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Framingham, MA
Yelping SinceFebruary 2008
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Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 281-2066
Fuji Steak House
Categories: Ethnic Food, Japanese
epilogue: so mer went with a gaggle of mommies a few nights ago for ladies night out. 2 hours later, the little man woke up and she had to come home, thanks. but in that time, she went to fuji, sat down, was served soup and thats about it, in 2 hours, still waiting for grub, so when she left, after being there for 2 hours and only been served the soup) they gave her a GC for 10 off 30, and thats where our story begins.
so last night we broke away for a night out by ourselves, perhaps a new sunday night tradition.
so walking in to Fuji, the place is pretty nice, koi pond, sushi bar and grill tables in different areas all of which clean. we chose the grill for the possibility of hibachi. now, if ya didnt know, these are community tables often serving 3 or more different sets of people all at one time. they put next next to each other, but we decided to sit kitty-corner, they didnt put up a stink and off we go.
the staff we very attentive, maybe too much so because while we were talking they came up to us 3 different times for our drink order. i dont really like that attention as thats a big choice, right? maybe the biggest question of the evening, how am i going to get buzzed! do i want specialty drink, wine, beer, what kind,etc...nothing grabbed us of the specialty drink list (a big seller fyi restaurant owners!) so kirin it was. she had a glass of wine.
the menu itself had many options, however they mostly were either sushi or hibachi (duh) the hibachi came with onion soup (clear) and salad (not me) and the fillet was 23 bucks, i passed for some tuna teriyaki (which also came with salad, no and miso, double no) which in hindsight might not have been the best decision. mer got the veggie hibachi, and let the show begin.
for an app i got an idaho maki (no you da ho!) ah that never gets old, well ok it does. sweet potato tempura in a maki, it was fine, nothing great. i though mer was going to have some veggie and what not, but alas it was all mine.
the draw to a place like this is indeed the knife twirling chef on table experience, this guy was ok, not the best, but still entertaining. *spoiler alert* there were no flipped shrimp tails in the hat, but we did get the onion volcano. there must be a hibachi chef college or something, pretty cut and dry. i like the mannerisms this guy used, mostly infantile grunting to get our attention to watch his tricks. i didnt get hibachi so i was already into my tuna while watching this guy. dinner and a show.
my tuna was served medium and for the most part was a tuna steak, nothing spectacular. personally after it goes over med-rare i think it gets ruined but thats how they served it. i think they would have given to it me rare to please me, but i wasnt going down that road if i didnt need to.
this type of dining is for special occasions indeed. the party next to us as a matter of fact was there for their daughters 20th bday. one benefit (or bane) of this communal seating is that you can totally eavesdrop on their convo, which if it wasnt for the girl claiming to know everything about society and proving why the current generation in school is going to doom us all, well i dont know what else to tell ya.
the $10 off helped us at the end, but still it was quite expensive especially for what it was. mer's veggies was 16 my tuna was 20 (!)
i also think that these 10 off 30 were just their ploy to bring people in, like the ubiquitous clipper magazine coupons without having to pay for placement, because at the end of the meal the manager was giving them out like it was going out of style.
check in with me next week as we continue our sunday without brood series here on yelp!
so on sunday the brood loaded up the vista cruser and traveled down to the atrium for some family (ok, 7 different families) oriented fun, weeeeee
so we were sectioned off to the back as one of the familys involved (7 of us, 2 rents and a newborn) were placed in the back away from the rest of the place, they should be giving us 4 stars for that alone, but its not about us, its them.
so the menu is as you would find at any other 'tuch, however, jeff the waiter was ready for us (!) meaning, he works family gatherings all the time which is great cause no one could focus too well on the meal, because all the focus on the their kids, the way it should have been.
all in all this was a fortune. i have no idea why 6 pizza and and 14 diet cokes was 37 bucks per couple, but it was and i paid it, but for what it was worth having the place almost to ourselves seemed worth it. i guess.
chalk this yelp into the family section, which is where most of my yelping has been anyway.
if you go to get your custom on, make sure you ask for patrick and make sure you tell him i sent ya, he really makes the difference at Rugby.
so pleased with my #12
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1/14/2010 First to Review
4 stars and the ftr!
so i was in natick the other day walking round the 'fancy-pants" area of the collection when i happen to come upon the rugby story. novel i thought, i like rugby's, not too agile to play rugby any more, but boy do i miss my coca-cola one from 1988, so lets go in.
at first i was way intimidated but yet still intrigued by this concept. intimidated as in with all the collection stores like I'm five and I'm going to touch something and break it, but intrigued because apparently you can build you own rugby to sport some cool patches and numbers and similar effects. as i stated, yay, im a fan of that.
so up and down the shelves i go looking for the right mix of fashion (stretch for me) and size(also a stretch, sorry holiday season) and style(all i want is a rugby with a #12 on it, what ?! there isnt a #12 in that sport???
