Tag Archives: Dining

Andy Husbands is making his Taco Tuesdays an all day event at his South End restaurants, Tremont 647 and Sister Sorel starting Cinco De Mayo.

In honor of Cinco De Mayo, next Tuesday both restaurants will be open at 11:30 a.m., serving their $2 Tacos until closing so take advantage of the cheap lunch and score a seat early; people watching is always great on Tuesdays at Tremont 647 and Sister Sorel.

The Taste of the North End – one of Boston’s most popular festivals of food – is taking place on Friday, May 1^st.  The popular event includes more than 35 North End eateries, showcasing a wide array of appetizers, cheeses, entrees and desserts, accompanied by plenty of wine and beer.

BosGuy.com is giving away a pair of tickets to this year’s Taste of the North End.  The winner will be randomly drawn on Thursday, April 30th for the foodie festival that takes place on Friday, May 1st from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.  Should you not win this contest, tickets can be purchased for $99 each on their website, here.

How to Win a Pair of Tickets to the Taste of the North End:  Every time you send a Tweet to @BosGuy using the hashtag #TOTNE I will enter you in the drawing, starting today through Thursday, April 30th.  Then on Thursday afternoon I will announce the winner, so please be sure you are following @BosGuy so I can DM you if you win.

Example Tweets (feel free to get creative):
Hey @BosGuy I really want those #TOTNE tickets for this Friday!

I really need those tickets to #TOTNE for date night. Help me @BosGuy!

.@BosGuy I want to live La Dolce Vita! Give me those #TOTNE tickets.

Remember: The more you Tweet the better your chances.

According to reports from The Boston Globe earlier this week, Mario Batali’s long awaited Babbo Pizzeria – an 8,700 square foot pizzeria and Italian tapas restaurant – opens for dinner today in their new space at Fan Pier in the Seaport District. If you can’t make it to dinner, Babbo’s Twitter handle Tweeted that they will open for lunch starting tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.

Babbo Pizzeria is at 11 Fan Pier Blvd in the Seaport District

According to a great article from The Boston Globe, the prices and menu is similar to Batali’s East Village, Otto Enoteca (a personal favorite of mine).  Pizzas range from an $8 marinara pizza to a $15 goat cheese pizza with pistachios, red onion, and truffle honey; small plates vary from $5 vegetable plates like cauliflower “alla Siciliana” to a three-cheese tasting for $11; larger plates range from grilled meats such as the $18 skirt steak with charred onions and aceto to pastas priced from $10 to $15.  The most expensive plate is a $35 chefs selection of grilled meats. I’ll give this place a few weeks before heading over to the madness that is certain to ensue, but I’d love to hear from you if you happen to stop in before I do. Let me know your thoughts. I’m a big fan of Batali’s Otto Enoteca and have high expectations for Babbo Pizzeria.

Last week Nola’s Fresh Foods stopped by my place with their salsa and chips for me to try out.  I should say, while I love free food, I don’t write about it unless I like it. The fact that I think their bean salsa might be the best I’ve ever had made writing this shout out all the more pleasant.

A quick look at their website will tell you that Nola’s is a local company based in Roslindale, MA and more importantly, their products have no preservatives, sugar, oils, artificial color or flavors.  Their food is actually vegan and gluten free.

Give this local company a try next time you go shopping

Where you can buy it:  Nola’s is sold at Foodies in the South End and Southie and I placed a quick call to the new Whole Foods in the South End and they confirmed they carry these products as well.  Nola’s website, nolasfreshfoods.com has a map to point you to the closest store nearest you.

For those of you who regularly traverse A Street in Southie or live near there, you have noticed all the construction going on at 40 West 3rd Street in what was formerly a dilapidated building (or at least that is how it appeared to me).

Last week the owners distributed a press release, indicating their new restaurant named, Coppersmith, is on track to open in late April / early May and they are actively hiring for positions which you can find out more about on their Facebook page here.  When complete, the huge space will include outdoor dining space, a full restaurant, separate cafe and food truck.

To stay up to date, like Coppersmith Facebook page here

Stay tuned for more details to follow in the coming weeks.  This massive endeavor will bring options to those of you who live and work nearby and enhance the Southie dining scene, bringing more foot traffic and curious foodies like me to the neighborhood.

BosGuy’s Wicked Awesome Grilled Cheese Sandwich

The current issue of Boston Magazine has a fantastic article about the best sandwiches served in town.  As you can imagine there are a number of delicious options and the South End gets a bunch of shout outs, including Myers + Chang’s Bacon and Egg sandwich – which is only available on weekends,  Flour Bakery + Cafe’s BLT, Mike’s City Diner’s, “Mike’s Famous Pilgrim” sandwich just to name a few.  Also South End cheap eats, Blunch which is only open for breakfast and lunch is spotlighted as a must try place.

Despite all the sandwich joints in this town I still have to say my favorite is probably Downtown Crossing’s Sam LaGrassa’s. Do you have a favorite sandwich that you like to make or a particular place you go to grab a sandwich?  I love making grilled cheese sandwiches in the winter.  I actually wrote about it last January in my post Best Grilled Cheese Evah.