Hey, there! Log in / Register

Back to the '50s in Inman Square

By adamg on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 7:11am

Pop.Bop.Shop tries out, enjoys Trina's Starlite Lounge, which swapped out the biker feel of the Abbey Lounge for the era when smoking was cool and posters of pinup girls were, well, pinned up.

... [T]he onion strings and the apple boursin sandwich were sublime. Those two items make a mouth watering meal. ...

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Topics: 
Dining
Free tagging: 
Inman Square


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

By anon on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 7:56am.

Back in the 50s, anyone eating sandwich that had apple or boursin in it would be considered queer or a pinko commie. Wow, remeber the 50s! Segragation, Polio - post war isolation!

up
Voting closed 0

By Lindsay on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 2:13pm.

I was pretty nonplussed by this place. A Sinatra poster on the wall [or whatever] doesn't make up for the fact that our drinks were college candy sweet, the music a jumbled mess of radio r&b. Eastern Standard does the cocktail revival better. Even Lucky's does it better, without even really trying menu-wise.

up
Voting closed 0

By Robert Winters on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 2:24pm.

I've never been much of a fan of places that go to great lengths to pretend to be from the 50s (or the 60s or any other decade). I much prefer the real thing.

There are plenty of real diners with real waitresses out there. You know, the ones who say, "What can I get for ya, honey?" Even better if her name is Flo.

up
Voting closed 0