I'm sitting in BOS airport waiting for my flight back home, then I can do laundry, pack for Turkey, meet up with friends before I leave, pay my rent, and tie up loose ends at work. No, not stressful at all. I really wished I could of avoided Boston for the winter as I did last year. Granted, last year, I was stuck in North Carolina for 2 months and working 12 hour days. But no, this year Boston has been the cool destination for December. To be fair, there is always something in Boston to do and cool things you didn't know existed.
One of them is Yankee Lobster Market. Its located in Boston's Seaport district right across from the airport. When I still lived in Boston, I remember that area used to be a blue collared port area. Now, it has 2, yes TWO Legal Seafood. One regular and one called "Legal Test Kitchen". I didn't know chain restaurants had concept test kitchen that were open, I thought the shit they spew out was done through corporate with more chemists and less chefs. To be fair though, I do like Legal Seafood if someone else, a la my company, is paying for it. Yankee Lobster Market is a simple place and when you walk in, it smells like the seafood. The stuff there is super fresh and you can see the stuff before you eat it. You see the fish, you see the filet, you see the lobsters. I got the fish and chips and clam chowder. I figured, since I'm in New England, why not? The fish and chips were ok, the only reason I didn't like it all that much was because it was a breading as opposed to a beer batter. If you like an old school fish and chips, it's for you, I'm more wet beer batter type of guy. At $9.95 for 3 big pieces of fish and fries, you can't really beat that. They also have great homemade tartar sauce, which is a huge plus. The clam chowder was great! I kind of feel like that's what clam chowder should be. Not too thick and salty and there are more clams in it than anything else (you'd think that would be self-evident by the name, but I refer you to Legal Seafood's clam chowder). It is a little out of the way, but if you are coming in from the airport, it's worth a lunch stop.
Second place was a regular ass bar, J.J Foley's. The only reason I went there was because it's right outside of CM Toca's school. It's a dive bar, and I feel like where ever I go, I need a local dive to get a beer and some pub food. This place, though, is like an old-time-y dive. It reminds me of the 20's, in the sense that everyone is in white shirt, black pants, tucked in tie, black pants, and white apron, much like this:
They have a really good beer selection with a lot of local brews. Their food isn't bad either. I had an Irish BLT. Irish bacon, apparently, is much like Canadian bacon, but fattier (read: better). It's back meat as opposed to belly meat like the American bacon and its cooked well done, as opposed to crispy. I thought it was great. The only thing I have to say about this place is, don't get the wings, they are small and unfulfilling.
One of them is Yankee Lobster Market. Its located in Boston's Seaport district right across from the airport. When I still lived in Boston, I remember that area used to be a blue collared port area. Now, it has 2, yes TWO Legal Seafood. One regular and one called "Legal Test Kitchen". I didn't know chain restaurants had concept test kitchen that were open, I thought the shit they spew out was done through corporate with more chemists and less chefs. To be fair though, I do like Legal Seafood if someone else, a la my company, is paying for it. Yankee Lobster Market is a simple place and when you walk in, it smells like the seafood. The stuff there is super fresh and you can see the stuff before you eat it. You see the fish, you see the filet, you see the lobsters. I got the fish and chips and clam chowder. I figured, since I'm in New England, why not? The fish and chips were ok, the only reason I didn't like it all that much was because it was a breading as opposed to a beer batter. If you like an old school fish and chips, it's for you, I'm more wet beer batter type of guy. At $9.95 for 3 big pieces of fish and fries, you can't really beat that. They also have great homemade tartar sauce, which is a huge plus. The clam chowder was great! I kind of feel like that's what clam chowder should be. Not too thick and salty and there are more clams in it than anything else (you'd think that would be self-evident by the name, but I refer you to Legal Seafood's clam chowder). It is a little out of the way, but if you are coming in from the airport, it's worth a lunch stop.
Second place was a regular ass bar, J.J Foley's. The only reason I went there was because it's right outside of CM Toca's school. It's a dive bar, and I feel like where ever I go, I need a local dive to get a beer and some pub food. This place, though, is like an old-time-y dive. It reminds me of the 20's, in the sense that everyone is in white shirt, black pants, tucked in tie, black pants, and white apron, much like this:
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They have a really good beer selection with a lot of local brews. Their food isn't bad either. I had an Irish BLT. Irish bacon, apparently, is much like Canadian bacon, but fattier (read: better). It's back meat as opposed to belly meat like the American bacon and its cooked well done, as opposed to crispy. I thought it was great. The only thing I have to say about this place is, don't get the wings, they are small and unfulfilling.
Lastly, happy birthday to CM Toca do CECA. It's not on the website yet, but on Wednesday's he has class from 630-830pm at City Lights Boston. He taught a great class and I got a through ass kicking in the form of an eye poke and two well placed chapas. He brought up a great point about awareness in the roda. For me, at least, I feel that sometimes you do a move for the sake of doing it and not really knowing why. I feel like people need to make the move make sense. He also brought up the point that just because you are faster does not mean your winning. I sometimes lose my cool and need to calm the fuck down. Anywho, if you're ever in Boston, and feel like Angola, go check them out!
