Boston recommendations?

**VTeton** · 03-02-2020, 09:18 AM

Rooftop of envoy hotel is a neat spot, coppersmiths in south boston is too but it is being shut down soon to build condos.

Barking crab if you want to get plastered and eat lobsters.

The Seaport is all new construction so not a lot of funk. You could venture further or take a boat taxi from ICA to anywhere on the harbor...

**iceman** · 03-02-2020, 09:23 AM

We've met a couple times for pre-Bosox game maggotry at Eastern Standard in Kenmore, they have outside seating and the food's good. https://easternstandardboston.com

**jackstraw** · 03-02-2020, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by VTeton

Can you live wo hard booze? Walking distance from ICA and huge roof deck.
https://www.trilliumbrewing.com/locations/fort-point

Trillium Brewing Company was named the third best brewer in the world in 2019

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/resta...9-new-england/

Ah sweet! Yeah, was going to look up where they were, but kinda assumed they wouldn't be open. But
Beantown ain't Cowhampshire!

**DaveTV** · 03-02-2020, 07:09 PM

Outdpors in early March..?

**jackstraw** · 03-02-2020, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by DaveTV

Outdpors in early March..?

Have you seen the weather forecast?

**DaveTV** · 03-03-2020, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by jackstraw

Have you seen the weather forecast?

Don't matter, outdoors restaurant decks don't open until spring. This isn't Miami.

**Brock Landers** · 03-03-2020, 07:00 PM

Hmm lunch near the ica... hmmmm....Row 34 is good seafood with a covered outdoor area that may be open. If not, foods still good

Cambridge more funky. Brighton Allston too.

Edit: Silvertone on Bromfield is kinda funky. Not outside (in a basement) but good food.

**jackstraw** · 03-04-2020, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by DaveTV

Outdpors in early March..?

Igloo bro

https://www.instagram.com/p/B71P4jzFjWu/

Trillium were pussies and didn't let people up on the deck, but the City Tap House had their patio open.

**teleee** · 03-04-2020, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

We've met a couple times for pre-Bosox game maggotry at Eastern Standard in Kenmore, they have outside seating and the food's good. https://easternstandardboston.com

Those meetups have been the cause of some wicked hangovers

**Brock Landers** · 03-04-2020, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by jackstraw

Igloo bro

https://www.instagram.com/p/B71P4jzFjWu/

Trillium were pussies and didn't let people up on the deck, but the City Tap House had their patio open.

City tap...Big beer selection, they have a high end liquor menu too (pappy, Japanese whiskeys, etc). Good wings, shitty burger, no bud light but the do have miller light. Decent after work crowd.

Trillium sucks ass.

Originally Posted by teleee

Those meetups have been the cause of some wicked hangovers

Yeah that’s happened. God damn rain delays.

**DaveTV** · 03-04-2020, 06:50 PM

The city has changed so rapidly in recent years, I gave up keeping up. Boston used to be like a black & white gangster movie, now it's constant new waterfront construction and yuppie bistros that change names every year. Bring back Paddy Burkes and the No Name already PS The Baseball tavern has closed as well, fucking money talks https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/12/...y-bar-closing/

**iceman** · 03-04-2020, 07:21 PM

That Boston's still there, here's a good starting point: https://www.google.com/search?client...fi=hd:;si:;mv:

Not sure why the map's not working but they're all pretty downtownish.

**Brock Landers** · 03-04-2020, 07:33 PM

No Name had sucked for years

**VTeton** · 03-04-2020, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by Brock Landers

No Name had sucked for years

No Name sucked balls!!! I puked after eating there.

**billyk** · 03-05-2020, 12:38 AM

Legal Seafood down by the waterfront isn’t outdoors, but has big windows so it sorta seems like outdoors, without the actual rain or snow.

**CantDog** · 03-05-2020, 08:49 PM

This year is gonna be the one where I am able to make it to the Sox game get together.

Not super vibey, but if I was down in the waterfront I’d probably go get a sandwich at Flour and then take it and eat it down by the water. Or go schlep over to North End and the sandwich shop behind Bricco and eat it on the Greenway.

**DaveTV** · 03-05-2020, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by Brock Landers

No Name had sucked for years

True but I meant the old original nn before when it was byob no liquor license,it was great

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**iceman** · 03-06-2020, 09:34 AM

Back when Eddie Andelman and Sports Huddle was on WEEI and they did a promo for the No Name every five minutes it was pretty good. That ended in like '76 or something like that.

**Woodsy** · 03-06-2020, 12:50 PM

dont stay at the marriott
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/...aveled-boston/

**Boosh** · 03-06-2020, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsy

dont stay at the marriott
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/...aveled-boston/

this hotel is directly across the street from my office, I'm screwed.

+1 for City Tap in the Seaport if you want something within walking distance from the ICA. Plenty of funky spots north of the city Somerville/Cambridge if you're lookin to travel.

**Mazderati** · 07-06-2020, 10:44 AM

Eastern Standard struggling to get a lease in place. Many great memories made. Hope it's just posturing.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/...-closing-good/

Cafe Pamplona recently closed after 60 years. The times they are a-changin'.

**Self Jupiter** · 07-08-2020, 07:15 AM

From the article above, quote from Bob Luz, head of MA Restaurant Assoc:

Garrett Harker and Eastern Standard, are you kidding?” Luz said, as he went on to praise their skills. “I’d bet every day of the week, 100 percent on them, and I would not bet on anybody in there that replaces him.

That place is an institution in the area and a gold mine. The owner has three restaurants in the building that gross around $20m in sales. If those places can’t make it, then who do the owners expect to take their place in the near future? A(nother) chain?

**ötzi** · 07-08-2020, 08:07 AM

I know a guy who chairs a state business board, he told me a couple weeks ago that there are 16,000 restaurants in the state and at least 4,000 of them would not reopen after covid closings. You'd think somebody who has a good tenant like Eastern Standard would want to keep them.

**Core Shot** · 07-08-2020, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by ötzi

I know a guy who chairs a state business board, he told me a couple weeks ago that there are 16,000 restaurants in the state and at least 4,000 of them would not reopen after covid closings. You'd think somebody who has a good tenant like Eastern Standard would want to keep them.

Uggh
So glad I don’t own a restaurant or bar. They are fucked.
Everyone thinks it’s cash money, and it is when it’s good. But it’s hand to hand combat every night to make money

**Mazderati** · 07-18-2020, 09:18 AM

Whiskey's closed. Of the dive bar trio in that area I was more a McGreevy's fan but still spent plenty time at Whiskey's sticky bar.

https://www.boston.com/food/restaura...hiskeys-closed