twballgame9 {l Wrote}:commavegarage {l Wrote}:Also if they are hellbent in having “good Boston Italian food” at a reasonable price, I would direct them to make a reservation in giacomos in the south end. You can’t make a reservation at the one in the north end, it always has a huge line, and the south end is much closer.
Skip the North End. Cinqucento or Davinci for Italian.
Didn't realize Fireplace closed. Liked it the one time I went.
There's no good Chinese takeout in the Back Bay. The place I want to on Mass Ave closed along time ago and was replaced by a dumpling joint.
Myers & Chang is good, but that's more trendy Asian fusion.
yeah i still order from golden temple and have them deliver downtown
i liked fireplace from oct - february. new place is atrocious
both the italian spots mentioned above are good. i guess itd be worth their while to go to the north end if theyve never been, but i avoid the north end like the plague now. cant recall the last time i was there. too many good italian options not there
also if they plan on splurging for a night, for steaks i go abe & louies and grille 23 above any other steakhouse by a wide margin in boston, but people might have other opinions. mistral is also probably my favorite restaurant in boston while were talking about higher end restaurants
in terms of brunch food, everybody goes to stephanies on newbury which is good, but a little too touristy for me and is expensive for brunch food. if youre not going to go to abe and louies for dinner, i highly recommend their brunch menu - very reasonably priced and outstanding. zaftigs is good and is closer to them, but not as good and will have a line on weekend mornings. personally think it is overrated.