so anyway, i couldnt look long enough as i was encountered by abicrombie retail types folding shirts and whatnot to get too involved, but absolutely wanted one, so mer for me birfday got me a gift card to get one made up and off we go.
this time was a totally different experience. i had the pleasure of meeting patrick, the man with the master plan. this guy was the textbook example of how the nordstroms company operates (i know different all together, but the story goes something about the person returning tires to the one in texas and they took em back but they dont sell tires...wikipedia it, classic marketing) anyway, i digress for a change. i was looking high and low for my #12, he was ready to rip the patches off the wall or furniture, any thing to make me happy, which is great, but we both knew he couldnt really do that sort of action, still impressed with the ingenuity anyway. i found the rugby i wanted, but they didnt have jeremy size, so he made a call to another store, 15 bucks for shipping, but he convinced them to transfer it. call over.
next it was on to find the #12, oh the #12, it had to be you. off to the patch book we go, one book, nothing, second book, nothing, finally scouring around, we find the holy #12 in the last place we look, always the case. but wait! we search the store and not find one, well you could take a 17 and chop it up and do this and that, really my man? (like i was saying the dude wanted to please), but nah. so another call out, another transferring of product and voila. i guess i could have just gone to the branch in Greenwich, but that is way too far! book it.
again why not 5 stars? well first off as i said, when you go there the attitude of some of the reps are holier than thou which in some retail circles and in that part of the 'collection' is 'acceptable' '!' i dont think so, but than again, i am no longer the beacon of modern fashion. and more importantly the $$$-a-roo. all said and done a long sleeve rugby with a #12 patch is about 100 bucks, which i found to be high priced, but it is ralph lauren, so i will accept said price.
tally ho
Sudbury, MA 01776
(978) 443-8957
Sudbury Pizza Place
Categories: Pizza, Sandwiches
so i have been here twice, both times take out and both times relaying to mer, oh, just go to giannis! i someone is mentioning the competition in the actual review, that should tell you something? right?
so time #1 mer had a veggie sub, i had the chicken parm. my thoughts? not bad, sauce was average, chicken was boxed prior to me eating it. not too bad over all. her veggie was not too great, i think she mentioned the allocation not being up to snuff with what a veggie sub should be. what do i know, thats what you get for going veg.
second time was what it was all about, the pizza. now from what we were told, this is greek style and while (censored) i prefer Neapolitan. to my surprise, this wasnt the deep dish greasy mess i was use to when you say greek pizza. on the contrary, the crust was light and airy and the cheese wasnt a oil slick. we still housed it pretty quick, so thats the stuff i say. although, you know what they say, when its good, its great and when its bad, its still not that bad, or is that about (censored)
not bad, the place is right but edgell when it gets to 20. so its about 4 minutes from the other go to. i think they take credit, but even so, i prefer my italian connection.
so this was our opportunity to go out for this month, nice change of pace, now that we sport three, its got to be a place where the crap that lands on the floor is gazed upon without animosity from the staff, and that would be here!
we have been to the 1/2way in h20town a few times, its also along the same lines as this place. this is now closer obv to our new diggs.
i had a cheeseburger mr, mer had the veggie quesedilla. our thoughts? well a few years ago greenpeace sent a crew up north to clean up the oil slick destroying the environment. i think we found their next job. the fries, usually the best part, were limp and oily. her dilla, was oilcity, AND the cheese was glommed all in one place (dont you hate that?!) well she does, kinda shows no love from the BOH. the service was spotty and attempted to take away my grub while i was still eating, but then again, i should have taken her que.
the mozzarella stix appetizer was better then usual, but mer struck out and found the empty shell ones (you hate that too)
the whole thing was pretty cheap, but then again, you got what you paid for. the bright spot however was the fact little man could scream with glee and not be looked at six ways from sunday, i find this a requirement now when we go out as i dont want to be 'that guy'
we will be back, meh maybe......
so lets see positives:
1) you have a pretty decent barnes and noble with a starbucks (shock i know!) which is 4 minutes away from work and makes for an easy hiding spot when i dont want to be at said work.
2)you have an ac moore, which i loath but sweetums loves and transitively therefore, so do i?? anyway, most of my money is spent there and #3
3) babies r us, i guess toys r us too which will be for when jr graduates from baby stuffs to kid stuffs.
4) chipotle, now this is a decent burrito, read the write up.
