Justin P.'s Profile

Perry is a beautifully designed park that features a nice strolling path, playground with odd spinning spheres, a large open field and a strange, potentially stomach-churning spinning disc. Because of its layout, the field's distance from the road, and plentiful supply of poop bags, it's also a de facto dog park. Most evenings around 6 or so the place is filled with dogs and neighbors chatting. This is one of those places that makes the neighborhood very special.

Finally got in the last weekend of the Fairey show since this was the only thing this place has going right now.

First, if this was a review for the building, it would certainly be 5 stars. Simply a marvel with beautiful interior design and and a vertigo-inducing elevator.

As stated the Fairey show was wonderfully presented, especially with the free audio commentary you can download from the ICA website. However, the rest of the museum was a disappointment. While some of the work was quite nice, there was too much of an emphasis on self-indulgent installations and video. Ugh.

As stated before, we were in and out in 45 minutes, spending the rest of what we thought would be a two-hour trip at the oceanfront theatre enjoying the breeze and the smell of salt air (smelled like Florida.)

I'm going to put this at a 3 star with this caveat: Recommended if there's an exhibition that you're definitely in to seeing. Otherwise I wouldn't roll the dice.

I'll be updating this after another visit and another experience.

I was stoked to check out this place after reading the reviews and hearing recommendations from a few people, but man, what a bummer. First, the pizza was eh. Not bad by any stretch, but because it's made in those big sheets it tends to sit for a while and reheating does little to bring it back to life.

The place is also sort of dumpy. Not dirty, just sort of depressing inside. Prices are good (three slices and two sodas for about $12), but for not much more, I could have had Upper Crust.

I feel like my disappointment is dragging down a score that might have otherwise been higher if I hadn't been teased by such good reviews. Again, not bad, but not recommended.

This is the "hungry but don't want to drop more than $5" place for my wife and I. Some of the best thin crust pizza I've ever had. Their sauce makes grown men weep with it's little chunks of tomatoes. Their slice of the day is typically a great combination of fresh ingredients with some obscure pop culture image on the sign.

Seating can be a little tight during busy hours, but they will often work through the crowds to bring on those wonderfully large slices. Only complaint: the trash can in the front is full 90% of the time. If there's time to lean, there's time to clean, people. Solid recommendation.

Whenever we have out-of-town guests, we bring them here. For $5 you get a decent tour through their working brewery (something that Sam Adams can't say) where they give the standard rundown of the beer ingredients, letting you smell and even taste them. You're then led downstairs to sample "green beer." This is their IPA before it's ready. Kinda flat and on the bitter side, but definitely interesting.

After poking past the bottling line and warehouse you're taken upstairs and the fun begins. Over a dozen taps of rotating brews are yours for the tasting. I noticed that since you're limited to about 30 minutes for drinking you tend to fly through those little glasses to sample everything, resulting in a good buzz really fast. But you get to sample stuff that's hard-to-find and styles you otherwise would never order.

The people are friendly and prices for their beers (especially growlers) are quite reasonable. Plus, they've got good non-touristastic souvenirs. Definitely recommended.

This is what I would call a second tier spot in the North End. By that I mean once places like Giacomo's have created a line long enough to frighten even the most die-hard tourists, they start wandering in here. I guess that was us.

A quick look around without a local face should have been a clue. The atmosphere was campy with hokey paper place mats with a drawing on them that looked like it was done in 3rd period art class and music coming from the radio (ads and all...classy.)

After our order was taken in haste, our server dropped off our bread. It was cold and plain. No butter, no dipping oil. Blah. The food, however was quite good. As stated portions are huge, but before you think about sharing, remember the $7 sharing fee (this should have been reason enough to turn tail...totally classless.) In our group only 1 person was dissatisfied with their meal (the gnocchi was good, the sauce was dreadful.)

For what we spent on each plate (around $15 for pastas, $20 for meat dishes) I wanted something more. There are literally dozens of other places within about a 5 minute walk with comparable prices and marginally similar quality, but the total lack of atmosphere and creativity or authenticity of the menu makes it easily skippable.

Not recommended.

At first I thought this was going to be a B.Good clone, but thankfully, I was wrong. This place reminds me a lot of Five Guys. It's a no-frills type of place, save for the two big screens tuned to local sports. They have a good menu or original burgers and chicken sandwiches with a huge selection of toppings if you want to go DIY. The burger and chicken were both juicy and delicious. The fries are reason enough to go. Fresh cut and wonderfully crisp, although lacking a little salt. Pour on the vinegar and smile.

The joint was clean, service prompt, and refills (including Dr. Pepper) were free. Look to spend about $7-8 for a burger, fries and soda. Definitely recommended.

New favorite lunch spot in the square. Eclectic (could be seen as unfocused) casual new American menu with very fresh tasting ingredients and reasonable prices. Red pepper hummus appetizer is delicious and comes with sweet peppadews and for only $4 it's a good deal. Some extra bread is going to cost you an extra $2 though.

Burger was perfectly cooked and very tasty. Roasted potatoes were a little soggy, but the sweet tomato sauce more than accommodated. The chicken sandwich and croque monsieur were excellent as well.

The decor is minimalist chic with a few choice Fairey prints on the wall. Most of the seating is at long, shared high tops which is great for large parties, but lacks any intimacy. The service was a tad slow, but totally adequate.

In all, great place. Definitely recommended.

Went in today for my monthly(ish) haircut, and think I found my new regular spot. The place is well kept with a ton of good, recent magazines to make your wait slip by. When I first got in the chair he started cutting frantically. I was worried this was one of those places that tried to push through as many people as possible just to make a few extra bucks, but it turned out to be one of the best cuts I've ever had. Nice neck shave and clean-up. And even with all my hair, I wasn't itchy. $16 is totally reasonable. Definitely recommended.

Simply a well-stocked store with good specials, helpful staff, and affordable prices. Absolutely recommended.