Former Everett machine shop retooled for craft beers and deli cuts
Eats
LATEST LOOK: FRIENDLY TOAST, CAMBRIDGE
It’s nice to see such places as the Friendly Toast in Cambridge’s Kendall Square (and several other locations) take a light-hearted attitude toward all this, realizing that sometimes, you just want to have a decent meal, a drink or two, and a few laughs while enjoying a funky vibe that’s missing from so many other spots.
SUMMER LICKS: A SWEET ROUNDUP, FROM LATE-NIGHT GELATO TO CREATIVE CHOCO TACOS
A snapshot of the cream scene beyond the traditional beloved joints
SALMON FOR THE HEADLINERS
Recommendations from the comics who grub in places week in and week out
FIRST LOOK: A&B BURGERS IN BOSTON
A&B Burgers has come a long way from its rather inauspicious beginnings north of Boston to its star status in the heart of Boston over the course of the past several years.
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: THAT FUNKY SQUARE
Taken from this world in the late ’90s and turned into an Abercrombie & Fitch—a development that till this day peeves many square vets, the loss being one of those perfect early symbols of accelerated gentrification in retrospect—the Tasty was a one-room diner that was about 30 feet long and a quarter that wide.
THAI MOON, ARLINGTON
A tiny restaurant with big (and at times extremely spicy) flavors
ALMOST A YEAR INTO OPERATION, ENJOYING MORE THAN SIMPLY SUDS AT DTX’S UNIQUE BEER HALL
You can get entrees as well, including fish and chips, a fisherman’s stew, and shepherd’s pie with lamb. The items tried over the course of a couple of visits were very impressive for a brewery, with the beef barley soup having loads of barley and almost being a meal on its own.
FIRST LOOK: 753 SOUTH IN ROSLINDALE
Being that it is affiliated with Delfino, 753 South is in some ways an “overflow”spot where people can grab a drink while waiting for a table. But it’s really more of a standalone restaurant than an extension of its sibling.
JOE SENT ME, CAMBRIDGE
Not really a speakeasy, but a great neighborhood bar