5) john harvards, causal and a fine place to tie one on and not have them look at you funny
and now for the negatives
1) F'IN CRAZY AZZ HOLIDAY TRAFFIC THAT MAKES ME WANT TO WRITE IN ALL CAPS!!!!
end of review
Framingham, MA 01701
(508) 877-6608
G & G Tailors and Cleaners
Category: Dry Cleaning & Laundry
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9/30/2009 First to Review
average price for an average job. they are extremely close to me and therefore as the price is average, 1.80 a shirt to launder, i will tolerate the mannerisms of the staff/family that own/work there.
they just moved into a bigger space, personally i think its a front for something else, maybe a middle eastern bingo parlor or the like. well regardless, the other options in the area are costly antons (2.50+ a shirt! no thanks) or other sudbury expense holes. no thanks
im not 100% either, but this is the second time using them, the first time, i think they switched (im saying mistake and not deliberate) a shirt out of my 11 shirt order and i got back a shirt that was never mine ( shitty shirt for sure), not totally sure, but keep that in mind, they dont label inside the shirt as say a holly or queen, which is good if you dont want marker inside your clothing, so it beats me, just keep accounts of what you drop off i 'pose.
so i have raved about moe in reviews past, damm, if i could make it into brookline easily and for that matter, if he could keep a schedule conducive to mine, even better, but let me tell you about a different kind of place to get your haircut, KO's!
so at first glance, this appears to be a hooters for haircuts, well not exactly, but the short shorts and the costumes, the sports themes etc, obviously they want to market to men, so short shorts are a good start.
now if you went and they gave you a crap cut, would it matter how they were dressed? hells yes it would, its your head, and you cant walk around with a hat on at work, well unless you are a relief pitcher or something. well im not, so i was at first hesitant to let someone cut these samsonesque locks based solely on short shorts. additionally i needed a beard trim and doing that myself has cause many an uneven experience. hello knock outs.
so they are right on rt 9 and even better 3 minutes from home/work and i have had a friend go there, he said it was fine, so sign me up.
walking in i was welcomed with a hello and a smile. now its important to point out, they are extremely friendly, some of it might even be sincere! regardless, it was welcoming they even offer you a free beverage. they point it out that its free, which is also nice cause when you walk into a place like this with the women the way they are you kinda wonder if all these perks are going to add up, which pleasantly, they do not. sport stuff everywhere, tvs at the chair, sports radio, sports sports sports, they do not chant sport, but close.
first they consult you on what you want done with your quaff. ive been going to the same dude for years, so i would usually sit and he would work his magic, this time i had to attempt to explain, which i couldnt, so i just said, see this, this but shorter. i think it worked out. then my new friend jennifa (yes, that is how she spells it, does that scream a boston shore or what?!) went over the whole routine. shampoo, cut, another shampoo and then the clincher, the scalp massage. yummmmmmmmm!
she was kind, cut fast, shaved me up nice and best of all, massaged very nicely, i even got a free hand massage from another KO, so im feeling pretty good overall, i mean sure its very intimidating the first go round simply due to the whole premise of the place, but they do make it welcoming and she sure explained everything to me, well maybe even over explained stuff, but i guess thats the training and i also guess they might see a brick even so often so im not knocking it.
no 5th star cause to be honest, its expensive. it was worth it though and i would even consider going back if needed (based on convenience) they do a bunch of other manly things like coloring (ok, not manly sounding for sure but just for men sells millions of boxes a year, right?) back waxing (ew) and other things i dont want to ask about.
Natick, MA 01760
(508) 655-9800
Christmas Tree Shops At Sherwood Plaza
Category: Shopping
so my family has what i call, the sickness, the must buy the cheapest crappiest sh*t (dont want this one removed by hq) ever! sure, its cheap, but its cause its crap, and this is not because its not Scottish (who got that?!) anything and everything they buy there falls apart, was made poorly and if its edible, well you shouldnt cause something was waaaaay wrong with it in the first place.
dont you love a bargain is their slogan, i cant get that outta my head, but really whats a bargain if you are putting your life on the line? oh, you want to buy a car missing a tire, go ahead, its reallllly cheap, oh, whats that you made a right turn and then drove off the road? but it was cheaapppp!!!! no, sorry, not worth it.
are there any redeeming qualities to this place? no. ok, maybe cheap greeting cards, but even those scream out, i was bought real cheap at xmas shop. these would work if you were giving them to grandma or any other oblivious person (too harsh?)
we just got a candle from there from my aunt, shes thoughtful, its smells like burning wax, not the candy canes on the front. hey it saved electricity right? last year she bought me some tasty orange marmalade from fullers i think, its in a solid white jar. a week later i had the urge to enjoy with some tasty toast. while the toast was toasting, the jar opened to reveal, black paste!? ugh! well that went in the garbage as did anything else she ever bought us that was 'edible' (yes that is in quotes) mer dragged me there so she could buy wrapping paper (which wasnt to specs, but you knew that) and asked me to grab her something to eat, i searched high and low, but really i love her too much to make her sick, so i skipped it and we left post haste.
cts=fail
we walked in hoping for 'arcade' what we got was two sit down racing games, a gym-type maze thing (you know what that is) lazer tag and machined pizza. oh and the whole place was steamy. i mean hazy like a phish concert (minus the smell, natch!)
oh they also had some skeeve ball for tickets by the door, but by i was near said door, i was exit through said door.
the quest for pinball continues