When I was an usherette at the Music hall/Wang center, I always took my break at the Beef N Ale really nice owner. Lords in Wells Maine unbelievable stuffed lobster, had an extra tail inside and the dessert in the pastry with ice cream was delicious. If Grandmother was with us, shed pretend to read all the white lettered black menu boards, and finally order Just a cup of coffee, dear and then innocently inquire if they might have a little bun or something on the side? - Always turned out to be a glazed cinnamon dome that shed protest was too big for her but somehow managed to finish that last bite with her last sip of java. So he opened his own shop, the Jordan Marsh Muffin Co., in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1998. I think the name had the word oyster in it. Wednesday smorgasbord, homemade pies. Heck Allens is much missed, and even its replacement, Spuds, is now gone and my husband and I and several friends used to go there often. Dont know about up a hill, but you could mean Berts Landing..just next to the beach access. Today, The Last Hurrah has the feel of a gentlemens club, but its walls tell a more modern story as a place of political movers and shakers. In the late 70s the Athens Olympia was a mainstay for lunch for my co-workers & I. I do recall it was ALWAYS mobbed. The deli food was out of this world and if you were a people watcher late in the evening was great for that. At fifty years old and counting, the Cask n Flagon has weathered all of the drastic changes surrounding it on Lansdowne Street. ! Elizabeth Hunter Vasco, The iconic Fontaines chicken sign, which was a Boston landmark until 2005, greets visitors to @culinarymuseum! The food was delicious. Felicias in the North End! Because its Kevins birthday today! Welicks in Franklin for their fried seafood and they were open year round, not like the roadside stands. Im sorry to hear that Durgin Park closed, it was a landmark for Boston and you could not make reservation even if you were the President of the United States. Every day was Thanksgiving at Green Ridge Turkey Farm, and the roast turkey with stuffing and potatoes and cranberry sauce is what put it on the map. Victor and Anna Charpentier purchased the farm and restaurant in 1954, and they ran it until Victor died in 1966. Santa and Mrs. Claus would make an appearance. There Baked Stuffed Shrimp was to die for and they had what they called The Hot Hamburger which was a hamburger in a bun with fries covered with gravy! We used to have lunch at Brighams. They did quite a function business so had need of live bands. Agree Agree. I would be bribed to bring back lobsters every trip to the buffet whether I wanted one or not, for my lobster eating competing uncles. You go downstairs. Bergamot: One of Somerville's most popular dining rooms could not survive 2020. Expensive but great for special occasions. So, whats sitting on these properties now? Seems all the good ones on the Cape went away. Here in New England, we develop pretty strong attachments to the places that serve us what, and how, we like best and boy, do we miss them when they're gone. I watched it grow from a small bar with bar pizza and delicious Greek salad to a large popular restaurant where wed wait an hour to get a seat on the weekend. With characters the likes of which the world will never see again. The clam shack on Route 1 was called Els, our all time favorite place for clams. He let each of his employees make a pizza to take home with them at closing shift. An online version of Filene's is still in business. Couldnt miss the huge waving chicken sign out front! They were famous for their huge slabs of the tastiest Prime Rib you could have. Id like to add the Wursthaus in Harvard Square in Cambridge run by the Cardullo family. Im looking for the coconut macaroon recipe from Jordan Marsh or Filenes??? At that time most of us were in our twenties and had worked at a few other local places like The Last National Bank, the White Pillar, the Brownstone and fun bars like The Russian Lady and Mad Murphys, all great memories, still have best friends from those crazy years of youth! Compiled between July 11 and July 15, 2016, with profound fondness and sorrow for the dearly departed watering holes of our youth: I miss Steves soo much. The Dini family made that place renowned for delicious seafood and a warm welcome. This restaurant was a highlight of my teenage years. Lir is the latest in a spate of popular Boston restaurants closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. I know there are a few Friendlys still struggling along, but its in name only. So many memories. Thankfully, many still survive throughout NE. Always high quality. As far as now defunct chain restaurants that were always very good, Victorias Station ( all of their restaurants were built from converted Train Cars. Dad would go there traveling from Maine to Boston daily for work, back when it was just a diner. Follow Boston.com on Instagram (Opens in a New Tab), Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab), Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens in a New Tab), Dorchesters 50Kitchen restaurant closes its doors, The results are in: Readers name the most iconic restaurant in the Boston area, What it's like to be an extra in a film or TV show, according to readers. My thoughts exactly. How can we forget Jacob Wirth on Stuart St. in town? The marble counter and heart shaped backs on the chairs, the outstanding hot fudge dripping onto the saucer from the metal ice cream dish. Pour