http://atfirstbitenyc.com/2008/09/26/social-diner/ eating. drinking. exploring. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://atfirstbitenyc.com/2008/09/26/social-diner/#comment-1513 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:18:28 +0000 http://atfirstbite.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-1513 If my old friend Arlen Blake selected El Nacionale, hole in the wall orotherwise, its got to be good!
Any pick of Arlen’s is a winner!

]]> http://atfirstbitenyc.com/2008/09/26/social-diner/#comment-228 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:44:27 +0000 http://atfirstbite.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-228 I have to stop. This is too addicting. I am sitting here on a Sun morning in my bathrobe for the past two hours salivating. I am pissed also. Why? Because in Boston, aside from no happy hour and 1 am curfews we have so little to explore without spending half ones paycheck. We have the “attitude food” places with the wonderous 36 hour boiled egg where you pray the bread basket comes around again so one can leave without having to make a pit stop at Buzzy’s Roast Beef. Then, we have the “order safe” spots where the “chefs” straight out of school think they are culinary cowboys ready to ride the range and think mole sauce is the new catsup. Then there are the “safe houses” where the food is great the wine delicious and the service outstanding. Maybe there are more but Bostons night life is dictated by its curfews. 50 hours of dinner sales in a week makes it difficult for the little guy (especially in this economy) to meet the food cost, cover the rent, pay the insurances, utilities and payroll. Why more Bostonians don’t question the “why” I will never understand. I guess they are all home with their Lean Cusines and Happy Meals watching the Sox.

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