Restaurants. So feel free to add your two cents...although if anyone says anyplace is better than Daedalus, Katz might flip his shit...

The Kong sucks.  Really really sucks.  So where does a guy like me go for some Chinese around here?

My vote is Yenching.  You know, that sleazy looking place on Mass ave. right across from the Holyoke Center.

Great Beef Chow Fun, great fried rice.  Top vote for take-out.

In the mood for a lighter bite, determined to shed a few unwanted pounds, and looking forward to a delightful evening on the couch with Paulie Walnuts, I was determined to bring in a quick, easy, (as I mentioned earlier) light, relatively inexpensive meal.  I told a friend that I was probably going to Be Good, but I was told it was crap. This is not good. I was really hoping to like this place. Are there people out there who disagree with my friend? Is Be Good, good? I really hope so, cause Flat Patties was such a let down.

Sitting atop a plate of marble swirled vanilla and chocolate sauce is the most delectable concoction in Harvard Square. For fans, like myself, of Sandrine's Chocolate Kuggelhof or Finale's Warm Chocolate Delight (or whatever they call it), this re-worked version of the Daedalus Chocolate Explosion is a superlative experience. The pastry is small, perhaps the size of a half a hockey puck in width and approximately the same size as a hockey puck in height. Perched on top the pastry is a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The center is warm but not gooey. There is no godiva sitting inside, but it's better this way. It is a warm, spectactular cake, not a cop out of melted chocolate.

The proper taste combines a touch of ice cream with the center of the cake, dabbed briefly but without hesitation in the marble array of sauce.

Further proof that Daedalus is the Square's finest eating establishment.

An excellent find up Mass Ave towards Porter.  Had a blockmate dinner there tonight and nothing but compliments.  The chocolate mousse was the best in Boston (and I'd know) and the whole dinner was top notch.  Very nice decor, super chill.

5 star all the way  

Who's ever been?  Don't lie, no you haven't.

Had lunch there today with Taylor et al.  Fun place, cheap food that will clog you up and leave you dead in under a week.  I like it.

They're all the same. Don't care where you are or what the deal is. It's always modernist style decor with alot of wood, and sharp corners, and receessed neon light coming from the bar area that provides a consistent low-level din that spills out into the dining area making you feel hip while eating your glorified and overpriced chinese food.

The only reason anyone ever goes to one of these places is to impress a girl with their sophistication and comfort with exotic foods like Thai Curried Chicken. I don't want that sh*t. I want my sesame chicken, dumplings, and won ton soup, I want it greasy, and I want it served in a place that looks as if its kitchen hasn't been inspected in a decade.

The Craigie Street Bistro is my pick. Tucked away in the basement of an apartment complex in near the big beautiful Victorians beyond Brattle Street, the bistro offers charm, friendly and never fussy service, and the feeling that you've dropped in on some friends who just happen to be fantastic french chefs.

Boston Restaurant Week is March 5-10.

More than 30 of Boston?s top restaurants for $30 fixed menu.

Harvest, Henrietta, Sandrines, Upstairs on the Square (sucks), Armani Cafe, The Elephant Walk Restaurant, Grafton Street...

to name a few

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The rest of these locations are OK, but eating in Boston means seafood, and there's really no better place than Legal.

Want decent steamers in the Square? Legal.
A little lobster roll after "shopping" at Prudential/Copley? Legal.
Cup o' chowda before the USAirways Shuttle? Legal.
Early dinner of wood-grilled salmon on a bed of jasmine rice after accounting at Sloan? Legal.

You get the picture.