A local chain of family-friendly restaurants has a new home in the Back Bay of Boston. Joe’s American Bar & Grill is opening tomorrow (Wednesday, March 17) at the corner of Newbury Street and Exeter Street, in the space formerly occupied by TGI Friday’s, which closed in early 2006. Joe’s is moving one block west from its old location at the corner of Dartmouth and Newbury Streets.
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Joe’s American Bar and Grill Opens in the Back Bay
After a long flight, there are two things most travelers want to do: Stretch those legs and hit the town. For runners, joggers, and walkers, we’ve put together routes shorter than five miles so that you can get a sneak peak at the hot spots before you get ready to go out.
Ming Tsai, the chef and owner of acclaimed Asian fusion restaurant Blue Ginger in Wellesley and host of the television cooking show “Simply Ming,” is getting ready to open a brand new noodle bar. According to a press release sent to us by Ming East-West, Blue Ginger Noodle Bar will be opening on March 30 within the lounge at Blue Ginger on Washington Street in Wellesley Center. The menu at the Blue Ginger Noodle Bar will feature ramen noodle soups as well as stir-fry dishes such as garlic miso ramen, spicy pork miso ramen, and pad Thai.
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Blue Ginger Noodle Bar to Open in Wellesley Later This Month
An small local chain of upscale restaurants is going to be opening its sixth location later in the spring or early this summer in Peabody. According to the Pat Whitley Restaurant Show , Burton’s Grill will open near Nordstrom in the Northshore Mall, with a possible opening date sometime in June
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Burton’s Grill to Open in Peabody
For the past month, I’ve been hearing a slow buzz about a new hot dog joint called The Slaw Dogs . I finally decided to Google it and see what the fuss was about. When I read about the unique ingredients that made up their Specialty Slaw Dogs, I was intrigued and when I found out that The Slaw Dogs was in Pasadena, a mere 15-20 minutes away from me, my mind was made up.
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Hot Dog Sampling at the Slaw Dogs
A new restaurant has come to the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, and the person behind it is certainly known to Red Sox fans. Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar and Grill has its grand opening to the public tomorrow (Monday, March 15) on Boylston Street after having a soft opening over the past few days. The restaurant will be serving mostly American comfort food, including soups, salads, sandwiches, fish and chips, grilled skirt steak, and house-smoked BBQ (including brisket, ribs, and pulled pork).
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Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar and Grill Opens in the Fenway Neighborhood
Congratulations to Alicia Brandt for Winning the Menuism Giveaway! 
Last month, as part of a Menuism sponsorship, 3 lucky members from my Meetup Dining Group, Pleasure Palate , got to join me for a free Dine LA dining experience at Gorbals. Owned by Top Chef Season 2 Winner, Ilan Hall, Gorbals is known for combining Jewish and Scottish food sensibilities. For those who you have never been to Gorbals before, you should know that it’s inside the historic Alexandria Hotel, so don’t look for it streetside
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Menuism Sponsored Dinner at Gorbals + GIVEAWAY
We all knew it had to happen sometime. With the proliferation of food trucks popping up left and right and having some pretty darn good dim sum restaurants in San Gabriel Valley, it was only a matter of time that those two thing would combine to form the Dim Sum Food Truck, owned and operated by Alex Chu. In February, I was part of a group of bloggers and other food truck owners who got invited to sample some of the tasty offerings from Alex’s new venture
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Introducing…The Dim Sum Food Truck
A family-friendly restaurant has opened in Middleton, moving into the spot where an upscale eatery was for 10 years before closing last summer. According to their Facebook page, Rock’s Tavern on Route 114 opened around the beginning of the month, and appears to be serving dinner only, at least for now (a note on their Facebook page indicates that they are open daily starting at 4:00 PM, but that those hours are subject to change). Rock’s Tavern replaces Gavens Restaurant, a dining spot that first opened in 1999, and which was known in part for having more than 3,000 bottles of wine available
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Rock’s Tavern Opens in Middleton
A 60-seat Indian-Chinese cafe that will have both indoor and outdoor dining is coming to the Back Bay of Boston later this month. According to a press release from Chris Lyons Communications that was sent to us by Fun and Fearless in Beantown , Mumbai Chopstix will be opening on Newbury Street by the end of March, moving into the space where The Jewel of Newbury used to be (between Fairfield Street and Gloucester Street). Mumbai Chopstix, which will be run by the group behind such restaurants as Bukhara in Jamaica Plain, Diva in Somerville, Mela in the South End, and several other dining spots and stores, will feature dishes that combine Chinese and Indian seasonings, ingredients, and cooking techniques
