NNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Oct. 30th, 2007 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eregyrnhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/10/30/bistro_ending_its_soulful_reign/
This will be sad news to many on my flist: Bob's Southern Bistro (i.e. Bob the Chef's) will be closing at the end of November, and then will be reopened by a new owner, with a complete makeover and a switch to "American cuisine", by which the new owner apparently means "pricey burgers". :P
Pardon me while I pitch a fit. Yes -- because what Boston (what any city, really) doesn't have enough of is PRICEY RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE THE SAME OLD DAMN 'AMERICAN' FOOD. And it's especially idiotic since you can't get much more truly "American" than soul-food. Feh.
On the bright side: apparently, they'll still be running their catering business. (Good news for me in my job; I've had them cater events for us before.)
Yeah, there are other soul-food places in Boston. I'm just particularly sad, because Bob's is located two blocks from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
my_tallest's place, which means it's ridiculously convenient as well as really, really good. Other places will require a special trip to get to them, and I just know our track record for actually getting out and going to places that require, you know, EFFORT and planning to get to.
We'll have to plan to go one more time before they close.
This will be sad news to many on my flist: Bob's Southern Bistro (i.e. Bob the Chef's) will be closing at the end of November, and then will be reopened by a new owner, with a complete makeover and a switch to "American cuisine", by which the new owner apparently means "pricey burgers". :P
Pardon me while I pitch a fit. Yes -- because what Boston (what any city, really) doesn't have enough of is PRICEY RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE THE SAME OLD DAMN 'AMERICAN' FOOD. And it's especially idiotic since you can't get much more truly "American" than soul-food. Feh.
On the bright side: apparently, they'll still be running their catering business. (Good news for me in my job; I've had them cater events for us before.)
Yeah, there are other soul-food places in Boston. I'm just particularly sad, because Bob's is located two blocks from
my_tallest's place, which means it's ridiculously convenient as well as really, really good. Other places will require a special trip to get to them, and I just know our track record for actually getting out and going to places that require, you know, EFFORT and planning to get to. We'll have to plan to go one more time before they close.
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Date: 2007-10-30 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-30 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-08 04:21 pm (UTC)But, perhaps we should all try to schedule a Jazz brunch outing *as well*? I've never been to their jazz brunch!
Only problem of course is that we have perhaps 2 or 3 Sundays left to do it -- this weekend the 11th; the 18th; or the 25th. Yet, I could swear I read something about this that said their last open day was going to be the 24th...
And the reason this is bad is... you gotta figure they'll be mobbed at those last jazz brunches. :P
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Date: 2007-10-30 03:13 pm (UTC)That really sucks.
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Date: 2007-11-08 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-30 03:41 pm (UTC)I'm glad SK and I got to go before it closed!
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Date: 2007-11-08 04:23 pm (UTC)Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Date: 2007-10-30 04:45 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, the Beehive is indeed doing really, really well... because it's the flavor of the year, in an area of town where restaurants don't last longer than three. We'll probably be able to get in after about six more months, and it will be gone in two more years.
So fucking sad.
Re: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Date: 2007-11-08 04:25 pm (UTC)It's so annoying about the guy coming in who clearly does not know the neighborhood. I hope his place DOES crash and burn, just on general principles. Even though I would eventually like some other good place to get in there that we could go to.
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Date: 2007-10-30 07:28 pm (UTC)That just blows. I just called my aunt to tell her and she's spreading the news (my family LOVES Bob's, we go there as a big group once or twice a year and it's always the best time). I'm only in Boston Thanksgiving week but damnit if I'm not going to eat there while I still have the chance.
Man, this just dropped my day down a notch.
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Date: 2007-11-08 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-30 08:08 pm (UTC)Let us know when you go - please!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2007-10-30 09:34 pm (UTC)