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Staying Downtown at the Langham on Franklin St. for the wknd (sat. wedding). Any recommendations on the following would be most helpful....
- Seafood that doesn't require a jacket and tie
- Dark, casual bars- guiness pints
- places to jog
Thanks in advance...also anyone up for beers friday eve in the d-town area?
down for beers if i'm around, which unfortunately is unlikely.
as far as your 3 questions i am not going to be much help:
never gone out for seafood in boston
don't drink guinness (edit: at least, not if i'm paying for it)
what is this 'jogging' you speak of? is it pronounced 'yogging'?
lots o places fit the guiness and seafood bill.
yogging is excelent on the esplanade, aka the banks of the muddy river charles.
shoot me a PM, would certainly be down for some beers within walking distance from your pimpy hotel.
But Bill just said he's not down with Guinness and seafood.Quote:
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icemang will be here all week folks... thanks for stopping by!
Barking Crab
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/ar...KING_CRAB.html
88 Sleeper Street
(Northern Avenue Bridge), Boston
426-CRAB
Hours
Mon - Wed, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.;
Thurs and Fri, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.;
Sat, 4 to 11 p.m.
Lucky's
http://boston.citysearch.com/profile...=cs_boc_lw_2_8
355 Congress St
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 357-5825
Good luck finding it.
Waterfront
http://www.runningtimes.com/issues/02apr/boston.htm
Start at 4 Point Channel/Rowes Wharf and head north for as far as you want/can and then turn around. If you stop at 4 Point Channel walk accross the bridge (North Bridge) to the large brick building (Courthouse) and the Barking Crab will be on your right. Lucky's is also just a few blocks away.
Going to a play Friday, but I'm hoping to be over at Wally's in the South End after that.
wally's in the south end? or in southie?Quote:
Originally Posted by 365wp
http://www.wallyscafe.com/home.htm (beware the crapplet). Corner of Mass Ave. and Tremont.
barnballs - If you have a slicker, call bill and basom. I think they puke a lot.
Also, I hear they like to get kicked out of bars and arrested... Bring some bail money. ;)
Seafood that doesn't require a jacket and tie = The No Name
Dark, casual bars- guinness(not guiness) pints:JJ Foleys
places to jog - The "Common" (DOH)http://server03.ipslink.com/~arcticc...ons/bangin.gif
I may be around Fri night
Don't yog down Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan ...
I second DaveTV's recommendations.
Thanks for a flash back from a previous life for JJ Foley's. It has been a long time, but I remember getting sloshed there way past last call more than a few times. Most towns, that place is shut down years ago. Maybe all the off duty cops keep it open for their late night carousing.
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Originally Posted by 365wp
right, jazz gigs there.
i think the place in southie isn't wally's, i forget the name. live music, food, two bars, just past the childrens museum. lots of tail.... wtf is the name of that place. they have a sick sinatra cover band there a lot.
lucky's (MORE THAN 10 CHARACTERS)
good call on lucky's. for the record i have never been arrested, and i only puke if i'm racing fish bowls. rum is not good for me.
what's the name of that place near fanueil hall that serves the bowls? small, but a good stop on your way somewhere else. chinese theme or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by basom
the landing has them, near fannuiel hall, not chinese, but outside. its right by the aquarium/mariot.
i get in trouble every time i go there. i'm sure they are availabe at tons of spots around quincy market, most of those places won't let me in with my blue jeans a ball cap. and i'm wicked ugly.
he's talking about the hong kong, down by all those douchebaggy bars around quincy market. they have j.v. bowl drinks there.Quote:
Originally Posted by basom
you mean the tiny ones that don't make you yog to the sink and get elbow deep after racing. i hate those j.v. bitches.Quote:
Originally Posted by mildbill.
hell yeah, only the varsity fishbowls get me elbow deep beeyotch.Quote:
Originally Posted by basom
Where's a good place in the city to get varsity margs? The Cactus Club didn't do anything for me...obviously a rookie here.
yeah, i'd say that if one is in town for a short period of time it'd be cool to seek out things outside of the quincy market area. not saying that i'd avoid anything down there on purpose, but the more intense work happens elsewhere... and things are too damn spendy around quincy market. we took mr. shoelaces to the BHP and drank ducemakers, which was of course an experience.
muchas gracias.
after yogging tomorrow i'll shoot some pm's.
remember--blue hill ave= the only place to yog.
When I was in college, we used to do something we called a "Mass. Ave. Binge." Start at MIT and stop for a drink at every bar on the way to Harvard Square. End with Scorpion Bowls at the Hong Kong, if you made it that far. I'd like to see that tradition revived.
ther are a lot more bars now. that could be dangerously fun, and expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
you would have to have about 18 drinks in central square alone.
Maybe you could do it over 3-4 nights, like a stage race ...Quote:
Originally Posted by basom
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Originally Posted by The Suit
fuck that. all or nothing baby. i'm going for it, i'll make sure to give an itinerary and route plan to the park ranger so he'll know when and where to send out the S+R team.
mass ave in a single push. burly.
alpine style. no oxygen. i'm a purist.
Stop at People's Republik and throw some darts for me please?
they have hi def plasma there now. i watch a lot of sox there, and soon to be a pats hang out. they also serve food, which isn't half bad. it's more one quarter bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by stump832
a plus is vinz grew up with the slutty looking bartender with the tats on her back, so i have inside knowledge of her slutty past. (i don't know why thats a plus, because now she doesn't even look close to attractive even after the 1st 3/4 mile of the mass ave binge)
yah her sluttyness factor is like ...plus 8. It's funny how for a few seconds you are like "wow...this bartender is kinda hot in a sketchy sorta way" then you notice how greasy and nappy she is.
I wonder if she ever gave Todd that "happy birthday! go fuck yourself" birthday napkin I wrote at the bar?
We tried this summer. You start at the middle east and work your way down. We were just doing shots and mixed drinks since we didn't wanna fill up on beers, but the problem was we kept running into people and cheating by having more than one drink. I remember getting as far as the Plough and Stars and saying something about "huck farvard motherfucksssers." I think we did eventually make it to hong kong, don't remember much after that, but I do think we smoked weed with a homeless guy at the common - its an admirable goal, but very hard to do these daysQuote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
edit: oh and your goal shouldn't be Hong Kong, you should be aiming to penetrate through harvard square and end up at Redline. Get there after 18-20 drinks and you'll cause a nice scene with the secret handshaking assholes...
you are missing at leas five bars by starting at the middle east. or more. cheeter.Quote:
Originally Posted by shamrockpow
phoenix landing (this might be on the harvard side of Mid east, i forget), miracle of science, that wierd corperate irish looking place that used to be the outback steakhouse, cambrideport saloon. plus one more i cant think of, i think. plus you have to hit up all the MIT frats for keg stands before you even get to cambridgeport saloon.
thats how i felt about 50% of the women there. but it was still a solid place - cheap beers, dahhts, sox.Quote:
Originally Posted by vinzclortho
also, yeah - you can't start at the middle east. you'll miss out on the cambridgeport saloon. i love that place.
Who's in for beers this eve?
I've stuffed my face w/scallops from Union Clam Closet or something like that...plus 3-pints of harpoon ale. Ready for some jack on the rocks...anyone ?