http://www.chow.com/boards/13 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:43:45 GMT Keep track of the lastest threads on Chowhound http://www.chow.com/topics/617485#5211879 David Burke's at Foxwoods recently started a Sunday buffet brunch. I just posted on the Burke thread asking if anyone's been. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:57:38 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/617485#5211879 http://www.chow.com/topics/554154#5211875 David Burke's now has a Sunday buffet brunch at Foxwoods. Has anyone been? Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:56:08 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/554154#5211875 http://www.chow.com/topics/670119#5211693 So I searched the boards and maybe I missed something, so please guide me if you know of another thread. We're thinking of taking the ferry (no car) from Boston to Provincetown in the week between Christmas and New Years, although we may decide to be there over the New Year. We really want to find a good bed and breakfast that actually serves breakfast. Most of the places we've looked at only have a "continental" breakfast of baked goods. We want more than bread and muffins. We want the actual b&b experience. We expect many places to be closed because it's the winter. We have perhaps too much experience visiting southern Maine and know how it closes down. I imagine it's just like that. We don't have a car and will not be renting one. We're planning on taking the ferry from Boston so we need a place which is either within walking distance or has a shuttle. And then we are really hoping that the place we're staying is in town. Can any of you recommend a place with a really good breakfast? Also, if you can name such a place, can you recommend lunch and dinner spots within walking distance? We know it will be cold so perhaps a bar or two along the way would be really nice, too. What is Provincetown like around Christmas/New Year's? Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:42:27 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/670119#5211693 http://www.chow.com/topics/668436#5211671 Nope - I may have some directional challenges, but there is an upper floor (which is the first door you come to when you drive in the lot). It has a hair salon AND a sign for Matthew's on the door. Drive down to the lower parking lot. And I'm also not feeble minded. Great eats included a started with a "deconstructed" and beautiful Coquille St. Jacques, followed by a perfectly done Berkshire lamb shank. Husband throughly enjoyed the spicy crab Bisque (lots of crab!) and the salmon was perfectly done. The profiteroles were freshly made and lovely. Everything was cleanly presented with beautiful artistic flair. Right down to the (dry, very dry) martini with just the slightest hint of an ice "crust". I have not had this exceptional of a dining experience since I left San Francisco. Seriously. To the poster who commented earlier on Monkfish -- where would you get the idea it's on the "not" list? Monkfish are considered a sustainable (and reclaimed) fish. Check it out yourself at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/monkfish.htm. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:22:34 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/668436#5211671 http://www.chow.com/topics/667042#5211603 The Cheesecake Factory/P.F. Changs phenomenon apparently plays out in wealthy suburbs throughout the U.S. I have witnessed bizarrely long lines for these and similar places in Georgia, California, Virginia and Illinois, among many other states (Stamford, too!). It also seems not to matter if the area has strong regional cuisines or notable family run restaurants (Asian, Italian, Mexican or otherwise) -- the affection for the safe, superficially innovative chains endures and grows. Not all the partakers are families, either. Perhaps some of the attraction owes to their placement in the increasingly pervasive, fancified lifestyles (if that is the correct term) shopping areas filled with relatively high-ticket retailers. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:40:38 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/667042#5211603 http://www.chow.com/topics/670096#5211496 I noticed that the new "seasons" menu posted on the website includes a mac & cheese omelet. It sounds so tempting to me. Has anyone tried it yet? Or at least tried their version of mac & cheese? I visited the E. Greenwich location hoping to try it, but the website menu must have been posted before the restaurant adopted it and they were still using the previous specials menu. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:27:49 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/670096#5211496 http://www.chow.com/topics/391374#5211456 Goodfella's for Italian. Sally's for Pizza. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:20 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/391374#5211456 http://www.chow.com/topics/616375#5211447 Nick's Char Pit in North Haven has a good Burger. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:54:23 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/616375#5211447 http://www.chow.com/topics/384069#5211429 I'd Give Mickey's a four, but they continually over-salt the food. I like food saltier than most and hardly ever complain about restaurant food being over-seasoned or over-salted. About half of the food is over-salted. Though everything else about mickey's is pretty good, with some creative dishes, this is starting to be very annoying. I had the P.E.I. Mussels with Chorizo, Hot Peppers, Black Beans, Tomatoes, Cilantro White Wine & Garlic with Grilled Ciabatta. It was delicious but started to wear on me with the saltiness. Same for the Ricotta Gnocchi with beef Bolognese and tomatoes, peas & carrots. SO's spinach soup was good, but tasted almost bland compared to the other food. Service was OK; they were a little slow at times. Most of my other previous comments still apply, but I would ask them to tone down the salt when you order... