663756 Sat Oct 31 14:10:36 -0700 2009 38 12 Boston Area 0 5145527 According to this article in the Allston-Brighton TAB, Kelly's Roast Beef is taking over the former location of Marty's Liquors at Harvard and Comm Ave. http://www.wickedlocal.com/allston/news/business/x884495183/Three-Allston-restaurants-want-to-stay-open-later-at-night I entirely support this. Sat Oct 31 14:10:36 -0700 2009 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 5145531 Yes, FTW. Nice scoop Barmy. Sat Oct 31 14:12:13 -0700 2009 5145527 10169 StriperGuy 2 5145575 I bow to Allstonian, who was the first one who noticed. As she points out, though, this is gonna be the final death knell for Mitti's/formerly Redneck's. Hope something good opens in that space once they shut down. There's a surprising dearth of good pizza in this neighborhood, maybe Pinocchio's can open a branch. Sat Oct 31 14:38:29 -0700 2009 5145531 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 5145603 I have mixed feelings. I grew up on Revere Beach and spent my teenage years hanging out in the back room eating roast beef sandwiches and drinking frappes. Now many years later, I still make the trip to the Beach from Coolidge Corner. Having one just a half mile away might change the whole ritual. Sat Oct 31 14:54:25 -0700 2009 5145527 11079 chuck s 2 5145611 No no Chuck. It's still worth the pilgrimage to the original Kelly's. I do it once or twice a year even tho the Medford location is much closer and more convenient. Had a GREAT scallop roll from there this week ... sweet and meaty! Sat Oct 31 15:00:50 -0700 2009 5145603 10232 yumyum 3 5145699 I concur: while it will be lovely to have a good roast beef sandwich a 12-minute walk from my house, that will never replace the whole ritual of the Revere Beach trip. Unless, of course, they put a Kell's Kreme down the block. Then Revere Beach can go pound sand. Sat Oct 31 15:55:46 -0700 2009 5145611 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 4 5145734 I'm with YY and BFP Chuck. NOTHING can replace the original. The original is not even entirely about the chow. It is one of the defining Boston experiences, period. Even better if a seagull swoops down and steals a fry or two from your lunch as the waves slosh around Revere Beach. Sat Oct 31 16:24:06 -0700 2009 5145699 10169 StriperGuy 5 5145996 and the hypodermic needles lap up onto the shore. I get the love, however complicated. Great news, going through the Kelly's drive-through in Natick just seemed... isolating. Sat Oct 31 19:08:12 -0700 2009 5145734 228793 bornagainitalian 6 5146241 LOL, glad you said it, I came this close. No kidding I have actually seen some rather unsavory trash washed up on the beach back in the day. These days they do a pretty good job of raking up the junk. Sun Nov 01 01:17:41 -0700 2009 5145996 10169 StriperGuy 4 5146284 yeah, I was just thinking "maybe they could put in a bianchis pizza down the street" and then i might never leave the neighborhood... Sun Nov 01 02:35:55 -0800 2009 5145699 72635 hyde 5 5146301 That's my one-two combo. Sun Nov 01 03:52:13 -0800 2009 5146284 11079 chuck s 4 5147684 If they open a Kell's in Allston, I'll have to move or resign myself to an extra 20 pounds. Sun Nov 01 16:24:36 -0800 2009 5145699 71350 lergnom 1 5146068 Oh good, I've actually been hearing that rumor for months, almost since Marty's closed, but never saw anything concrete. Thanks for the update. Sat Oct 31 20:29:30 -0700 2009 5145527 11666 psora 1 5146505 This post makes me miss Riley's Roast Beef.......remember the Riley burgers at 1AM in the morning? Pure bliss Sun Nov 01 06:44:46 -0800 2009 5145527 123153 devilham 2 5146789 Wait, you mean something good was actually in that space once? It's the worst restaurant in the nabe now, and in Allston, that's saying something! Sun Nov 01 09:19:38 -0800 2009 5146505 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 3 5146846 Kellys is nothing but greasy overpriced food! Sun Nov 01 09:47:33 -0800 2009 5146789 121230 Janiekins 4 5147052 Totally completely disagree and I think a lot of other hounds would disagree as well. I like the roast beef, and the do a respectable job on fried seafood and even a lobster roll. Prices are pretty reasonable compared to other places to get a lobster roll, etc. Please do tell another place in Boston that serves a comparable menu of approachable food at better prices. I'll be there tomorrow. Sun Nov 01 11:21:58 -0800 2009 5146846 10169 StriperGuy 4 5147477 I enjoy RB sands and clams at the Natick location. Maybe a couple bucks more than some, far less than others for the portion, including the rings on top. Sun Nov 01 14:52:38 -0800 2009 5146846 27342 