Event Recap: A Tasty Lunch Meet-Up

I work in the Longwood Medical Area, and lunch options range from fast food to...more fast food. Kind of disappointing. I recently met Kerstin from Cake, Batter, and Bowl - turns out we work on the same floor! - and she knew that Shannon from Tri to Cook also works in the neighborhood, so we planned a lunch expedition to Tasty Burger, a new-ish burger joint nearby in the Fenway area, for December 3rd. Some other bloggers' schedules permitted them to join us on this bitterly cold day as well: Brian (The Gringo Chapin), Penny and Ed (BostonZest), Molly (Cheap Beets), and Elina (Healthy and Sane and Russian Bites).

Hot sauce on the table = thumbs up from me!

Kerstin (Cake, Batter, and Bowl) and Brian (The Gringo Chapin)

Molly (Cheap Beets) and Shannon (Tri to Cook)

Elina (Healthy and Sane, Russian Bites), Penny and Ed (BostonZest)

50/50 Fries and Rings: Both delicious!

My burger, the Big Kahuna, with pineapple, grilled red onion, and teriyaki sauce. A common complaint was the soggy buns; these buns just aren't made to withstand saucy toppings.

Group shot - we're all very full!

It was wonderful to see Molly and Kerstin again and to meet Brian, Shannon, Elina, Penny, and Ed for the first time! Do you work in the Longwood or Fenway area, or does your schedule permit you to get to this area for a weekday lunch? Leave a comment here or email me - we might plan another outing soon!

Be sure to check out Penny and Ed's recap as well!

Fenway Lunch Meet-Up

Do you work in the Longwood area, that sad Bermuda triangle of inedibleness? Well, a few of us Longwood folks are making a workday expedition to the slightly-yummier Fenway neighborhood for lunch this coming Friday, December 3, at noon.

We've decided on the fairly new (and optimistically named) Tasty Burger. I've got my eye on the Big Kahuna!

Feel free to join us even if you don't work in the area! If your schedule permits you to get there, we'd love to dine with you.

(Please note that this is an informal, self-organized meet-up rather than a restaurant-sponsored event, so if you have any questions, direct them at me, not at the restaurant. We're just a group of hungry people meeting up for lunch!) Leave a comment here if you're planning on attending so that the first arrivals can get the right size table. Hope to see/meet some of you soon!

Attending (or tentatively attending) so far: Kerstin (Cake, Batter, and Bowl), Shannon (Tri to Cook), Rachel (Fork it over, Boston!), Brian (The Gringo Chapin), Elina (Healthy and Sane), Penny and Ed (BostonZest), Molly (Cheap Beets)

12/3 Update: In case we haven't met in real life yet, I'm wearing a shirt with vertical black and white stripes. It's kind of obnoxious looking, so I should be easy to spot!

On a more general note, do you want to organize a meet-up in your own neighborhood? Let me know what you have in mind and I'll post the info on the site as well as on our Twitter and Facebook pages. I'll also put up a recap post if you send me info/photos.

Event Recap: Blogger Meet-up at Cambridge, 1. (Fenway)

Most people were tied up with Thanksgiving prep, but a few of us made it over to the Fenway location of Cambridge, 1. for a meet-up last Tuesday evening. Jayne Karolow, the Events and Communications Manager for Cambridge, 1. and its sister restaurants, organized the event, which was attended by Amanda of Tales From A Kitchen Misfit and Molly of Cheap Beets. Husbands and boyfriends joined us for some apps, pizza, and free hard cider provided by a rep from J.K.'s Scrumpy.

Photos from the event:

Bloggers: me (Fork it over, Boston!) - second from left; Amanda (Tales From A Kitchen Misfit) - third from right; Molly (Cheap Beets) - far right

A very sweet hard cider

Meat, cheese, tomatoes, warm flatbread, olives

Wings

#8 - pepperoni (or you can get sopressata, if you prefer), tomato, fontina, romano

#11: hot cherry peppers, black forest ham, manchego

#10: maine lobster, corn, scallion, parmigiano, lemon butter

Recaps:
Looks like no one else has posted a recap yet, so you're stuck with just mine; sorry for the blatant self-promotion. Check out Fork it over, Boston! for the full story.

Disclosure:
Parts of this meal were free or discounted.