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:43:33 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/384069#5211429 http://www.chow.com/topics/510019#5211427 By far Sally's in New Haven. Pepe's and John and Maria's in East Haven are strong runners up. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:42:03 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/510019#5211427 http://www.chow.com/topics/669758#5211234 It strikes me as the type of place that would be happy to add apples to the menu. It would cost them almost nothing to keep a few crunchy green apples around. I gotta disagree on the rye and mustard thing, but apples and cheddar, mmmmm indeed. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:42:53 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669758#5211234 http://www.chow.com/topics/664682#5211174 "mashed cooked pumpkin with marshmellows on top"......sorry, you've lost me. I notice this is your first Chowhounds post....can you compare this place to others you like in the Worcester area? The only meal I ever had there was horrible. They actually overcooked a lobster to the point where I couldn't find the meat. It had turned to mush! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:12:00 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664682#5211174 http://www.chow.com/topics/600550#5211101 The original owner of Tall Barney's is from NJ, the new owners are from out of state as well,and they hire no or one local(s) (washing dishes?). $72 for 4 lobster rolls? Once burned, twice shy. Go if you wish, but no more for moi. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:26:50 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/600550#5211101 http://www.chow.com/topics/668545#5211079 lobster update - went this past wednesday with hubby - twin lobsters for 12.99 - the clams were dynamite and the place was crowded for lunch - they have a new martini menu as well ! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:10:24 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/668545#5211079 http://www.chow.com/topics/670051#5211003 Okay, I know this has been gone over and over but I don't have time to search today. Looking for somewhere for a group for tonight, Friday after Thanksgiving, one who can't have nuts or lactose, to have good food, good beer for those interested, and somewhere we can just hang out without getting dirty looks for staying too long. Any help will be appreciated! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:32:05 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/670051#5211003 http://www.chow.com/topics/664827#5210781 There is no waterfront in Prov maybe a river . Try Luxe Burger its open at noon its pretty good If you are going to drive to Boston go to Newport lots of water views. Twin Oaks OMG you have to be kidding Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:28:24 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664827#5210781 http://www.chow.com/topics/670025#5210777 SO and our favorite winter ski traveling companions are headed there in February for our annual "eat and x-c" weekend. Comments on the restaurant welcome! (By way of comparison, we've stayed at and loved Blueberry Hill Inn and Inn at Wethersfield, both of which we liked a lot for the food, and BHI for the skiing.) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:26:07 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/670025#5210777 http://www.chow.com/topics/667521#5210642 Scar, if you try the Five Guys before the taco trucks in East Haven, I'm contacting Austin to have your birth certificate altered from Elgin, Texas to Secaucus, NJ!!!! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:18:59 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/667521#5210642 http://www.chow.com/topics/357555#5210628 Is Takumi the best place to go for sushi in Nashua right now? Better than You You and Red Leaf? Thanks... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:47:40 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/357555#5210628 http://www.chow.com/topics/666935#5210181 No. The amount of detritus on the table was minimal; mostly bread crumbs. And I would disagree with Katty, Foster's is pretty elegant. It's not all the visual style or architectural/decorative ambiance, but includes how you are treated and cared for from the moment you walk in till you leave. It is close to Union League in this respect. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:20:37 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/666935#5210181 http://www.chow.com/topics/669488#5210089 Best turkey I have ever had!!! Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:49:23 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669488#5210089 http://www.chow.com/topics/664227#5210084 We ended up at the Old Lyme Inn for Thanksgiving. Had made a 2PM reservation and were seated in the bar area, a room with about 10-12 tables. Server appeared quite soon and we both ordered a glass of champagne as a good choice for such a varied meal. I had the lobster bisque which was moderately thick and on the strong side in the flavor category--that's not a negative comment, by the way. My companion had the butternut squash and sweet potato soup which was rated very good. Then we waited and waited, at least a half hour, before the turkey entrees we had both ordered arrived. The waitress appeared often but seemed to be overtaxed; don't know if she had other tables in various rooms (there are at least 4 other dining areas there) or things were just slow in the kitchen. She appeared to be doing the best she could. Entree plates included generous turkey and dressing, gravy, mashed sweet and white potato, homemade cranberry sauce, and very crisp Brussels sprouts and green beans (I personally think it's time the pendulum swung the other way in the vegetable area!). Dessert (we both had pumpkin pie with whipped cream) and coffee came very soon after we finished our entrees as did the bill. All the food was flavorful, well-seasoned and satisfying. With tax and tip, $51 each. