Restaurant Reviews, Boston Cheap Eats, Boston Places to Eat

This has got to be the best place in Metro Boston for wings. End of discussion. The Honey BBQ and Honey hot wings are unreal, and the regular hot wings are hot enough to make you want more beer, but not hot enough to clear our your sinuses. By the way, if you like wings that make steam come out of your ears, they can do that too. The wings are cheap, the service is fast, and the beers are plentiful. At least 10 HD TV’s line the walls, which serve to be good entertainment while you wait for a table. The only down side of Buff’s – is always packed. The place is tiny and word is out that this is the best, so come prepared to wait. Good beers to keep you busy. (Cash only)

Good beers, bad service, ok food. I guess if you really like french fries then this is a good spot to go before a Bruins or Celtics game. But let’s be honest, only a few of the microbrews are really all that special. The fruitier ones are actually pretty good, if you like fruity beer, watermelon is very good actually. The stout is also a good catch on the other end of the beer spectrum. But overall the burgers are what you’d expect, good not great. I will give them that their portions are pretty big. Their signature dish though, to me has to be those fries. They come in all sorts of flavors and that’s were the good stuff is. So grab some fries and try a few beers, just don’t expect much and you’ll be happy.

You will be surprised at the quality of the food here, plus I have always been very big on the service here.  You know I love anyplace with good service and the Blackstone doesn’t dissapoint.  The swordfish was a bit small, but cooked just right, the veggies on the side were also done right.  The apps were out of the kitchen fast and were quite tasty.  My beer was never down too low before offered another.  Plus the price was right.  All in all a better than you mike expect for a place hidden among all the other tourist traps.  Get the steak tips those are great.  Save some money and try the Blackstone. 

Warm lighting, modern decor and a friendly staff greet the visitor to this trendy addition to the Davio family. The fare, billed as “modern Mediterranean” could as easily be described as modern American. A complimentary cauliflower soup was a welcomed gesture from the chef, if pureed cauliflower combined with cream is your thing. For the tentative foodie, the chicken under a brick entree is a surefire hit. The more adventurous in your party might opt for a crispy whole bass – which comes as advertised, head, tail and all presented in a sort of dead fish tempura that will please some and terrify others. Seated next to the (very well-pleased) consumer of a deep-fried fish, I found it hard to avoid the creature’s crusty death stare. Appetizers were varied and of good-sized portions, ranging from a popular and tasty calimari to a single kobe meatball floating in a pool of zesty sauce. My party of 12 was uniformly pleased with their entree selections, which left us sated and with no room for dessert. Service was friendly and informative but somewhat clumsy, frequently involving awkward reach-arounds, reach-overs, and even an uncomfortable amount of full-body-press leaning. That might have had more to do with the very close quarters in which the large group was seated than forbidden lust; but in any event, service at a joint this pricey ought not to involve unsolicited waitstaff body contact.

What can you say about a Boston classic? How about tired and dated? When will someone do a little makeover of this place, the food is still good but you feel like you’re sitting in a restaurant that has seen it’s better days. So I ordered the Cod, which was flaky and cooked perfectly. A real treat however are the popovers that are delivered to you piping hot, make sure to grab one they are yummy. The wait staff was only so-so, they seemed a little bored and he wasn’t really trying hard to please, granted it was a very slow night. Luckily the prices at Anthony’s seem as old as the décor and actually isn’t a bad value anymore. The view from Anthony’s could really be good if the windows were a little cleaner (ok a lot cleaner).

Anthony’s still seems to be a hot spot for some of Boston’s cheapest politicians to host really lame fund raisers.

I will give Anthony’s another try this summer, maybe they’ll get new tables and chairs and not feel like I’m eating in a museum.

Probably the best place to go before and after a Sox game.  The burgers here at Cornwalls are among the best in the city and the service never disapoints.  With it’s new more open kitchen you can see owner and long time Boston fixture John Beal churning out juicy burgers to hungry fans.  Get here early as the bar can fill up quickly with thirsty patrons before the game.  But don’t miss the extensive and well stocked bar, filled with authentic british beers that are tough to find.  Cornwalls is one of BostonFoodGuy’s favorites.