trufflehound 4 5148516 I disagree, too. Kelly's fried foods are actually not too greasy. And, the food overall is a pretty good value considering the quality. Mon Nov 02 06:12:27 -0800 2009 5146846 56815 pemma 4 5149004 I've to agree with Janiekins. Even though I don't think their food is greasy, it has been going downhill and is on the pricey side for a fast food type restaurant. Mon Nov 02 09:03:11 -0800 2009 5146846 13320 sheila 5 5149410 Ooh, tell me about all the fast-food-type restaurants in town with cooked-to-order belly clams! I didn't know those were on the menu at McDonald's now! Mon Nov 02 10:57:21 -0800 2009 5149004 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 6 5149547 My point exactly. And I honestly think they make one of, if not the best roast beef sandwiches around. Particularly if you get it with extra horseradish sauce and just a dash of bbq sauce. Dang. Mon Nov 02 11:37:56 -0800 2009 5149410 10169 StriperGuy 7 5150168 I actually like everything except the roast beef. Just too thick cut for my liking.Would much rather go to Pete's or Beachmont. That being said it will be the best roast beef in Boston proper. Mon Nov 02 14:14:12 -0800 2009 5149547 16672 phatchris 8 5150173 Do tell, where are Pete's and Bachmont? Mon Nov 02 14:16:29 -0800 2009 5150168 10169 StriperGuy 9 5150205 beachmont roast beef is right next to the beachmont train station on winthrop ave in revere Mon Nov 02 14:26:12 -0800 2009 5150173 47608 galangatron 9 5152129 Pete's is on North Shore rd in Revere and Beachmont is right by the station. Tue Nov 03 09:41:33 -0800 2009 5150173 16672 phatchris 8 5152154 Have you tried Liberty Bell in Southie? I think they do a better beef than Kelly's. Tue Nov 03 09:48:32 -0800 2009 5150168 20795 joth68 5 5149882 Kelly's is really a notch above typical fast food and the prices are a notch above, too. Even their is a notch above. In Medford at least you order at the counter, but they bring your food to the table. Mon Nov 02 13:08:56 -0800 2009 5149004 56815 pemma 4 5150204 i've only been to the revere location. my clams are never greasy, breading just right and the fries are better than lots elsewhere. although i don't get to allston much, that may change, lol. Mon Nov 02 14:26:02 -0800 2009 5146846 30273 hotoynoodle 3 5150608 Well I don't exactly dream of it because I miss it so much, but Rileys was better than any place that's been there since. Mainly because they didn't think their entire audience was drunk students, incapable of caring about the quality of the food or the price or the cleanliness or if they got exact change or... Mon Nov 02 16:58:51 -0800 2009 5146789 11666 psora 4 5150622 And that's because Riley's was there long before the neighborhood became dominated by drunk college students. I think they opened some time in the early 70s. Mon Nov 02 17:06:18 -0800 2009 5150608 18512 Allstonian 5 5151093 They certainly were there by 1977. (I lived on Aldie Street - literally the other side of the tracks from that part of Allston - from 1977-1982). Mon Nov 02 21:13:20 -0800 2009 5150622 177209 PinchOfSalt 6 5151421 wasn't riley's on the other end of harvard? the blanchard's end? Tue Nov 03 05:27:22 -0800 2009 5151093 30273 hotoynoodle 7 5151453 Yes, it was in the space that is now Mitti's, AKA Redneck's. Tue Nov 03 05:43:09 -0800 2009 5151421 18512 Allstonian 6 5152786 I was a BU student who lived just across the footbridge from that part of Allston in 1972 and it was my favorite 2AM food stop, drunk or not.. Tue Nov 03 12:51:44 -0800 2009 5151093 14386 BobB 5 5151448 Gee, I remember going to Riley's as a drunk college student in the 70's. Was I a trendsetter? Tue Nov 03 05:42:28 -0800 2009 5150622 56815 pemma 6 5151564 yeah, i was a drunk student there in the mid-80s and worried i was too drunk to remember where it had been! Tue Nov 03 06:29:50 -0800 2009 5151448 30273 hotoynoodle 5 5152209 Not to put too fine a point on it, but there were plenty of drunk college students in that neighborhood back in the early to mid 70"s - can't tell you how I know this but trust me.... (: Riley's served many generations of college students over the years as a late night destination - particularly for those who were a little afraid of Buzzy's! Tue Nov 03 09:59:49 -0800 2009 5150622 12990 Northender 6 5152263 Perhaps it's just that the college crowd weren't the overwhelmingly dominant population of the neighborhood at that time. There were, for example, actual children and teenagers who lived in the area (like myself and my siblings and many friends) who went to Riley's for after-school snacks, so it wasn't *just* a late-night desitination. Tue Nov 03 10:16:03 -0800 2009 5152209 18512 Allstonian