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend dining here on a less busy day. (A plus: outside the entrance, an open wood fire burned so that the smell of wood smoke welcomed diners.) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:45:13 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664227#5210084 http://www.chow.com/topics/157642#5209879 My friend recently had a pretty bad experience at Up for Breakfast. (We've renamed it "Up Yours for Breakfast." ) Her pancakes were uncooked in the middle, her sausage was overcooked and the service was lackluster. My friend complained (nicely) and they made her new pancakes but the overall reaction they got was that of apathy. I'm not sure who they had working there that day, but the turnover there is so frequent, you never know what you're going to get these days. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:49 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/157642#5209879 http://www.chow.com/topics/669709#5209779 I ride by a couple times a year. I didn't know it was a bakery. Will have to stop. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669709#5209779 http://www.chow.com/topics/668754#5209427 Skip Pho Saigon and head across the stree to Vinh Chau. Much better. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:20:46 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/668754#5209427 http://www.chow.com/topics/585567#5208990 I don't think it was a matter of Nashua not being good enough. It was just that the lifestyle center that it was supposed to go in is pretty much dead. I know they were talking about it in the plans they had to redo the Bedford Mall. It will be tough to find another good location in Nashua though. I always thought they should've snatched the site where the Shaw's used to be that is now Lowes but it's too late now. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:34:43 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/585567#5208990 http://www.chow.com/topics/646948#5208979 Thanks for the info! Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:28:25 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/646948#5208979 http://www.chow.com/topics/605556#5208912 Update: extensive fire damage to Everything For the Kitchen in East Hartford, CT on the Glastonbury line. Currently closed. Hope to see it open again--it's a great little store! Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:53:18 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/605556#5208912 http://www.chow.com/topics/667380#5208744 LOL that's fantastic... You could also try Browne Trading in Portland ME for special order Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:23:53 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/667380#5208744 http://www.chow.com/topics/648417#5208537 Maybe Bintliff's on Rte One, Ogunquit? www.bintliffsogunquit.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:10:33 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/648417#5208537 http://www.chow.com/topics/665124#5208416 How is it? Open now AFAIK: my daughter went to the soft launch early this week Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:15:23 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/665124#5208416 http://www.chow.com/topics/655800#5208346 Muddy Rudder Restaurant is offering Thanksgiving day meals as well. I think it's less than $20 per person, and this includes dessert. It's located between Freeport and Portland. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:42 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/655800#5208346 http://www.chow.com/topics/590266#5208297 Definitely still loving Wasabi in Orange. Consistently fabulous, but I cannot afford the daily specials! Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:31:12 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/590266#5208297 http://www.chow.com/topics/651090#5208286 I just dined at the Il Forno in Branford. It was delicious. Was the location in MFD the same owners? Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:25:43 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/651090#5208286 http://www.chow.com/topics/519093#5208252 You had better be a millionaire if you're shopping WF. I won't step foot in that overpriced, over-imaged, trendy place. As for negative comments re M&M, it's a farm market! Do you all think they're going to bleach down the floors and walls everyday??? It's crowded cos the prices are good. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:08:19 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/519093#5208252 http://www.chow.com/topics/669479#5208234 Abate on Wooster St sells bread and it's fabulous. As BiscuitBoy suggested, DiSorbo's is good. I suggest that you do NOT have DiSorbo slice it - their machines completely alter the texture of the bread. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:02:05 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669479#5208234 http://www.chow.com/topics/546759#5208050 I enjoyed North Side Grille also. I thought the prices were good and the food was also good although I wasn't as happy with the Italian food. You were better off ordering something that was not Italian. It was a nice restaurant, but apparently they went out of business this week. I drove by and they were closed and the building was for lease and there was a truck outside that said "Bickford's Companies" on it. In this economy the restaurant business is very tough. I think a Chelo's or Greggs would do better there even if its a smaller scale of one of those places. