August 2007 - Posts

Beyond the Buzz: Checking in at Rocca, four months later

Beyond the Buzz: Checking in at Rocca, four months later

by Louisa Kasdon, 08-27-2007

IT'S A MUGGY Thursday night in the dog days of summer. The South End is supposed to be a ghost town with its near-mandatory evacuation to the Vineyard. But it seems none of the 100-plus diners at Rocca Kitchen & Bar got the memo. By six o'clock...
Feeding Frenzy: Stir, Gaslight Brasserie du Coin, Harvest, BU Wine Tasting Class

Feeding Frenzy: Stir, Gaslight Brasserie du Coin, Harvest, BU Wine Tasting Class

by Louisa Kasdon, 08-27-2007

BARBARA LYNCH's newest venue, Stir , is one of the best ideas to come to the South End. Tucked on Waltham Street in the South End (across from Lynch's B&G Oysters and next to Plum, her produce shop), Stir is a teensy gem of a space with a...
We all scream for ice cream: and gelato, and sorbetto, and granita

We all scream for ice cream: and gelato, and sorbetto, and granita

by Louisa Kasdon, 08-10-2007

LIFE IS TOO short to eat average ice cream — or even average “premium” ice cream. Lucky for us, our city, home to some of the world’s most dedicated ice-cream eaters, has many great ice-cream artists. But three in particular merit an immediate pilgrimage...
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