House: This down-and-dirty Boylston Street haunt delighted everyone from Rihanna to penny-pinching local students. It was a high class restaurant. Signs on the plywood over the windows said, 'No Trespassing' and 'Private Property.' No one from Old Sully's could be contacted for comment on the story. This department store was established in the 1840s, but moved to Tremont Street in 1910. I would stand on a chair and loudly announce, Ladies and gentlemen, we are so happy to have you at Chadwicks today, but we are especially happy to have Kevin! The Yankee Silversmith in Wallingford, CT. Great memories. The final Brighams-branded restaurant, located in Arlington, Massachusetts, retired the name in 2015. But on November 27, 1950, just four days after Thanksgiving, a massive fire leveled the restaurant. And not only do these joints no longer exist, but what has replaced them condos, new businesses, university buildings have eradicated any trace of what went down. Catania opened his first restaurant in 1963 (belying the menus claim of famous since 1831), but 10 years later he had sold all the locations except the one in Falmouth. Everyone treated like family. Thats certainly something worthy of a toast. For 47 years, Johnny D's in Somerville was a popular music venue for acts ranging from the Dixie Chicks to Neil Young. Thinking about Howard Johnsons and The Red Coach Inn restaurants. ate there! Great memories! Melissa Karales, Baileys Ice Cream on Boylston Street. Fans of Bettys comfort fare can head down the street to sibling South Boston restaurant Publico, which remains open. Wicked yummy! Glad Dinis and Too House were mentioned by others. Equally memorable were the Chadwicks birthday celebrations and since the whole thing worked on the honor system, it was pretty much always someones birthday. Whenever a new one opened,he was in charge of setting it up,hiring staff,planning menus,etc.He said he would spend 6 months at each location, get it running smoothly and hand it over to permanent management. Wow. Susan Buckley Withrow, Omg, my mom would take me and my brother there when we were little. As West Broadway undergoes massive development, including to the building in which Amrheins sits, one can only hope this bastion of old Southiedoes notdisappear in a cloud of gentrification. Coney Island in Worcester is still open and now also has a hot dog concession at Polar Park, the new home of Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate, the Worcester Red Sox (formerly the Pawtucket Red Sox). Now that was a sundae , they were shown flowing over with sauce and they were made that way, you needed a shower after eating there! The store concentrated on classic goods and, in the 1970s, several other branches opened throughout Greater Boston. It was also one of the first, if not THE first restaurant to ban smoking! 2023 Vanyaland. Thanks for the memories to this boy from Uxbridge now in the AR Ozarks. A tiki bar with stand-up comedy and an award-winning pupu platter? The Lincoln was not the name of the stand at first it was the Hypolet Roadside Stand which was her husbands name. There was always a line outside waiting to go inside for a wonderful dinner. Gilchrist's opened in Boston in 1842 and, by 1964, there were multiple store locations across Greater Boston. Topsys/Fontaines in West Roxbury, My all time favorite, Valles Steak Houses, Bickfords (late night, early morning breakfasts), Vallees, Freds Seafood (Randolph) Friendlys, Hilltop, The No-Name & the pewter pot, also Woolworths . Some Facebook comments have been lightly edited for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The Green Barn in Salem,NH. It did quite well in the 50s but later on less well and she was becoming older and she had others running it for her. It was an occasional outing from our family home in Burlington . But Weylus also had a satel;lite location Weylus Sure in Brockton, MA. Does anyone else have memories to share of SANDYS? So good! There is a Maneros in Palm City, Fla. and its the same family as in Westport. Sam Doran, a 24-year-old who lives in the North End, said he has been frequenting the bar for three years. Here are 12 places that we still miss: How many of these do you personally remember? All great memories, but we STILL miss, and long for, the Green Ridge Turkey Farm. Piano bar, elegant dining. Many of my favorites already mentioned but have to add Buttricks Ice Cream, Cottage Crest in Reading,the old Carrolls Diner in Medford, Arnies Fireside in Dedham & Beef N Ale Boston next to the Music Hall/Wang Theatre. Bishops in Lawrence was great. Kens was THE place to go in the 60s/70s for late night fare as Boston students of that era will attest to. Bids tavern in Norwich Connecticut fabulous place for sandwiches dollar beers the supreme grand slam I especially liked their cheeseburgers. I recall a several course wine dinner there around the mid 80s with a staff of about twenty waiters and waitresses who never missed a beat. The chocolate loving Dutch have been eating them for breakfast on toast for decades. A little late maybe, but cant forget Mama Leones in Boston {servicemen in uniform eat for free), the Kon-Tiki Room at the Sheraton-Prudential Center; The Commodore in North Beverly; The Junction for ice cream in Essex, MA ; Hojos all-you-can-eat clams (strips only)all across New England; Pilots Grill and Millers in Bangor, ME; The Sail inn near Bucksport, ME; The 95er in Bangor, ME; and Vallees Steak House at Exit 8 in Portland, ME.
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