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Barreling down

04 May, 2012 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

The ever-broadening field of spirits on the market is hard enough to keep straight (especially once you’ve tried a few in a row). And a handful of Boston bars have been adding yet another layer of spe…

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Nam Prik Ong at Thai North

03 May, 2012 | Feed | MC Slim JB

Any food nerd worth his garum knows that amazing restaurants are often found where immigrant chef-owners are cooking mainly for their fellow ex-pats. These places serve traditional cuisines in all the…

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5 Courses with Marisa Iocco of Gennaro’s 5 North Square

03 May, 2012 | Feed | Louisa Kasdon

In 2012, Marisa Iocco became an American citizen and, thus, an official Italian-American. (Breathe deeply, Italian patriots: she retains dual citizenship.) It was a major milestone for the woman bille…

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The Painted Burro

03 May, 2012 | Feed | Scott Kearnan

It was hunted on old episodes of Unsolved Mysteries. Chased in the pages of the Weekly World News. Dismissed as mere myth on Snopes.com. (But that was just part of a vast government cover-up conspirac…

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Julep Bar

22 April, 2012 | Feed | Miles Howard

Time has a way of refining things. Back when he was dropping his drawers (and, um, mad rhymes, yo) all over Dorchester, who could have guessed that the words “Mark Wahlberg” and “Academy Award nominee…

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Hot and hamming it up

22 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

Over the last few years, the Hub dining scene has boasted plenty of openings worth getting excited about — unless your name is Piglet, Wilbur, or Babe. What’s with the spate of restaurants that nod to…

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Shifty business

22 April, 2012 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

In the future, everyone will open a nano-brewery of their own. Andy Warhol said that, I think. But seriously, with all these new brewers popping up, it does seem like there’s something in the water in…

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5 Courses with Ayr Muir of Clover Food Lab

22 April, 2012 | Feed | Louisa Kasdon

In 2008, in a back corner of MIT, Ayr Muir fired up his first Clover truck. Hungry hordes gathered — and lo, the local food-truck revolution began. Muir wanted to build a fast-food empire. Five food t…

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Uyigur Lamb at Moksa

22 April, 2012 | Feed | MC Slim JB

The food and drink in Cambridge’s gritty Central Square has evolved remarkably in just a few short years to include several highly regarded indie restaurants and an outstanding cluster of craft-cockta…

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Lone Star Taco Bar

06 April, 2012 | Feed | Anya Kanevsky

As Paula Cole was wont to sing, circa 1997, “Where have all the cowboys gone?” (And while we’re at it, what the hell happened to Lilith Fair?) Not to sound like a country song, but some of us hopeless…

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Hot piece of meat

05 April, 2012 | Get | Stuff Boston

Don’t know your flank from your shank? That’s why you need “What’s Your Beef?”

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The Ploughman’s Platter at Saloon

05 April, 2012 | Feed | MC Slim JB

Some bars evoke a bygone time; some are too obviously fake-retro. Which makes the illusion at Saloon, the new craft-cocktail bar downstairs from Foundry on Elm, all the more impressive.

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5 Courses with Steve “Nookie” Postal of Fenway Park

05 April, 2012 | Feed | Louisa Kasdon

I am abashed. Twelve years ago, when I first wrote about soon-to-be TV star Steve “Nookie” Postal, I apparently misspelled his name. He remembers my grievous error (and claims he still has the piece),…

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Nice package

05 April, 2012 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

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Joint Sampler at Suya Joint

23 March, 2012 | Feed | MC Slim JB

The Boston restaurant scene is rich in the cuisines of the Americas, Europe, and Asia, but anemic when it comes to Africa. We enjoy a smattering of fare from the North (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egyp…

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5 Courses with Krista Kranyak of Ten Tables and Grass Fed

23 March, 2012 | Feed | Louisa Kasdon

“A lot of people mistake me for a chef because I own four restaurants,” says Ten Tables owner Krista Kranyak. “But at this point in my career, I’m a restaurateur.” She certainly is. It’s been almost 1…

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April 1 | Taste of South Boston at the Seaport World Trade Center

23 March, 2012 | Get | Miles Howard

There are two things you need to know about every neighborhood. One: where do you have to walk with a Taser after sundown? And two: where can you get a good goat-cheese salad round these parts? If you…

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Portland ho!

23 March, 2012 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

Travel too far beyond Boston in search of a drink, and the bar landscape starts to look bleak. It’s like some horrific science-fiction scenario where they’ve installed time portals at city limits, war…

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First Printer

23 March, 2012 | Feed | Miles Howard

The ink is barely dry on the menus at First Printer (15 Dunster Street, Cambridge, 617.497.0900). The Harvard Square restaurant opened just last month, over two years after owner Jeffrey Stanett close…

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Buzz words

12 March, 2012 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

Have we mentioned that cocktail lists are getting more complicated than ever? Someone should write about that. Savvy drinkers like the ones who read this column will have no doubt memorized the etymol…

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