Massachusetts: Good Eats!

Clay wanted to go to White Castle since he had seen it on TV and there are none in NC. I had never even heard of it. It is a fast food joint that serves mini burgers! It was a neat idea but the food was greasy and I wouldn't go back. Clay went up to the register a 2nd time to order more little burgers...instead of asking Clay his name, as the clerk did the first time, he labeled the order "glasses" because Clay was wearing his black rimmed glasses. The girl calling out the order called out, "Glasses" not knowing the guy had made it up. He got mad and it was funny funny.\

Teo's Hot dogs in Pittsfield:  Famous for their little hot dogs which are kinda crunchy!  Amazing!  Favorite of my family.  We got 6 dogs, fries and a beer for $12...WOW!  And for the record, it is "with everything" up north, not "all the way."  Oops.


Angelina's Submarine Shop:  Mom's Favie???  I think I remember dad bringing mom back a sub in a cooler from Mass to NC when he picked us girls up one summer.

Friendly's...ever heard of it?  Clay hadn't even though there used to be one in Huntersville, years ago.  For you southerners, it is famous for its ice cream sundaes.

The Apple Cider Donuts were amazing!  Thanks Shelly!

This was new to me.  We went with the Poplaskis

Main Street Cafe in Stockbridge.  Chicken pesto quesadillas.

Berry Pie:  It was Marie Callenders
but tasted home made.

Grandma G cooked for us several nights.  She is a good cook! 

Ok, a few meals passed between here and Cambridge:  the golden arch if you know what I mean.  Back to good yummy food:  Clay and I checked out Mr. Bartley's Burgers in Cambridge.  The menu was huge, as were the burgers.  The menu featured burgers with names like:  Barack Obama (One and Done?) and the iPhone ("siri"ously delicious).  We also sat at a long table next to people we didn't know :)  That was the fun of it!

Here I am getting tipsy off of the equivilent of probably 1.5 beers at 11am.  Thank you, Sam Adams Brewery tour!

Once in Boston, Clay and I pigged out at Mike's Pastry.  They are in North End, or Little Italy.  So of course we tried a Cannoli.  This one here is Amaretto (and above is an Italian cookie).  I had never seen so many varieties of cannolies (nor did I know different versions existed).  They had about 20 types of cannolies in addition to many, many other pasteries and desserts.

The Legal Sea Foods debate:  To go or not to go?  We ended up going and it was worth it!  We got lobster etc, but my absolute favorite was this lobster bisque.  OMG...to die for!  Everything was yummy, the waitress was awesome, and we had an overall great meal!

Here is Clay eating a raw oyster on the half shell.  We were just walking downtown Boston and ran into this HUGE, AWESOME, CHEAP farmers market that apparently lasts 2 days (*Anyone know if it is a weekly thing??*)  They had all sorts of fruits, veggies, fish, seafood, etc.  Clay got 4 oysters for $5 and they cracked them open right there for him.  He said they were the cheapest, freshest, most delicious he has ever had.  Now that is awesome.  I wish we had a farmers market like that here :)

Our Fenley Hot dog! It was sooooo good...more worth the experience than they $5 each :o

 

We stopped at a random bakery in China Town Boston and got 2 weird pasteries.  The one on the left was called a moon cake and it was like a pastry filled with beans mixed with sugar.  It was kinda gross.  The one that Clay is eating was gross too...but he liked it.

We had to get Italian food while we were there, as it is my favie.  We decided on Mother Anna's in North End (Little Italy) which a Dr. recommended to Clay.  It was yummy and neat because we sat outside with a beautiful view of the city as it got dark.

 

Last but not least:  DUNKiN' DONUTS!  Can I just say...OMG...there were more Dunkin' Donuts in New England than McDonalds in the south.  I am NOT kidding.  There were almost 30 in the Boston DOWNTOWN area alone and one at EVERY exit on the interstate everywhere we went in New England.  What is the deal?   Even though we have them here, we decided to get a "New England" Dunkin' Donut and they were pretty good (but not as good as Krispy Kreme).  I was just dissapointed that they didn't have blueberry.  They need to get on that :)

 Needless to say, Clay and I gained a few pounds on our trip, but it was worth it.  We ate like kings and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!  Stay tuned for more posts about our Massachusetts adventures!