OH, CRUEL WORLD!
Dear bor-nnoying brunch munchers, I made up the word “bor-nnoying” to give you a taste of your own bacon. I mean, part of my whole problem with you is that you have to call it this dumb fucking word...
View ArticleTHE TROLLEY TROLLOP: NATIVE BRUNCHERS
Boston. The urban jungle. A wilderness teeming with exotic species and, at times, dangerous terrain (the Pedestrian/Vehicular Civil War has been raging in the region since 1934). For the past five...
View ArticlePORTLANDIA: “BRUNCH VILLAGE”
It began with a Dream of the 90′s. Portlandia is a tv show to stretch our imaginations while shrinking our egos (sometimes it’s healthy to poke a little fun at ourselves). If you haven’t seen it, each...
View ArticleDIG THIS: INGRID MICHAELSON @ HOUSE OF BLUES
power-spooning: engage A breezy, somewhat twee artist in the vein of Regina Spektor or Kina Grannis (or She & Him or Zee Avi or … listen, it’s a big vein) this singer-songwriter rose to fame in the...
View ArticleEATS: TRINA’S INDUSTRY BRUNCH
‘It’s a religious thing’ There aren’t many bars you can keep full on a Monday at 1 p.m. by serving breakfast fare and running Scooby Doo on the only television in the place. But then again, Monday...
View ArticleEATS: SORELLA’S
If breakfast was a bear hug Photos by David Day Olive Garden may have coined the slogan, “When you’re here, you’re family,” but walking up the front stoop of the house-turned-breakfast-joint,...
View ArticleEATS: ROOT
Carrying on Allston’s veg-centric legacy Order has been restored in Allston’s veg-dominated Union Square as another veggie-centric restaurant opened its doors last week. Located in the former home of...
View ArticleTHE DIG’S 2013 STUDENT GUIDE: FOOD & DRINK LISTINGS
FOOD AND DRINK BRUNCH [Gaslight. 560 Harrison Ave., Boston. @GaslightBoston. gaslight560.com] [The Regal Beagle. 308 Harvard St., Brookline. @BeagleBoston. thebeaglebrookline.com] [Aquitaine. 569...
View ArticleDRINKS: STEP UP YOUR BLOODY GAME
There’s more to Sundays than just brunch, football, and Sunday Funday—there are Bloody Marys. You can Top Chef your hungover friends and take it to the next level. When it comes to Bloody Marys, the...
View ArticleDEAR READER: THIS IS THE END
This is the end. The end of 2013. Year of the Snake. Sixth animal of the Chinese zodiac, signifying a soft exterior and a hard, strong interior. With the potential to lash out and attack. Especially...
View ArticleTHE DIG’S GUIDE TO NEW YEAR’S DAY BRUNCH
Grease and booze away that hangover. Sometimes you want brunch. And sometimes you need brunch for the sake of not puking up pure stomach bile. One of those times is New Year’s Day. Here are seven we...
View ArticleEATS: FOOD FEELS
The Friendly Toast Dunkard’s French Toast topped with a creamy Grand Marnier and raspberry sauce. BEST USE: post-drowning of breakup sorrows. [1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge, 617-621-1200....
View ArticleCOLD FEED: THREE PLATES HAVING THEIR FIRST WINTER
The mean heavy cold you’ve endured this season has left you with a firm grasp of at least two inalienable facts. One: you’re really fucking sick of this weather. And two: there was a rash of quality...
View ArticleDIG THIS AWARDS 2014: EATS + DRINKS
Photo by Mona Maruyama FALAFEL Falafel King Loyalists to Falafel King will attest to the phenomenon which occurs most times there. Even before you get the chance to order, these falafel masters are...
View ArticleOPENING ALERT: TROPHY ROOM IN SOUTH END SOFT OPENS TONIGHT
Cliff Long, owner of the Chandler Inn, Chandler Studios across the street, and now Trophy Room which soft opens tonight after taking over the old Fritz Lounge, is no newbie to the South End life. “I...
View ArticleCINCO DE OH-MY-OH: DIY Hangover Helpers
As you are no doubt the type of person to properly celebrate the Mexican army’s victory over tyranny and oppression on May 5, 1862, by the time the morning comes you’re going require an elixir to win...
View Article“SLEEP IN” AND LET SKINNY BONES COOK YOU A CREEPY BREAKFAST
Freak folk is hard to describe. Skinny Bones don’t make that genre any easier to put into words, but they do make the listening process a hell of a lot more enjoyable. The electronic folk duo,...
View ArticleDIG THIS: CONVERSE CONS PROJECT, WINE EXPO, V-DAY BRUNCH
THU 2.11 On The Body @ Gallery 263 What’s sexier than the human body? Not much. In its simplest form, it can be a series of shapes and angles, forms and figures, all tied together, or loosely tangled...
View ArticleDIG THIS: SHUT IT DOWN!, CINCO DE MAYO, AND MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH
Photo by Leonardo March / Normal Photos THU 5.5 Cinco de Mayo @ Lone Star Taco Bar You don’t need an excuse to scarf down a few Carnitas Pork Tacos at Lone Star Taco Bar, but when you have a legitimate...
View ArticleCOMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH
“Dude, your mother makes the best pancakes.” Happy Mother’s Day, and when you celebrate, remember…First rule is…like “Commute of the Living Dead” on Facebook at:...
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