Roving UHub photographer Ted S. spotted one of the meal-making robots outside Spyce, the robo-take-out place on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing, which is undergoing renovations. Tough to tell whether it's coming or going or has gone on strike for more oil or something.
Dining
By adamg - 12/5/19 - 9:50 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Euro-style Swissbäkers closed every last one of its outlets in the Boston area yesterday.
By adamg - 12/3/19 - 2:35 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Tony C's, which replaced Jerry Remy's on Boylston Street, has closed for good.
By adamg - 12/3/19 - 10:06 am
Flying Toaster shows off this morning's French Toast, made with challah.
By adamg - 11/30/19 - 12:56 pm
Deb asks:
Suggestions for Americanized Chinese food in Boston for visiting parent? General Gao's chicken, moo shu whatever, fried rice, lo mein, nothing too authentically Chinese or fusion, not take-out only.
By adamg - 11/30/19 - 12:52 pm
Melissa Palardy shows off her breakfast:
French toast (crepe) alert - a day early but you can never be too prepared.
By adamg - 11/29/19 - 3:55 pm
Kelly's, the Revere Beach landmark with outlets in Danvers, Saugus and Medford, has set up a subsidiary called Kelly's Roast Beef Franchising, LLC, whose purpose should be obvious from the name, but just in case, if you call up the certificate of organization, its purpose is defined: Read more.
By adamg - 11/26/19 - 9:28 am
One day after an ISD health inspector cited the Maverick Square Dunkin' Donuts for a variety of problems, including rodent droppings and an infestation of "small flies," an inspector paid a visit to Hong Kong Harbor two doors down and found rodent droppings there as well. Read more.
By adamg - 11/25/19 - 12:23 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk alerts us to the opening of Machu Chifa, which specializes in chifa, "Cantonese-Peruvian style fried rice bowls that can be ordered with steak, pork, shrimp, or chicken."
By adamg - 11/23/19 - 5:37 pm
The Maverick Square Dunkin' Donuts: Closed today.
Just three days after ISD shut the Dunkin' Donuts in Maverick Square for health violations, the chain has sued its owner to take away its franchise. Read more.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 6:54 pm
Trish Fontanilla asks:
Irish pub vibe in or closest to the Seaport? For whatever reason (that's a lie, I know I have a baby face), I always get approached by folks from Ireland (hi to the couple from Cork that stopped me today!) and asked where the closest pub is.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 11:53 am
Equal Exchange, which specializes in selling coffee, bananas and other foods from small farms around the world, is close to an agreement to buy Jamaica Plain's two City Feed and Supply stores - the original "little Feed" on Boylston Street and the larger Centre Street store. Read more.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 11:30 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Castle Island Brewing plans to open a brewery and pub in part of the old Cole Hersee factory at Old Colony Avenue and Dorchester Avenue.
By adamg - 11/20/19 - 8:55 am
WBZ reports the Woburn Red Robin had to be evacuated last night and three people taken to a local hospital as a precaution - about two weeks after the manager of the Burlington Buffalo Wild Wings died in a similar mishap.
By adamg - 11/15/19 - 9:06 am
Mindy Kaling stans for My Grandma's of New England coffee cake, made with love (and real vanilla) in a factory at the industrial end of Hyde Park Avenue. Read more.
By adamg - 11/14/19 - 10:57 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Spyce, where robots make the food, is closing for a couple of months of renovations and menu changes. Maybe they could keep the robots working by having them repaint the digits of pi that the MIT graduates who opened the place felt needed to be torn off their Pi Alley wall so they could put in a window (honestly, you'd think MIT grads, of all people, would have some reverence for pi).
By adamg - 11/13/19 - 3:49 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk chews over plans by the local chain to open an outlet, possibly with beer and wine, at 48 Winter St., near Tremont Street, and a short walk from the competing Shake Shack on Washington Street and Burger King on Tremont Street.
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