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Mumbai Chopstix to Open in the Back Bay
A cafe-style eatery in Somerville that is affiliated with a Brazilian bakery in Everett is in the process of morphing into more of an elegant European-style dining spot. Bread and Company on Broadway (between Magoun Square and East Somerville in the Winter Hill neighborhood) is being renovated and becoming Brunello Bistro, an upscale restaurant focusing a bit more on dinner and offering what appears to be a mix of New American and Italian cuisine, based on information within their website and Facebook page
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Bread and Company in Somerville to Become Brunello Bistro
A new restaurant featuring regional cuisine has opened in Needham, replacing a casual upscale dining spot that closed late last year. The Center Cafe is now open on Great Plain Avenue in the center of this western suburb of Boston, moving into the space where Fava was for about 15 years until closing in November of 2009
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The Center Cafe Opens in Needham
A new restaurant and bar featuring small plates and wine in now open in Lynn. Turbine Wine Bar has opened its doors at 56 Central Square in the downtown section of this North Shore city, moving into the space where the European-style eatery Gulu-Gulu Cafe used to be until closing in December of 2008 (Gulu-Gulu has another location on Essex Street in nearby Salem that remains open)
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Turbine Wine Bar Opens in Lynn
Last month, we took an informal pizza poll on the Twitter site, with Santarpio’s in East Boston coming in first place and Pizzeria Regina in the North End coming in second. And this month, we just wrapped up an eight-day Boston-area burger poll on Twitter, with the results being as follows: 1) Mr
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Results of the Twitter Burger Poll
A culinary event is coming to the Prudential Center in Boston in early April, with a number of area restaurants participating. The 15th annual Taste of the Back Bay will be held on Thursday, April 8, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the Prudential Skywalk, with guests being able to sample food from a variety of dining spots while enjoying the views from the observatory
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15th Annual Taste of the Back Bay Coming April 8, 2010
A culinary event that benefits the Asian American Diabetes Center at Joslin is coming to Boston next month. According to an email and press release sent to us by Bishoff Communications , “A Spoonful of Ginger” will be held at the Museum of Fine Arts on Monday, April 5, 2010, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A Spoonful of Ginger will include live jazz music as well as food tasting from a number of restaurants.
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A Spoonful of Ginger Being Held at the Museum of Fine Arts in April, 2010
A benefit to help homeless people in Boston is returning to the city this April, and 30 Boston-area restaurants will be participating.
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Friends of Boston’s Homeless Beyond Shelter Gala to Be Held April 15, 2010
A new Thai restaurant has opened in the Financial District of Boston, and unlike a number of dining spots in the immediate area, this one is open for dinner and also on weekends (although according to one of our followers on our Twitter page, it appears that the place is geared mainly toward takeout). The new restaurant, which is called the Siam Bistro, opened near the southern end of Pearl Street (next to Purchase Street and Atlantic Avenue, and about two blocks from Post Office Square), and will be serving lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, and dinner only on Sundays
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Siam Bistro Has Opened in Boston’s Financial District
The latest review on the Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Web site is for Kyotoya , a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar in Stoneham. Located in a nondescript shopping plaza on Montvale Avenue (just east of Route 93), Kyotoya is easy to miss
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Latest Review: Kyotoya, Stoneham
When it comes to tacos, Los Angeles County is abound with taco shops a plenty that sell these tortilla treasures with all sorts of fillings, from carne asada to chicken, from carnitas to potato and so much more. But for one day, it was all about the Fish Taco and the journey that members of my dining group took from Long Beach to Los Angeles in search of Fish Taco Greatness.
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6 Stop Fish Taco Crawl from Long Beach to LA