448366 Sat Oct 06 14:18:38 -0700 2007 4 12 Boston Area 0 3010944 Has anyone been to Cafe 303 on Sumner St. yet? I have been there a few times and it is so nice to see a South End-style hipster cafe in the neighborhood. They have a really interesting menu with an eclectic selection of international cuisine. For dinner, they have Mezza (large tapas-style dishes). They also serve a breakfast that goes way beyond bacon and eggs. For lunch they have sandwiches and regular dishes, including an excellent lump crab cake. They have done a great job with the renovations and made it into the "Cheers" of Eastie because everytime I go I see someone that I know from the neighborhood! Between 303 and Anglea's Cafe, it seems that Eastie is really emerging as an excellent food destination, kind of like how Charlestown was when Olives and the other restaurants opened there a few years ago. We don't have an Olives-caliber restaurant yet (Zafferanos was excellent, but I think it closed). There is an East Boston-born chef, Pino Maffeo, who recently opened "Boston Public" in the Back Bay. It would be great to see him open a high end place in the old neighborhood like Todd English did with Olives. Sat Oct 06 14:18:38 -0700 2007 130701 jbowen1519 1 3011709 Yet to eat there, but enjoyed an espresso one afternoon. Will have to be back for more. A very comfortable and charming spot. East Boston has always been a chowy destination to me, at least ever since galleygirl and 9lives introduced it to me 5 years ago. There are all kinds of deliciousness that is hard to find in other parts of the Boston area, such as the Peruvian rotisseries chicken places, the Colombian bakeries, the Salvadorean pupuerias/taquerias etc... It's underexplored and there are many places there that one would not read about in the media and its up to us to give it the places there the prominence they deserve. Sun Oct 07 00:49:35 -0700 2007 3010944 10076 limster 1 3015669 I think Rincon Limeño is superior to Olives. Mon Oct 08 14:31:26 -0700 2007 3010944 11148 Alcachofa 2 3018888 That's awesome. I love Rincon Limeno as well. I guess I was just trying to say that something like Olives would attract a different type of diner to East Boston who may end up later trying a Rincon Limeno or Angela's, but otherwise wouldn't come to the other side of the Harbor. Tue Oct 09 13:13:21 -0700 2007 3015669 130701 jbowen1519 3 3020106 Their loss! Tue Oct 09 19:16:53 -0700 2007 3018888 16129 fredid