149682 Fri Nov 12 10:32:02 -0800 2004 9 12 Boston Area 0 802721 Stopped into La Mamma's yesterday for my weekly empanada fix. As usual I devoured one of the beef turnovers in about two seconds with that cilantro hot sauce but per some old posts (specifically, Science Chick's) I broke the usual habit and tried the spinach. Excellent blend of creamed spinach, well complimented by the hot sauce. I wanted to try the chacarerro but by then it was nearly 4 PM and dinner was only a couple of hours away. Walking back to my car I passed the burrio place and saw their empanadas sitting under the heat lamp. Umm, yeah, made to order vs. heat lamp. They were empty. Also saw the Beantown Franks place. Anyone had a hotdog from there? Comparable to Spike's or Nemo's (is that the name of the place on Cambridge St.?). Dax Fri Nov 12 10:32:02 -0800 2004 0 Dax 1 802722 Beantown Franks? Where is it? By the way Joe and Nemo's is no more. I was very pleased when they re-opened. They were the hot dog of my youth growing up on Revere Beach in the fifties, but they are being replaced by the Sausage Guy. Fri Nov 12 10:40:32 -0800 2004 802721 0 chuck s 2 802723 Between the Burrito place and the wrap place on Brighton Ave (past Harpers heading outbound towards Silhouette on the left). Fri Nov 12 10:51:13 -0800 2004 802722 0 Dax 2 802732 Did the Joe and Nemo's by Filene's also close? Is the Sausage Guy taking over both spots? And do we really need a sausage guy downtown when there's all those carts with fairly decent sausages? Fri Nov 12 12:07:41 -0800 2004 802722 0 Joanie 3 802737 The Joe and Nemo's by Filene's appears to be turning into a burrito stand of some kind. I can't remember the name.. it wasn't open yet. I went by there the other night hoping to catch Chacarero before they closed. Unfortunately, they closed early, as they seem to quite often (it was about 6:30). They really need to open a stand somewhere in the Longwood Medical Area, or in Davis Square - and have it open nights and weekends. The chacarero at LaMamma's is ok, but I don't know if it's worth going out of the way for. Anyone found any others? Fri Nov 12 12:23:26 -0800 2004 802732 0 Mike P 4 802741 "I went by there the other night hoping to catch Chacarero before they closed. Unfortunately, they closed early, as they seem to quite often (it was about 6:30). They really need to open a stand somewhere in the Longwood Medical Area" The Medical Area would be an awesome location, it's so dull around here. I wish we'd gotten a good Thai spot in the food court instead of the Dairy Queen/Orange Julius. But I always thought Chacarero closed at 6:00 even tho others have said 7:00. That's how I time it at least. Fri Nov 12 12:47:37 -0800 2004 802737 0 Joanie 5 802742 Their website says 7 PM. Link: http://www.chacarero.com/contact.html Fri Nov 12 12:53:21 -0800 2004 802741 0 Dax 6 802747 I've been there at around 6:30 before and they've been open. I think they just close when they run out. Fri Nov 12 14:10:51 -0800 2004 802742 0 Mike P 5 802774 There's a DQ in that food court now? Call me a sucker but I love a blizzard now and then. Cookie dough and heath bar, yeah... Sausage guy's sausages are unremarkable. Not bad. Just not great. I'd rather have Joe & Nemo's any day. Fri Nov 12 18:27:09 -0800 2004 802741 0 joypirate 6 802810 Sucker. (although in my youth th' DQ did have a horrible frozen coke sort of thing they called a Mr. Misty I was completely hung up on them every summer, so you're entitled... The Summervillian Sat Nov 13 22:39:58 -0800 2004 802774 0 the SummerVillan