If you’ve never been or if it has been several years, do yourself a favor and go visit this Dorchester gem. If I lived closer to 224 I would be there several times a week. I’ll be candid, Stella’s braised short rib and fig flatbread remains my favorite, but 224 serves a satisfying flatbread and at roughly 30% less it shows how affordable dining can be if you venture out of the downtown neighborhoods.Ģ24 is not fine dining and there are similar plates in other restaurants that may be better, like the fig flatbread, but the charm of this place cannot be topped and the comfort food that has been coming out of their kitchen for nearly 40 years impressive. Since I had been eyeing it, I figured I would try it. When I was looking over the menu, the friendly bartender told me he really likes the Prosciutto and Fig Flatbread. That combined with the thick Boston accents surrounding me made me realize how much Boston has changed and how much I miss places like 224, which use to be far more common in the South End (anyone remember Pho Republique, Geoffrey’s, Le Gamin, Claremont Cafe, etc…)Ģ24’s Prosciutto and Fig Flatbread is $12 and large enough to be a meal 100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 33139 Map. The gentrification of the South End means that wicked is no longer used in the traditional Boston sense like this woman used it to express her satisfaction with her dinner. The interior 'food bar,' where diners can watch chefs work, is a fun place for shellfish, though a difficult place to resist escalating to a major meal. I'll be staying at the Jury's with a friend.
Sitting at the bar I was greeted by a friendly bartender who had no idea how to pronounce an “R”, moments later I heard the woman next to me describe her meal as, “Wicked”. Answer 1 of 7: I'm heading to Boston this Saturday and Sunday. Even though it has been several years since last visiting, everything looks the same, 80s music plays nonstop, unpretentious patrons from the neighborhood crowd this tiny restaurant and small bar. Saturday night I decided to head over and grab dinner at 224. Venture out of downtown and enjoy a n’hood gem like 224 I assumed 224, which has been serving meals since the 1980s would close, but rumor has it that the longtime owner, Kevin Tyo, found a buyer who wants to continue with business as usual when they take over the property next month. “Come out, come out wherever you are.I was sad when I heard that the building housing the popular Dorchester neighborhood restaurant, 224 Boston (a.k.a. We’ll also tell you some of our favorite things about Boston and hopefully inspire you to get out there and take it all in again. We’ll celebrate our theaters, museums, music, people, places, and food, and explore fun new ways to experience them all. Im not gay and dont have a clue where the good gay bars are across the city. Long story short, he wants to go to a gay bar while hes out here (its how he judges the quality of the city). He currently lives in San Francisco and has never been to our fair city.
Here you’ll find Globe recommendations for where to eat, what to do, what to see, where to stay, what not to miss. Ive got a good friend coming out for his first ever Boston visit. Maybe it’s just the spring weather or the allergy medication kicking in, but we’re feeling optimistic and ready to get back out into the city.Ĭonsider Back to Boston our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike. Go outside and ride a bike along the Emerald Necklace.
Theaters are in full swing, and restaurants have set up their beloved outdoor tables. A good place to start that exploration is right here in Boston - whether you’ve lived here your whole life or you’re visiting for the first time - and we’re here to help. Progress, and the promise of warmer days and balmy nights, is exactly what we need to emerge from our Munchkinland-style of hiding and hibernation and start exploring our surroundings again. Sadly, there was no dancing in the street - at least not yet - and the pandemic is not over, but it’s progress. Fauci made the announcement in a suit rather than a sparkling pink dress, and he later offered disclaimers and clarifications (while others said it was too soon to give the all-clear). Anthony Fauci declared that the country was “out of the pandemic phase” of COVID-19. Shortly after Dorothy Gale’s house unceremoniously plopped down on the Wicked Witch of the East in “The Wizard of Oz,” Glinda the Good Witch strolled through Munchkinland in her behemoth pink ballgown warbling “Come out, come out, wherever you are.” By the end of the extravagant number, the Munchkins, who had been hiding from the Witch of the East, were dancing in the yellow brick streets and partying with abandon.Īt the end of April, something similar happened when Dr.