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:45 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/546759#5208050 http://www.chow.com/topics/669303#5208031 There's a Buffalo Wild Wings in Hadley that's tasty! Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:39:38 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669303#5208031 http://www.chow.com/topics/635220#5207878 Went to SFS's in Sandwich over the summer. Cooke's is definitely better in Hyannis, haven't been to any others. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:47:08 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/635220#5207878 http://www.chow.com/topics/647031#5207720 Good for them! Thanks for sharing. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:33 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/647031#5207720 http://www.chow.com/topics/667812#5207641 Thanks so much to everyone for taking the time to reply! I'm making a list and will let my mom decide what she'd prefer. I'll report back! :`) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:12 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/667812#5207641 http://www.chow.com/topics/669138#5207593 LStaff is right, this time. When the brewer at all 3 locations in CT was Todd...Sullivan? the beers were good to excellent. But ownership forced changes made him leave due to the "watering down", so to speak, of his beers. I never went back to any of them with the new guy but I didn't hear any rave reviews so... Hopefully it can exit the corporate mandated rules and start anew with better beer. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:12:26 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669138#5207593 http://www.chow.com/topics/666090#5207534 Well, it was Pepe's of New Haven! Their white clam pizza is out of this world. I think Foxwoods is starting to make an effort when it comes to Fine Dining because of the new places in Foxwoods (Craftsteak, Alta Strada, etc.) Hopefully, they'll continue to amp up the restaurant war. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:46:42 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/666090#5207534 http://www.chow.com/topics/495825#5207160 I love the Soup for You. Great soups, sandwiches, etc. Nothing fancy, but everything is hearty and very reasonably priced. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:57:20 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/495825#5207160 http://www.chow.com/topics/656128#5207116 Our two favorites: Thurstons, located near Acadia in Tremont; and, Five Islands in Georgetown. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:27:35 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/656128#5207116 http://www.chow.com/topics/669343#5207067 Well I do love NH, ME, and VT. I am from Crooked R.I. Everyone talks about Ma. and RI for food places they forgot about NH ME and VT. which rival them. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:51:41 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669343#5207067 http://www.chow.com/topics/669596#5207022 Caffe Bella on Warren St. Not really "romantic", but great food. It can be loud, but not in a bad way... just busy and lively. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:10:56 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/669596#5207022 http://www.chow.com/topics/668814#5206961 If you went there when it was open "long ago" you didn't go to the same restaurant. It is a completely different owner of a new business who chose to keep the name the same, probably so it would be instantly obvious to people where it is located. I haven't been there but I would at least try it once before I condemned it. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:24:48 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/668814#5206961 http://www.chow.com/topics/632606#5206335 I had my wedding booked at Sunset Farm Inn Bed & Breakfast since Feb. of 2009. Our wedding was supposed to take place on October 9 of the same year. The women who owns it, Chris, called us 3 days before our wedding to tell us that the town shut their business down and we couldn't have our wedding there. Everything we had planned for was ruined. After all the countless phone calls and emails in the months prior, she toldl us everything was fine it would be wonderful until that day. She lied. She is a bad business women, she can talk a good talk but thats about it. She still has the deposit we put down, we have called a few times since we got back from our honeymoon and we keep getting the "I don't have the money right now, but soon" or "I can give you some but not all of it". My wedding was not the first they have canceled either. I don't know why there aren't more reviews on how bad their business is.Our wedding invitations are crap now because we didn't even have it at the place. You can't frame that. I can only say that it would be a huge disappointment and hassle to have a function here. Our wedding was not what we were expecting it to be, what everyone was told. The phone calls to tell our guests the new location. The menu change, the linens, the music setup, the price. I can only thank God that the wonderful people at St. Anne Country Club in Feeding Hills, MA were so supportive and great, and easy. The place was beautiful, the food was EXCELLENT, unbelievably awesome. The staff was great. Even the accomadations they made, because we wanted to get married outside on the first tee. there were chairs. But it ended up raining and we had it in the room. But it was still beautiful and the greatest day ever.Just don't waste your time at Sunset Farm. Don't let what happened to us happen to you. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:18:12 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/632606#5206335